iSeries/AS400 QA

The ideal candidate should have the ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. The ideal candidate must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability and know-how to collaborate effectively with domain experts and the IT leadership team.

Responsibilities :

Analyzes and prepare test plans for iSeries code that supports various applications in the Retail Domain.

Creates test scripts for applications supported using standard practices, processes, and procedures.

Performs unit testing, functional testing, integration testing coordinates with development team members on development, and QA tasks.

Adheres to the clients IS division development standards and deployment processes and procedures. Collaborates with the Product Owner, business area, team members, and QA to ensure requirements are clearly defined, understood, and documented.

Participates in QA estimation and test plan / script creation, execution and defect triage

Participate in collaborative technical discussions that focus on software user experience, design, architecture, and development

Requirements : Must-Have

Excellent QA skills on the iSeries platform Analyze and test new programs using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE, and Control Language (CLP / CLLE).

Very good knowledge of SQL concepts Analyze and modify complex SQL queries, embedded SQL in SQLRPGLE, Cursor programming, SQL Sprocs.

Database Concepts Create and Analyze Physical files, Logical Files, SQL tables, Indexes, Views, Stored procedures.

Good working knowledge in screen programming Display Files, Subfiles, and Printer files.

Document business rules effectively and should be able to create data mapping documents after analyzing program flows and data flows

ILE Programming Analyze and Create program modules, binding directories, service programs.

Working knowledge of Message Queue (MQ), MQ Trigger, and embedding XML tags in RPG Programs Good communication skills and the job will involve owning a project task completely based on the communication with the analysts at the client site Good to Have

Good working knowledge in Turnover the code configuration management tool

Good working knowledge in X- Analysis cross-reference tool for iSeries.

Knowledge of Triggers, Message Queuing for inter-program / inter-system communication

ROBOT job scheduler knowledge in creating and setting up scheduled jobs in the iSeries.

Knowledge of normalized, denormalized tables, Star Schema databases

Working knowledge on iSeries Navigator to run queries and analyze the performance of SQL queries. Knowledge in the Retail Domain especially in areas like Merchandising, Warehouse Management, Distribution,etc.