Mainframe Test Analyst

Must Have Skills 8 years+ in testing Hand on experience in Developing COBOL, JCL Scripts Hand on experience on online CICS programming Have strong knowledge in SQL and able to write queries Expertise in Execution & Monitoring of the Batch Jobs Expertise in the Generation of Metrics (Dashboard) Hand on experience in HP ALM tool, defect handling, Requirement Traceability Matrix Good in test case designing, identifying test data needs and set up, testing techniques and test optimization methods Effective Communication and presentation skills Secondary Skills Preferred Mortgage/ Banking domain experience Knowledge of database testing, mainframe testing, validation of text, html, excel and other files through automation Responsibilities Prepare the Test plan/Test Strategy as per the requirements Identify test data needs, Coordinate with Test Data teams. Prepare the test schedules Monitor the work of test analyst and ensure team members are providing the quality deliverables on time Understand the project timelines and report the project status to Project managers Design test scripts, positive and negative test cases, prepare Test data Write SQL queries with Rapid SQL Execute test cases Raise defects in HP ALM, track till closure, mapping requirements to test cases Communicate with development team on issues/ defects and communicate with business users for business related clarifications Track Status of the testing thru ALM and Generate Metrics from ALM. Prepare test results document, update test status in ALM Conduct Test case, Test results walkthrough with business users