Mainframe QA Analyst

3 months ago

Toronto, Canada BMO Financial Group Full time

4100 Gordon Baker Road Toronto Ontario,M1W 3E8

Records and documents testing results (including anomalies and issues) and compares them to expected results. Detects solution failures so that defects may be discovered and corrected. Generates historical analysis of test results and maintains a list/repository of defects.

Reviews and interprets all documentation related to testing, including business requirements and functional and design specifications, to provide input to the project team on the planning of testing activities. Provides immediate response to production program problems.
- Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues.
- Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Monitors and tracks performance, and addresses any issues.
- Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
- Leads and implements core initiatives with complete test strategies.
- Able to develop test automation suites, design frameworks, and define standards.
- Oversees several test projects simultaneously and provides scheduling support to operations.
- Ensures that systems and software are functionally appropriate, technically sound and well integrated.
- Reviews, evaluates, and derives requirements for testability.
- Designs, develops, executes, and maintains testing strategies and plans to ensure stability and efficiency, enabling a seamless customer experience.
- Executes and verifies test cases as part of the overall functional testing of Information Technology products as well as reporting defects and test results to the stakeholders.
- Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes and systems in the organization to improve overall efficiency and improve the bank.
- Ensures the accuracy and consistency of test results through documentation processes. Follows BMO’s SDLC process.
- Communicates the overall quality of a deliverable and ensures metrics are used to drive delivery and identify any areas of concern.
- Participates in programs/projects across the enterprise.
- Participates as an active stakeholder in every initiative, driving quality based on fact-based metrics.
- Ensures development teams’ unit testing practices are in place and confirms core criteria met prior to integrated testing delivery.
- Proactively provides improvement opportunities to the team to enhance the customer experience.
- Drives the testing automation capabilities.
- Identifies opportunities to strengthen the quality assurance capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.
- Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.
- Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
- Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
- Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations.
- Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

**Qualifications**:
The Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for the development of test plans, test data and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems.
- Typically, 2-4 years of work experience in IT or business environment and/or B.S./B.A. in computer science, engineering, information systems, math or business.
- Knowledge of the SDLC, testing concepts, methodologies, metrics, automated testing frameworks and BMO documentation standards.
- 3+ years of experience in Manual testing, some automation experience an asset.
- 3+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts.
- Experience with Waterfall testing methodologies. Agile & DEVOPS methodologies an asset.
- Experience with mainframe tools such as TSO/ISPF
- Experience with mainframe JCL job control language, DB2 databases and CICS screen testing.
- Experience using tools such as HPALM and Jira.
- ** Experience in Debit Cards and Every Day Banking industries.**
- Experience with providing identification and resolution of problems/issues
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong organizational, creativity and perseverance skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills.
- Proven track record for building strong working relationships.
- Problem solving skills including the ability to troubleshoot and identify problem areas throughout testing.
- Collaborate well with others. Ability to translate technical concepts into easy to understand terms
- Able to ana

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