Test Automation Lead

Job summary

The role involves designing and executing test strategies for mainframe-based retail banking and investment applications to ensure quality and regulatory compliance. You will drive test automation, manage test data, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate batch and online processing.

Job details

We are: The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) are the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make a tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems by leveraging innovation, intelligence, industry insights, new IT, and new technology skills. With the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. The value for our clients and our people: For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges. You Are We are looking for a Mainframe Quality Engineer to ensure the quality, accuracy, and resilience of mainframe-based retail banking and investment applications. You will design and execute test strategies for batch and online processing, drive test automation where possible, and validate that financial and regulatory outcomes are correct. Key Responsibilities Develop test strategies, plans, scenarios, and cases from functional and technical requirements Execute functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and UAT-support testing across mainframe batch and online (CICS/3270) applications Validate batch cycles by running and monitoring JCL jobs, verifying output files, DB2 data, and downstream feeds Test financial calculations and processing logic, such as interest, fees, trade allocation, income distributions, and registered plan contribution and withdrawal rules Verify regulatory and tax reporting outputs, including slips, statements, and confirmations Create and manage test data, including masked or synthetic data in line with privacy requirements Design and maintain automated regression suites for mainframe, API, and integration layers Perform reconciliation and data validation using SQL and mainframe data tools Log, triage, and track defects to closure; contribute to root cause analysis Support production release validation, smoke testing, and post-implementation verification Contribute to quality metrics, risk-based testing, and continuous improvement Partner with BAs, developers, operations, and release management in Agile/hybrid delivery This role will require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Required Skills and Experience [4-8+] years in QA/QE with substantial mainframe testing experience in Canadian retail banking and/or retail investments Strong understanding of mainframe batch and online testing, JCL, and job scheduling Proficiency in SQL/DB2 for data validation Hands-on experience with File-AID, Xpediter, SDSF/ISPF, and similar tools Experience with test management and defect tools (Jira, Xray, ALM/Octane, qTest) Knowledge of test design techniques, regression strategy, and SDLC/STLC Understanding of retail banking and investment products, including registered plans (RRSP, TFSA, RESP, FHSA, RRIF) Strong attention to detail, with clear written and verbal communication Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline. Preferred Experience at a major Canadian bank or wealth/investment organization Test automation experience for mainframe (Micro Focus UFT, Rocket/Zowe-based tooling, Selenium, Python, REST API testing with Postman or REST Assured) Experience with test data management and service virtualization tools Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and shift-left testing for mainframe Knowledge of Fundserv, trade settlement, and reconciliation workflows Experience with performance and batch window testing ISTQB or equivalent certification Familiarity with Canadian regulatory expectations (FINTRAC, CIRO/CSA, PIPEDA) and audit/control evidence requirements Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below. The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position. The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate. Information on benefits is here. Role Location Annual Salary Range British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $74,000 to $124,000 About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. 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What you’ll do

The role involves designing and executing test strategies for mainframe-based retail banking and investment applications to ensure quality and regulatory compliance. You will drive test automation, manage test data, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate batch and online processing.

Requirements

Candidates must have 4-8+ years of experience in QA/QE with substantial mainframe testing expertise in the Canadian retail banking or investment sector. Proficiency in JCL, SQL/DB2, and various mainframe testing tools is required, along with a bachelor's degree in a related discipline.

Listed skills

• SQL · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Data Validation · Preferred
• Jira · Preferred
• Agile · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Mainframe testing
• JCL
• SQL
• DB2
• File-AID
• Xpediter
• SDSF/ISPF
• Jira
• Test automation
• Retail banking
• Investment products
• API testing
• Regression testing
• Data validation
• Agile
• Quality assurance
• Trade Allocations
• Shift-Left Testing
• FileAid (Software)
• Business Problems
• Mainframe Testing
• Building Trust
• ALM Octane
• Generative Artificial Intelligence
• CI/CD
• Workflow Management
• Test Data Management
• Technical Requirements
• Software Testing Life Cycle
• qTest
• Financial Calculations
• Technology Solutions
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certified
• Resilience
• REST Assured
• Acceptance Testing
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Agile Methodology
• JIRA
• Auditing
• Automation
• Test Automation
• Reconciliation
• Investments
• Customer Information Control System (CICS)
• Consulting
• Retail Banking
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Data Validation
• IBM DB2

Job areas

• Technology
• Finance & Accounting
• Software
• Consulting
• Data & Analytics
• Automation Lead
• Software QA Engineer / Tester
• Software and Applications Developers and Analysts Not Elsewhere Classified
• Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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