Mainframe Tester

NOTE: F2F on 11th Oct

Interview Process

1. Behavior Assessment Passing Score100/30
2. 1st Technical round F2F Interview at HSBC (Pune Yerwada) for an 1Hr Duration, Slots will be given particularly to visit during Interview.
3. 2nd Tecno Managerial round Virtual
4. HR Discussion

Description - External

• Must have strong experience in Mainframe technology (COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM etc.) to Involve in System Testing, SIT, Functional and Regression Testing Test Cases and its execution.
• Need to Create, Run & execute JCLs in Mainframe, Validate the job status in spool, and have problem solving skills to resolve JCL errors, experience in writing in complex SQL Queries run Mainframe DB post execution.
• Identify and escalate risks and issues to project management and managers, Daily status progress reporting to project stakeholders, senior management, attend project calls and meetings and support e2e SIT, UAT and Penny Test
• Well versed with the different testing methodologies (waterfall, Scrum, Agile etc.), techniques phases tools and can use the same as per the project requirement.
• Execute tests, track and monitor defects/Stories to closure and produce test metrics and test reports using GitHub / Jenkins / using Automation tool etc.
• Must have excellent oral and written communications skills, ability to accept and deliver assistance to meet deadlines, self-directed, organized capable of multi-tasking. Should have good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Should have experience in creating reports in JIRA, sharepoint and confluence etc.
• Leadership and Guidance
• Must have experience in creating test estimation, test strategy and assisting associates to create Test Plan. Should be providing regular updates to management while managing day-to-day testing activities, such as test monitoring and status reporting at the end of the testing day.
• Nurture team members on mainframe and fucntional skills and expertise e.g., REXX, JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM and CICS, Core Banking (Lending products, Product ledger management, Fees and interest etc.)
• Assign tasks based on individual skills and workload, ensuring efficient use of resources
• Track team progress and individual contributions against goals and deadlines

Qualifications - External

The successful candidate will also meet the following requirements:

•  Senior Software Engineer in Testing with extensive Mainframe development and Testing experience with 8 + Years minimum experience and should be an SME in Mainframe Testing (zSeries) – JCL, DB2, COBOL, CICS, Endeavour, File Manager, Debugging the programs.
• Knowledge and usage of tools File Manager/File Aid, Xpeditor, Endevor and SPUFI
• Knowledge in Unsecured and secured lending area in Banking products e.g. Personal loans, Consumer loans, Mortgage, BACS (Direct Debit / Direct Credit) payments
• Should be able to view and read the JCLs to the testing environment using production JCLs.
• Should be able to analyze the COBOL, DB2 code when required and analyze abends from spool and usage of debugging tools.
• Able to create Test Scenarios, Test cases, Test Cases Execution using TOSCA, ALM JIRA and Quality Centre on mainframe-based systems and applications.
• Excellent Communication Skills
• TOSCA, GitHub, Jenkins, CICD Pipeline, ALM JIRA etc. - experience good to have.
• Cloud, GCP, Performance Testing (Jmeter, Performance center, Appdynamics) – Experience good to have
• Other Retail /wholesale Banking Experience – good to have.