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Mainframe Tester
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAlchemy Software Solutions LLC is a company dedicated to reshaping organizational performance through innovative IT services. They are seeking a Mainframe Tester with extensive experience in both manual and automated testing frameworks to build end-to-end test strategies and collaborate with various teams to ensure quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Mainframe Tester with Automation 8+ years of software-testing experience, including deep hands-on work in both manual and automated frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cucumber)
Proven track record 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 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 (TestRail, qTest) and defect-tracking tools (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
Qualification
Required
Mainframe Tester with Automation 8+ years of software-testing experience, including deep hands-on work in both manual and automated frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cucumber)
Proven track record 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 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 (TestRail, qTest) and defect-tracking tools (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
Mainframe Testing
Playwright
Cucumber/BDD
Selenium
CICD
Jira, Scrum, Kanban
Company
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