Senior QA Engineer: IBM Mainframe & Test Automation

Cloud Software Group, LLC; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life insurance

Disability benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cloud Software Group is seeking a senior QA professional to lead testing across IBM z/OS, CICS, and multi-platform environments on Linux/Windows. You will design test strategies, build automation, and perform manual tests for complex scenarios, ensuring high-quality product delivery.

The role requires 8+ years of domain experience, strong communication, and ability to collaborate with global teams. On-site work in the United States is expected, with a focus on quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of QA testing on IBM z/OS, IBM CICS and Linux/Windows.
• BE/ME/MTech in Computer Science or the relevant experience with related industry experience.
• Good understanding of IBM CICS, CICS applications and basic transactional implementations.
• Working knowledge of IBM z/OS, JCL, IBM Procedures, ISPF and mainframe operational executions and commands.
• Experience in QA testing with transactional products such as Substation ES, IBM MQ or IBM XCF.
• Extensive experience in multiplatform messaging such as TIBCO EMS/JMS, Apache Pulsar/Kafka.
• Very good understanding of UI frameworks, visual design testing and front end automation tools (Selenium or Cypress).
• Good oral and written communication skills, embraces teamwork and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Understand software quality best practices, test strategy and planning, test case development, test case deployment and execution, test data, defect tracking, and test automation, identify product defects, debug issues and report them in to defect tracking system
• Experience working with Agile methodologies
• Work with product management and development teams to understand the requirements and features, and to translate them into functional unit and pipeline QA tests
• Work independently with minimum supervision
• Debug test failures and help identify the root cause of failures
• Develop and maintain automation Test Suites, Test Plans and Test Specifications
• Create and run manual tests for scenarios that are too complex to automate
• Review, update and ensure user acceptance for product documentation
• Work with remote teams, communicate status, schedule effectively and clearly
• Escalate issues in time and able to follow up for their status
• Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail. Look for ways to improve and promote quality.Applies feedback to improve performance and customer experience.

Skills

QA testing

IBM z/OS

IBM CICS

Linux/Windows

Agile methodologies

Automation testing

UI testing

Selenium or Cypress

Education

BE/ME/MTech in Computer Science

Tools

JCL

ISPF

Mainframe tooling

Job description

Cloud Software Group is seeking a senior QA professional to lead testing across IBM z/OS, CICS, and multi-platform environments on Linux/Windows. You will design test strategies, build automation, and perform manual tests for complex scenarios, ensuring high-quality product delivery.

The role requires 8+ years of domain experience, strong communication, and ability to collaborate with global teams. On-site work in the United States is expected, with a focus on quality and timely delivery.