Mainframe QA Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• QA Strategy Architect: Develop and execute a comprehensive QA strategy that aligns with our product vision and business goals.
• Demonstrate and cultivate a passion for delivering high-quality products aligned with customer needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define quality standards, best practices, and testing methodologies.
• Identify areas for process improvement; drive initiatives to enhance QA efficiency and effectiveness.
• Code Coverage Enhancement: Analyze source code to identify gaps in test coverage and increase coverage in product features and modules that may be prone to defects.
• Champion the adoption of code coverage tools and techniques to ensure thorough testing.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Collaborate with other product QAs to share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Continue to build Linux expertise and keep abreast of new technology, processes, systems, and tools.
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of quality and continuous learning within the QA team.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide them in their professional growth.
• CI/CD Pipeline Champion: Drive the establishment and optimization of robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Advocate for a test-first approach, ensuring that automated tests are integral to the development process.
• Collaborate with internal and central engineering teams to streamline our testing, packaging, and building process to streamline our testing and minimize time-to-market in getting out product fixes (APARs).
• Engineering Excellence Initiatives: Take the lead in engineering excellence initiatives, promoting best practices, code quality, and technical debt reduction.
• Encourage innovation and experimentation within the QA team.
• Contribute to retrospectives and actively address impediments to team productivity.
• Agile Backlog Refinement & Planning: Work as part of a self-directed Agile team, taking ownership of assigned work and sharing accountability for delivering high quality results.
• Collaborate with Product Management during backlog refinement sessions.
• Estimate features, identify risks, and contribute to achievable Program Increment (PI) objectives.
• Foster cross-team coordination by identifying dependencies and capturing local backlog items.
• Actively participate in team planning and contributing to team goals.
• Volunteer for and commit to delivering stories and tasks within the sprint.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Experience working with CA 1 Flexible Storage, Vtape, DASD Storage Management, DFSMS, Allocate, and/or other mainframe storage products and systems.
• Experience with QA automation tools and maintaining QA testing infrastructures.
• Experience across various platforms, including z/OS (including USS and SMP/E), Linux, and VMWare (VCF/vSAN) platforms.
• Knowledge and related product expertise in CI/CD methodologies using automation tools.
• Knowledge of Cloud technologies, particularly Cloud Storage solutions, is a plus.

Desired Technical Skills & Experience

• Experience with performance monitoring and tools.
• Additional experience in one or more mainframe and open systems languages.
• Experience with virtualization tools like Swarm, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and tools related to automating the deployment and management of containerized applications.
• Open to learning new technologies and languages, following new trends, and continuous innovation.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineer or Computer Science or global equivalent in a related field.

Work Experience

5+ or more years of experience in Mainframe software development or a related field with Mainframe architectures system internals, testing and utilities.

Pay and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is USD 101,000.00 To USD 162,000.00

As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth.

All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package:

• Medical, dental and vision plans,
• 401(K) participation including company matching,
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP),
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP),
• company paid holidays,
• paid sick leave and vacation time.

The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.