SQM Mainframe Test Lead

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

SQM
Mainframe
Test Lead
analyze schedules
Infrastructure related issues
incident analysis
z/OS
JCL
JES2/JES3
Syncsort
Different IBM utilities
CISC
DB2
IMS Databases
BMC Mainview
XRC
Tivoli
watchdog
TCP/IP and SNA and SNA/IP
Security on z/OS
Excel
PowerPoint
SharePoint
Service Now
ADO
HP
BMC Remedy
ServiceNow (Incident
Problem
Change
Release

Job Details

Role :: SQM Mainframe Test Lead

Location :: Chicago, IL

Type :: Fulltime

Job Description

  • Responsible for Infrastructure Test coordination related to Mainframes Infra Changes and Projects.
  • Responsible for building and maintaining productive working relationship like planning, execution, monitoring, testing, and project closure to embed quality delivery for infrastructure management & Operations projects
  • Primary expectation is to analyze schedules, Infrastructure related issues, incident analysis.
  • Accountable to drive quality efficiencies and effectiveness using automated solutions for Mainframe changes, testing life cycle and change process optimization
  • Provide technical expertise within the infrastructure field to deliver quality projects in-house and onshore for below areas:

Must be aware of

  • z/OS operating system, z/OS storage constructs: File systems, data sets
  • TSO, ISPF, and z/OS UNIX interfaces, Processing work on z/OS: How the system starts and manages batch jobs, doing work on z/OS: How you submit, control and monitor jobs using JCL and SDSF
  • Networking concepts on z/OS: TCP/IP and SNA and SNA/IP, Security on z/OS,
  • Concepts of JCL, JES2/JES3, Syncsort, Different IBM utilities, CISC, DB2 and IMS Databases
  • Good to have awareness about weekly/monthly maintenance activities like IPL, DR exercise, z/OS consoles, online regions, batch processing, data mirroring, internal and third-party monitoring and optimization tools like BMC Mainview, XRC, Tivoli, watchdog, etc.
    • Responsible for defining Infra Testing strategy, approach and execution for change requests
    • Coordinate disaster recovery exercises with BCP and support teams for testing
    • Effectively handle Major incidents including timely communication to business and key stakeholders.
    • Build and maintain quality standards and ensure application teams deliver quality testing to validate infra changes by utilizing technical automated test assets and discipline.
    • Accountable for performing root cause analysis for continuous change quality improvement to drive production stability in the infrastructure test delivery programs.
    • Teamwork abilities, to be able to work with various multidisciplinary teams on successful completion of team goals.
    • Experience in infrastructure testing & co-ordination work
    • Talent should be able to understand Infra changes and should be able to co-ordinate with testing teams and app support teams.
    • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
    • Coordinating with the application team and change team to Fix the issues during infrastructure changes and provide support throughout the resolution

Required Knowledge

  • Test lifecycle experience in delivering high quality infrastructure changes with minimal impacts to applications (test planning, test scenario build, test execution, defect/issue management and test health metrics and status reporting)
  • Understanding of Patching, Upgrades and Deployment into Environments (Dev/Test/UAT/Prod)
  • ITIL Service Management Concepts and Tools HP, BMC Remedy, ServiceNow (Incident, Problem, Change, Release)
  • Familiarity of Agile Methodology Scrum/Kanban and project management tools like ADO and Jira
  • Knowledge on Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Service Now, ADO
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