IBM Mainframe Test Scheduler/Execution with IRS MBI and IRS Experience

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition assistance

***Must have current MBI Clearance***

9 years of manual and automation testing experience with a Bachelor’s degree; Masters or PhD may be considered in addition to just years of experience


Roles and Responsibilities: · Conduct functional and/or integration testing of multiple programs in an IBM mainframe or client/server environment. · Use relevant documentation to construct test cases with predetermined results and test data to verify program functionality and/or interfaces through assigned systems. · Review output to determine whether or not the test results fulfill the established requirements, and if necessary, notify the responsible programmers, both verbally and in writing, of errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in the programs and/or documentation. · Coordinate test activities with project stakeholders. · Coordinate work assignments to ensure timely and accurate completion of testing. · Provide inputs on the required testing level of effort for Unified Work Requests. 


Minimum Experience:


9 years experience  IBM Mainframe Test Engineering


3 years of developing and writing SQL scripts

Experience with Any Batch scheduler (Control M)

Experience with IBM z/OS Mainframe

Experience with  BMS

Experience extracting Member/Subscriber data from the legacy database

Experience with creating and modifying JCL

Extensive experience with ISPF

Experience with Schema’s

Worked with SME’s, SA’s, DBA’s and CICS SA’s to identify and resolve issues

Exposure to IBM Rational Tools: ClearQuest, and JAZZ/Rational Team Concert and Rational Developer z


Preferred Experience with the following IRS Projects:


MeF (Modernized e-File)


ITPE (Individual Tax Processing Engine)


RRP (Return Review Program), IDOCS (Individual Document Specific Programs),


BDOC (Business Document Specific Programs)


IMF (Individual Master File)


BMF (Business Master File)


CADE2 (Customer Account Data Engine 2)


Preferred Skills:

Preferred Qualifications: 

Test automation experience (for example Cucumber, Selenium Webdriver, UFT, etc)

Experience with the following skills will be considered a significant plus in considering prospective candidates: · IBM Mainframe Unisys Mainframe DB2 · Informatica Business Objects · Knowledge of current IRS tax administration software applications is a significant plus. · Experience with TOAD · Rational CLM tools (Quality Manager, Team Concert, Doors Next Generation) · Microsoft (MS) Office Excel, MS Word, MS Project, MS Visio · CTRL-M (server) · Adobe Pro · SecureCRT, SecureFx · IBM Mainframe (TSO and JCL) · Java Batch (SpringBatch) · Experience with XML and JSON and previous testing experience to include test cases, test data and the software testing life cycle · Agile, Iterative and Rapid Development methodologies · Performance testing, Cybersecurity testing, and Section 508 compliance testing · Experience with IRS tax administration systems · Working knowledge of IBM REXX language · IBM File Manager skills with maps/templates on ancient data formats/CRL’s · Experience with IBM File comparison utilities · Knowledge of standard IBM Utilities and Rational CLM (i.e. compare utilities, Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Rational Team Concert (RTC), etc.) · Software testing or development experience in an IBM mainframe batch processing environment · Working knowledge of updating/executing IBM JCL · Knowledge of industry standard Performance tools · Knowledge of Individual Tax Processing Engine (ITPE) processing · Proficiency with Greenplum Database, PgAdmin tool, and SQL ·