Overview
On Site
USD 98,841.60 per year
Full Time
Skills
Computer hardware
Firmware development
Performance testing
Genetics
Regulatory Compliance
Immigration
Computer engineering
Communication
Computer science
Software testing
Quick learner
Business acumen
Programming languages
Java
C++
Python
Agile
Performance analysis
Health care
Finance
Life insurance
Training
Retail
Law
Mainframe
Debugging
z/OS
Test plans
Test cases
Screenwriting
Data Analysis
Reporting
Testing
Innovation
Collaboration
Servers
Science
Cloud computing
IBM SmartCloud
IBM
Artificial intelligence
Blockchain
Job Details
Your Role and Responsibilities
Position starts are in Summer 2025.
Job Duties:
The candidate will have the opportunity of working with a team with wide range experience and who are experts in IBM Z systems, mainframe/hardware performance testing, data analysis, and have technical skills in coupling & parallel sysplex. The team works very closely with the system architects, hardware & firmware development teams to conduct performance testing of the internal & external coupling links and the parallel sysplex capabilities of the existing and next generation IBM Z systems. They are all located in Poughkeepsie NY.
Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
Other Relevant Job Details
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Introduction
We are looking for a mainframe tester to join our team to help us achieve Sysplex Performance deliverables for the next machine cycle. Tester responsibilities include writing test cases and testing code, debugging programs and integrating applications into the environment. The candidate will be mentored / trained on z/OS system programming, test planning, test case / script writing, data gathering, executing, defect finding, logging, tracking, data analysis, and reporting. There will be opportunities to collaborate with architects, developers and other analysts and testers to plan / automate various test activities. To be successful in this role, the candidate should be able to work well in a team, have an interest in learning, be able to work/investigate on their own and be aware of testing best practices.
Wonder if IBM is the one for you?
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
About IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
Position starts are in Summer 2025.
Job Duties:
- Coordinating with the team to understand requirements and set up new/existing configurations.
- Testing and debugging hardware, software services and applications
- Gathering data and following performance testing conventions
- Mining and analyzing performance data Improving functionality of existing processes
- Preparing Test Result Summary ReportsAnalyzing requirements and providing technical solutions
The candidate will have the opportunity of working with a team with wide range experience and who are experts in IBM Z systems, mainframe/hardware performance testing, data analysis, and have technical skills in coupling & parallel sysplex. The team works very closely with the system architects, hardware & firmware development teams to conduct performance testing of the internal & external coupling links and the parallel sysplex capabilities of the existing and next generation IBM Z systems. They are all located in Poughkeepsie NY.
Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Collaborative skills and ability to work in fast-paced agile environments.
- Basic knowledge / understanding of computer science fundamentals.
- Basic knowledge / understanding of software testing.
- Quick learner with business acumen.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
- Programming skills in programming languages such as Java, C++, Python etc.
- Knowledge of Performance process / methodology.
- Knowledge of Agile environment.
- Experience with Testing tools.
- Experience with performance analysis.
Other Relevant Job Details
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Introduction
We are looking for a mainframe tester to join our team to help us achieve Sysplex Performance deliverables for the next machine cycle. Tester responsibilities include writing test cases and testing code, debugging programs and integrating applications into the environment. The candidate will be mentored / trained on z/OS system programming, test planning, test case / script writing, data gathering, executing, defect finding, logging, tracking, data analysis, and reporting. There will be opportunities to collaborate with architects, developers and other analysts and testers to plan / automate various test activities. To be successful in this role, the candidate should be able to work well in a team, have an interest in learning, be able to work/investigate on their own and be aware of testing best practices.
Wonder if IBM is the one for you?
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
About IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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