Senior QA Engineer - IBM z/OS & TIBCO Integrations

Cloud Software Group; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 143,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Software Group in the United States is seeking an experienced QA professional to join our IBM z/OS/CICS and Linux/Windows testing team. You will own test strategy, build automation, review documentation, and ensure quality across multi‑platform messaging with TIBCO EMS/JMS, Kafka and Pulsar.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of QA on IBM z/OS and related platforms, strong mainframe knowledge, and the ability to translate requirements into robust test plans and pipelines for enterprise

Qualifications

• 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.

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
• Ability to apply and execute outcome-based thinking, focused on the results. Qualifications Note:
• 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.

Skills

QA testing

IBM z/OS

CICS

Linux/Windows

JCL

ISPF

Mainframe

Education

BE/ME/MTech in Computer Science

Tools

IBM MQ

IBM XCF

TIBCO EMS/JMS

Kafka

Pulsar

UI automation tools

Job description

Cloud Software Group in the United States is seeking an experienced QA professional to join our IBM z/OS/CICS and Linux/Windows testing team. You will own test strategy, build automation, review documentation, and ensure quality across multi‑platform messaging with TIBCO EMS/JMS, Kafka and Pulsar.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of QA on IBM z/OS and related platforms, strong mainframe knowledge, and the ability to translate requirements into robust test plans and pipelines for enterprise