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Software AG’s Adabas database & Natural development platform are used by the world’s leading organizations to build and deploy high-performance, mission-critical applications for IBM Z®, Linux® and cloud. Governments and businesses (in finance, manufacturing, retail and more) tailor these applications to give their organization a distinct competitive advantage and optimize them to meet the most demanding operational service level agreements. With a pledge to innovate Adabas & Natural to 2050 and beyond, we ensure our customer’s mission-critical Adabas & Natural applications are Future ready. Now.
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Role Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer with a sharp focus on online applications under CICS, automation, and optimization of enterprise Java applications running on IBM z/OS mainframe systems. In this role, you will closely work with developers, ensuring that both functional correctness and non-functional performance metrics are continuously met and exceeded.
Your expertise in automating test environments, analyzing JVM-level and system-level performance, and driving test efficiency in high-throughput mainframe ecosystems will be critical to our mission of delivering scalable, optimized, and resilient enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design and implement automated test frameworks for integration and system-level testing of Java and of Cobol online applications under CICS, focusing on speed, scalability, and efficiency.
* Partner with development to establish early performance baselines, define SLA/SLO thresholds, and proactively identify performance regressions.
* Automate the provisioning and configuration of performance test environments in z/OS, including Java runtimes, USS scripts, DB2 data, and WLM policies.
* Execute and analyze load, stress, and endurance tests using native and third-party tools; interpret JVM GC logs, heap dumps, CPU usage, and z/OS SMF/RMF metrics.
* Build validation harnesses for Java services utilizing JNI, JDBC, SQLJ, and DB2 for z/OS – optimized for performance-sensitive test scenarios.
* Use tools like OMEGAMON, MainView, RMF Monitor, and custom scripts to track system resource consumption, memory contention, and processor utilization (including zIIP/zAAP offload efficiency).
* Integrate validations into CI/CD pipelines and gate releases based on strict performance metrics and KPIs.
Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
* 5+ years in software QA, with at least 3 years focused on performance testing in IBM z/OS environments.
* Proficient in Java application testing, especially Java applications deployed on USS (UNIX System Services) under z/OS.
* Strong knowledge of JVM tuning, including GC strategies, heap configuration, threading behavior, and WLM class optimization on z/OS.
* Expertise in test automation using scripting languages (e.g., Rexx, Shell, Python) and job control (JCL) on mainframe systems.
* Proven experience with performance diagnostics tools like IBM OMEGAMON, RMF, SMF, SDSF, and JVM dump analysis tools.
* Experience validating Java-native and JNI-integrated modules, as well as DB2 for z/OS workloads via SQLJ/JDBC.
What’s in it for you?
* Earn competitive total compensation and receive comprehensive country-specific medical and other benefits.
* Enjoy time and location flexibility with our Hybrid Working Model, which allows a remote workshare of up to 60%. Work anywhere in your country or abroad for up to 10 days per year.
* Set yourself up for success in your new role by upgrading your home office space using your one-time hybrid work payment. Lean on the Employee Assistance Program for support during some of life’s most common but difficult challenges.