The posting
At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.
As a QA/Test Developer for IBM Z offerings, you will design, develop, debug, and execute tests to ensure world-class quality expectations are met. You will work in a collaborative environment to discover and investigate defects, validate fixes, and continually enhance testing methodologies, automation, tooling, and techniques.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Develop and Execute Tests: Design, develop, debug, and execute tests for IBM Z offerings, such as z/OS, zTPF, zVM, and zVSE, using agile practices and DevOps tooling to ensure the offering meets client requirements and quality expectations.
• Collaborative Defect Investigation: Work collaboratively to discover and investigate defects, validate fixes, and provide feedback on items such as usability, serviceability, and documentation to continually enhance the offering.
• Enhance Testing Methodologies: Continually enhance testing methodologies, automation, tooling, and techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes.
• Client Advocacy: Act as a client advocate, providing feedback on items such as usability, serviceability, and documentation to ensure the offering meets client needs and expectations.
• Exposure to Agile Practices: Experience working with agile practices and DevOps tooling to design, develop, debug, and execute tests for complex software offerings.
• Test Development Skills: Experience with developing and executing tests for operating systems, such as z/OS, zTPF, zVM, and zVSE, to ensure world-class quality expectations are met.
• Defect Investigation: Exposure to collaborative defect investigation, validation of fixes, and providing feedback on items such as usability, serviceability, and documentation.
• Automation and Tooling: Experience working with automation and tooling to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes.
• Quality Assurance Methodologies: Exposure to testing methodologies and techniques to ensure the offering meets client requirements and quality expectations.
• Agile Methodologies Knowledge: Exposure to agile practices and DevOps tooling to design, develop, debug, and execute tests for complex software offerings, such as IBM Z, is beneficial.
• Operating System Testing: Experience with testing operating systems like z/OS, zTPF, zVM, and zVSE can be advantageous in this role.
• Automation and Tooling: Familiarity with automation and tooling to improve testing processes can be an asset in enhancing testing methodologies and techniques.



