Job Description

Mainframe Developer Charles Schwab is recruiting a driven, results-oriented Mainframe QA Lead who shares our passion for technology, innovation, and excellence Our main goal here at Schwab is to transform peoples lives by changing the way the world invests We are enhancing our core applications to support scalability and modernize our systems with the goal of serving our clients The Mainframe QA Lead will be a hands-on lead who excels in a dynamic, fast-moving, and agile environment and is passionate about ensuring high quality, scalable software The candidate will work with a team of seasoned engineers, product owners, and business analysts, whose main objective is to maintain all aspects of the overall software development lifecycle and ensure the on-time, quality delivery of software product releases Ideal candidates enjoy fast-paced environments, thrive under pressure, and embrace change passionately The successful candidate has experience in a technical QA lead role in a Mainframe environment and can analyze, test, and direct other QA professionals to ensure that all software accurately aligns with the needs of business, while also adhering to regulatory needs Technical Experience 7+ years of experience in mainframe technologies COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL Stored Procedures, Messaging Queues (IBM MQ, Kafka), CICS, Easytrieve, Datacom, SORT utilities REXX required for QA automation / SDET roles 5+ years in scheduling tools such as Control-M, ChangeMan, FileAid, Startool, TOAD, and SPUFI BlueZone Session Manager scripting required for QA Automation / SDET role It is imperative that the candidate has excellent and strong RCA (Root Cause Analysis) skills and identifying the possible solutions to the identified issues at complex enterprise applications/systems Thorough understanding of Agile software development methodologies, ART, including Scrum and Kanban via tools such as JIRA and Rally Microsoft Office Tools proficiency Professional Experience Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, decisionmaking and conflict resolution skills Self-motivated as well as creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems Independently executes priorities and is accountable to meet schedules and deliverables Proficient managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, geographically dispersed environment Demonstrate excellent verbal and w