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IBM Functional Test Specialist 
India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 
402221209

12.08.2024

Your Role and Responsibilities
The zOS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) for IBM Z is seeking
experienced Software Testers (job role includes management and test on systems) that are
highly driven and technically prepared to join a world-class team which develops the most
challenging and complex systems in the world.
We develop, test and support data management on the z/OS operating system. Nearly 100% of
all credit card transactions, 92% of the top 100 global banks, 90% of Fortune 500 companies,
and 80% of the world’s corporate data depend on the IBM Z. For a half-century, the mainframe
has transformed how we travel, enabled secure banking, improved how city agencies service
citizens, and dramatically reduced traffic congestion. We develop leading-edge technologies in
managing data, Cloud technologies, system solutions, and hardware enablement that power the
most secure and reliable system on the planet.
  • You’ll work in a collaborative environment to understand requirements, design, code and test
  • innovative applications for automation of test on smaller systems.
  • You’ll employ IBM’s Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience
  • along with high performance, security, quality, and stability.
  • You’ll create and execute test plans and test cases that are clean, well-documented, and easy touse and incorporate real world use cases.
  • You will verify the design and implementation of systems that enable continuous
  • delivery.”
  • You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.
  • You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.
  • You’ll learn directly from expert developers in the field; our team leads like to mentor.
  • You have the opportunity to work in many different areas to figure out what really excites you


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Excel at functional testing
  • Experience debugging complex environments and software issues.
  • Expertise in implementing frameworks and test automation using python.
  • Exposure to enterprise server and storage systems.
  • Strong communication skills and fluent in English.
  • Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise:
  • Experience using z/OS
  • Working knowledge of the Assembly Language and/or PL/X
  • Ability to analyze system output from system ABENDs (logs, traces, dumps)
  • Strong programming skills in C (Willingness to learn Assembler and IBM high level PLX language ) , PLX, JCL, Assembly, Rexx, Java, Javascript, Unix system scripting Shell/Python.
  • QA experience (Functional verification testing)
  • Strong debugging and troubleshooting
  • Ability to learn new tools quickly
  • Good communication skills and be able to work effectively in a global team environment.


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Python, Python Test Automation, Automation Framework (Selenium/Robot/Pytest)
  • zOS architecture, System programming
  • Familiar with z/OS and z/VM
  • Programming languages: MVS JCL, REXX,
  • Dump reading using Interactive Problem Control System (IPCS). Ability to interpret logs and dumps
  • GIT
  • JIRA
  • Rational Team Concert (RTC)
  • Jenkins, CI/CD Pipeline, Dev Ops
  • Ability to analyze system output from system ABENDs (logs, traces, dumps)