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ApTask · 11 hours ago

QA Automation with Mainframe

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$50/hr - $56/hr

8+ years exp

ApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services, dedicated to shaping the future of work. The QA Automation with Mainframe role involves building test strategies for complex workflows, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Human ResourcesInformation TechnologySmall and Medium BusinessesStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Proven track record building end-to-end test strategies for complex, front-to-back workflows

Hands-on experience with legacy mainframe systems: understanding how the mainframe processes data, designing and validating data-migration flows from mainframe to distributed tiers, and testing those migrations in the live mainframe environment

Skilled at balancing PODs individual priorities while maintaining a coherent, end-to-end test strategy across both distributed and mainframe platforms

Experience defining test roadmaps, metrics/KPIs (e.g., defect leakage, test coverage, automation percentage) and continuously improving them

Skilled at risk-based testing: prioritizing what to test when timelines are tight and leveraging data to drive coverage decisions

Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, DevOps) to build automation into nightly/regression suites

Expert in Playwright for UI automation and Insomnia for API testing

Familiarity with modern test management platforms (TestRail, qTest) and defect-tracking tools (JIRA)

Exceptional verbal and written communicator able to translate technical test results into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences

Proactive in surfacing risks early and driving cross-team alignment on scope, timelines and acceptance criteria

Qualification

QA AutomationMainframe TestingPlaywrightCI/CD PipelinesJIRACucumber/BDDTest Management PlatformsAnalytical MindsetCommunication

Required

8+ years of software‐testing experience, including deep hands-on work in both manual and automated frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cucumber)

Proven track record building end-to-end test strategies for complex, front-to-back workflows

Strong influencer: comfortable partnering with Product, DevOps, Engineering and Operations to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle