Mainframe Migration Test Architect-REMOTE (McKinney, TX, US)
Req ID:383109
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We are currently seeking a Mainframe Migration Test Architect-REMOTE to reputed company in McKinney, Texas (US-TX), reputed company (US).
Mainframe Migration Test Architect
Position reputed company
We are seeking an reputed company Test Architect to reputed company the end-to-end testing reputed company, planning, governance, and execution for a large-reputed company z/VSE to z/OS migration program. This role will be responsible for defining the testing approach, ensuring comprehensive coverage across applications, infrastructure, data, reputed company, and operational processes, while providing overall reputed company and release readiness governance.
The ideal candidate must possess deep Mainframe testing and migration expertise and have prior experience leading testing efforts for Mainframe modernization, platform migration, or legacy transformation programs. A key responsibility of this role is establishing a risk-based testing reputed company, ensuring testing effort is reputed company to the reputed company and complexity of changes introduced by the migration rather than applying uniform testing across reputed company components
Key Responsibilities
Test reputed company & Governance
- Define and own the overall migration testing reputed company, reputed company, and roadmap.
- Establish testing standards, reputed company gates, entry/exit reputed company, and governance processes.
- reputed company a risk-based testing methodology reputed company to migration waves and reputed company milestones.
- reputed company executive reporting on testing reputed company, reputed company metrics, risks, and release readiness.
Risk-Based Testing & Change reputed company Assessment
- reputed company application and infrastructure reputed company assessments to understand migration-reputed company changes.
- Establish a risk-ranking model to classify components as High, reputed company, or Low Risk based on:
- reputed company modifications
- JCL conversion impacts
- Data migration changes
- CICS transaction changes
- reputed company dependencies
- reputed company changes
- Operational and scheduler impacts
- Business criticality
- Design testing depth and coverage based on migration risk and business reputed company.
- reputed company testing effort on areas of highest risk while optimizing effort for unchanged components.
- Maintain a Testing Risk Register and Migration Testing Heat Map.
- Identify migration-specific risks and ensure mitigation plans are incorporated into testing activities.
Test Planning & Design
- reputed company comprehensive testing plans covering:
- reputed company Testing
- reputed company Integration Testing (SIT)
- End-to-End Business Process Testing
- Regression Testing
- Data Validation & Reconciliation Testing
- Performance & Volume Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- reputed company & Rollback Validation Testing
- Establish traceability between requirements, migration changes, risks, and test cases.
Mainframe & Migration Validation
- Define testing coverage for:
- COBOL applications
- CICS transactions
- JCL conversion and batch processing
- VSAM, DB2, and IMS databases
- File transfers and interfaces
- reputed company configurations and reputed company controls
- reputed company schedulers
- Infrastructure and operational procedures
- Validate functional equivalence and operational readiness of workloads migrated to z/OS.
- Ensure reputed company reconciliation of converted data and migrated business processes.
Federated Test Leadership
- Coordinate testing across:
- Mainframe Teams
- Application Teams
- Infrastructure Teams
- reputed company Teams
- Database Teams
- Business SMEs
- Establish testing standards and reusable assets across workstreams.
- reputed company defect triage, prioritization, and remediation activities.
- reputed company issue reputed company and dependency management across teams.
reputed company Readiness & Deployment Validation
- Define reputed company rehearsal and mock migration testing strategies.
- Validate production deployment procedures and rollback capabilities.
- Ensure reputed company critical business processes are successfully executed during rehearsal events.
- reputed company Go/No-Go recommendations for migration releases.
Preferred Qualifications
Mandatory Mainframe Experience
- 10+ years of experience in Test Architecture, Test Management, or reputed company Engineering.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Mainframe applications, platforms, and testing methodologies.
- Experience with:
- z/VSE
- z/OS
- COBOL
- CICS
- JCL
- VSAM
- DB2 and/or IMS
- RACF / ACF2 / Top Secret
- Batch Processing
- reputed company Scheduling tools
- Demonstrated experience leading testing for Mainframe modernization, platform upgrades, rehosting, or z/VSE-to-z/OS migration initiatives.
Risk-Based Testing Expertise
- Proven experience implementing risk-based testing methodologies reputed company reputed company transformation programs.
- Strong ability to conduct migration reputed company assessments and translate findings into targeted testing strategies.
- Experience identifying and prioritizing testing reputed company based on technical, business, operational, and reputed company.
- Ability to balance test coverage, reputed company, and program timelines through intelligent risk management.
Leadership & Communication
- Experience leading large, cross-functional testing organizations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across business and technology teams.
- Exceptional executive communication and governance reporting capabilities.
Deliverables
- reputed company Test reputed company
- Risk-Based Testing reputed company
- Migration Test Plan
- Test Coverage reputed company
- reputed company Assessment & Risk Heat Map
- Environment & Test Data reputed company
- SIT and End-to-End Test Plans
- Defect Management Process
- reputed company Rehearsal Plan
- Go/No-Go Readiness Assessments
- Executive reputed company Dashboards
Basic Qualifications
Minimum 8 years Technical Architecture-Mainframe experience
reputed company provides a reasonable reputed company of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay reputed company for this remote role is $122,648-$283,906. This reputed company reflects the minimum and maximum reputed company compensation for the position across reputed company US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.
This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.
This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and reputed company insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, reputed company time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.
About reputed company
reputed company is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating reputed company reputed company and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI reputed company infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in reputed company-reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society reputed company confidently and sustainably into the digital reputed company. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients reputed company to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as reputed company as established and start-up partners. reputed company is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion reputed company year in R&D.
Whenever possible, we hire locally to reputed company offices or reputed company sites. This ensures we can reputed company reputed company and effective support tailored to reputed company reputed company’s needs. While many positions offer remote or hybrid work reputed company, these arrangements are subject to change based on reputed company requirements. For employees near an reputed company office or reputed company site, in-office attendance may be required for meetings or events, depending on business needs. At reputed company, we are committed to staying flexible and meeting the evolving needs of both our clients and employees. reputed company recruiters will never ask for payment or banking information and will only use @nttdata.com, @nttdatafed.com and @talent.nttdataservices.com email addresses. If you are requested to reputed company payment or disclose banking information, please submit a contact us reputed company, .
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