Senior Quality Automation Engineer (z/OS)

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The IZOT product line includes BMC’s Intelligent Z Optimization & Transformation products, which help the world’s largest companies to monitor and manage their mainframe systems. The modernization of mainframe is the beating heart of our product line, and we achieve this goal by developing products that improve the developer experience, the mainframe integration, the speed of application development, the quality of the code and the applications’ security, while reducing operational costs and risks. We acquired several companies along the way, and we continue to grow, innovate, and perfect our solutions on an ongoing basis.

BMC is looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer (z/OS) to join our highly successful AMI Security team in the UK (fully remote, exiting work permit for the UK is required - we're unable to offer visa sponsorship).

In this role, you will design, build, and automate quality processes for brand-new security products developed from the ground up! These mission‑critical solutions are used by leading organizations worldwide and demand the highest standards of quality.

You will work within a global team of talented QA Automation Engineers, while also collaborating with development, product management & customer support teams to deliver exceptional product quality end to end.

So, if you’re an experienced QA Automation Engineer with a "Get it Done" and "Do it Right" attitude; If you’re passionate about diligence, thoroughness and teamwork. If you love to deliver high-quality solutions using advanced tools and processes – this is the role for you!

What will your day-to-day look like?

• Ensure top‑notch product quality through automation and manual testing, starting from the initial development stages
• Design, develop and execute functional & non-functional test plans
• Build and maintain automation scripts using automation frameworks for system and regression testing
• Participate in module design with a focus on high quality, portable, maintainable, and BMC standards compliant software
• Gain a deep understanding of the technology to be tested, including its purpose, features, and real‑world use cases
• Document test results, report defects, and track them through resolution using Jira
• Collaborate with developers, QA peers, product managers and customer support to ensure comprehensive test coverage, validate fixes, resolve defects, reproduce complex scenarios, and support customers
• Be an integral part of an amazing global team, across USA, United Kingdom, India and Israel.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in QA testing with z/OS products
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in test automation of z/OS products
• Strong experience with TSO/ISPF, SMP/E, SDSF, JES2/3, SMF, JCL, z/OS Utilities & z/OSMF
• Working experience with REXX & Python
• Good RACF knowledge
• Experience with Front-End Browser based QA
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins automation tool
• Experience with QA test automation frameworks such as TPNS, UFT, Selenium, Robot Framework, or similar
• Excellent communication skills in English
• A team player & a fast learner, with passion for the QA field

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field
• Knowledge of alternate z/OS security systems such as CA’s ACF2 and CA’s Top Secret

Our commitment to you!

BMC’s culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!

If after reading the above, You’re unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply! We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas!

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