job summary: Description: Our team is recruiting a driven, results-oriented Mainframe QA Lead who shares our passion for technology, innovation, and excellence. Our main goal here at Schwab is to transform people's lives by changing the way the world invests.We are enhancing our core applications to support scalability and modernize our systems with the goal of serving our clients. location: Southlake, Texas job type: Contract salary: $6 - 65 per hour work hours: 8am to 5pm education: Bachelors responsibilities: The Mainframe QA Lead will be a hands-on lead who excels in a dynamic, fast-moving, and agile environment and is passionate about ensuring high quality, scalable software.The candidate will work with a team of seasoned engineers, product owners, and business analysts, whose main objective is to maintain all aspects of the overall software development lifecycle and ensure the on-time, quality delivery of software product releases.Ideal candidates enjoy fast-paced environments, thrive under pressure, and embrace change passionately.The successful candidate has experience in a technical QA lead role in a Mainframe environment and can analyze, test, and direct other QA professionals to ensure that all software accurately aligns with the needs of business, while also adhering to regulatory needs. qualifications: Technical Experience 10+ years of experience in mainframe technologies - COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL Stored Procedures, Messaging Queues (IBM MQ, Kafka), CICS, Easytrieve, Datacom, SORT utilities. REXX required for QA automation / SDET roles.5+ years of QA end-to-end testing experience in Finance and Brokerage industry, including working with Regulatory bodies such as DTCC and SEC.7+ years in scheduling tools such as Control-M, ChangeMan, FileAid, Startool, Xpeditor, TOAD, and SPUFI. BlueZone Session Manager scripting required for QA Automation / SDET role.Experience API testing tools such as Parasoft and Fiddler to aid in modernization efforts, would be an added advantage.Experience in understanding and articulating enterprise level systems and data flows to aid with QA involving testing, development, and implementation of Mainframe based applications and databases.It is imperative that the candidate has excellent and strong RCA (Root Cause Analysis) skills and identifying the possible solutions to the identified issues at complex enterprise applications/systems. skills: Thorough understanding of Agile software development methodologies, ART, including Scrum and Kanban via tools such as JIRA and Rally.Strong experience in collaborating with business and technical teams to understand requirements and impact analysis by working with PO (Product Owners), Business Owners, SM (Scrum Masters), SME (Subject Matter Experts), Tech Leads, and upstream/downstream organizations.Microsoft Office Tools proficiency Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.