Back-end developer

Introduction
Looking for a back end developer to work on our EST squad executing and automating test scenarios by developing web based framework and command line programs. This job role provides a wide range of technical experiences developing maintaining and enhancing the web based automation framework and Command-Line based automation program. It also offers a lot of troubleshooting investigation and problem resolution. This encompasses several sub-roles including: machine configuration operation maintenance error handling and investigation troubleshooting bugs defect reporting operating system knowledge and workload execution. In addition there is a strong desire to transform traditional test methods to a more automated approach which will require a significant amount of programming & scripting. We need someone with the drive to find machine bugs and work with our development team until the issue has been resolved. A team player is a must! In order to ensure success the candidate will need a willingness to continuously seek education to build their skills. This along with a strong desire to replace traditional manually initiated workload/testing with automated execution techniques will be a big plus.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As the IBM zSystems back-end developer you will be responsible for:

• Identifying existing manual test scenarios and workloads and design programmatic automation to replace them
• Executing a variety of stress and functional tests by working with dev teams towards developing programmatic automation
• Growing knowledge of physical server design and logical constructs behind its operation
• Hardware handling maintenance changes and manipulation
• Working with multiple Z mainframe operating systems to execute workloads that are used to verify the latest hardware and firmware deliveries
• Large amount of troubleshooting investigation and problem resolution
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Development maintenance and enhancement of web based and command line-based test frameworks.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 – 5 years of experience: Java J2EE
• Writing test automation using languages such as Selenium Perl Python bash shell scripting etc.
• Solid understanding of the Windows and Linux operating systems and their command line operations file systems and operations
• Outstanding communication skills are key to working within Engineering System Test and with development teams around the world
• Strong team player with good communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills
• Ability and drive to dive into unknown hardware architectures and operating systems and grow new technical skills

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• 2+ years of experience working with Z mainframe systems in some capacity
• Preferred knowledge of MYSQL XML JSON
• Experience writing and executing test plans with the ability to ensure proper coverage based on customer requirements and workloads and perform regression testing
• Hardware troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of Agile practices
• Ability to handle testing and debugging tasks independently