SQM Mainframe Test Lead

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