Mainframe Tester

Job Title : Mainframe Tester

Work Location : Pittsburgh PA

Duration : Longterm

Job Description

8 years of software testing experience including deep hands-on work in both manual and automated frameworks such as Playwright and Cucumber.

Proven track record in building end-to-end test strategies for complex front-to-back workflows.

Hands-on experience with legacy mainframe systems : understanding how the mainframe processes data designing and validating data-migration flows from mainframe to distributed tiers and testing those migrations in the live mainframe environment.

Collaboration

Strong influencer : comfortable partnering with Product DevOps Engineering and Operations teams to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Skilled at balancing PODs individual priorities while maintaining a coherent end-to-end test strategy across both distributed and mainframe platforms.

Strategic & Analytical Mindset

Experience defining test roadmaps metrics / KPIs (e.g. defect leakage test coverage automation percentage) and continuously improving them.

Skilled at risk-based testing : prioritizing what to test when timelines are tight and leveraging data to drive coverage decisions.

Process & Tooling Savvy

Hands-on with CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins GitLab CI DevOps) to build automation into nightly / regression suites.

Expert in Playwright for UI automation and Insomnia for API testing.

Familiarity with modern test management platforms such as TestRail qTest and defect-tracking tools like JIRA.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Exceptional verbal and written communicator able to translate technical test results into clear actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Proactive in surfacing risks early and driving cross-team alignment on scope timelines and acceptance criteria.

Key Skills

Financial,Landscaping,Account Management,Event Planning,Db2

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1