Leading services company with a strong history of delivering exceptional solutions to global partners across various industries
Responsibilities
Knowledge acquisition: learn assigned product to smallest details, become a good expert in the product
Work closely with the Dev team and other stakeholders to understand the project goals and requirements
Performance Validation Plan and Performance Results documentation
Benchmark and volume testing including execution of monitoring tools and database utilities and interpretation of results
Analyze test results to determine performance impact improvement/degradation
Develop tuning recommendations as needed
Maintain and update performance test scripts as needed
Execute performance tests as needed for client site problem determination/fix validation
3rd party software upgrade testing for performance impact assessment
Perform system testing, regression testing, and performance testing
New feature testing and assessment (as needed)
Work as part of a team in the mainframe environment
Be responsible for the quality of software product
Develop and work with testing documentation
Requirements
At least 5 years of hands-on experience
Good knowledge of IMS (log IMS type 07 and Type 56FA and ABEND analysis, DC Monitor (DFSUTR20), STROBE, Performance Analyzer, IMSASAP/GPAR, ability to read SYSUDUMPs, etc
Performance tuning techniques: OS z/OS Database (IMS, DB2) with focus on IMS tuning
Strong expertise in performance testing and tuning
Strong technical QA experience
Excellent skills in defining, documenting, and analyzing test strategy, test plan, test cases, and test results
Excellent test case execution and troubleshooting skills