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. experience of QA end-to-end testing experience in Finance and Brokerage industry, including working with Regulatory bodies such as DTCC and SEC. experience in scheduling tools such as Control-M, ChangeMan, FileAid, Startool, TOAD, and SPUFI. BlueZone Session Manager scripting required for QA Automation / SDET role. 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. 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.