Mainframe Test Engineer

Job Description
Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS) - Collateral Management Tribe
You will conduct Integration Testing of business requirements, functional, non-functional, and technical aspects on various Features and Epics. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing our testing strategy.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Epic & Feature refinements to ensure testability of requirements.
• Define or optimize test strategies using a risk-based approach.
• Prepare testing budgets (high level and detailed estimates).
• Develop test planning and produce test environment requirements.
• Coordinate test environment set-up and review test requirements and cases.
• Follow agile methodology for test preparation.
• Coordinate testing activities, including day-to-day resource management.
• Support test environments during execution, collaborating with Test Environment Expert.
• Manage defects, ensuring accurate assignment and priority setting.
• Produce test progress reports based on planning.
• Report testing status to Epic Delivery Owner (EDO) and other partners.
• Address impediments with Squads, Scrum master, EDO, and stakeholders.
• Write Test Summary Reports and discuss results with partners.
• Support major and minor releases as Tribe Release Engineer.
• Mentor and support less experienced testers and test leads.
• Lead and participate in Retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Be an active member of the testing community.

Profile

• Experience with IT Testing and familiarity with IBM Mainframe (PL/1, SQL DB2, MQ, CICS, JCL, VSAM, XML).
• Knowledge of large multi-platform IT environments.
• Strong analytical mindset to extract and analyze relevant information.
• Experience in Agile and risk-based approaches.
• Proficiency with tools like TFS, ServiceNow, or similar.
• Ability to work on multiple Epics and Features simultaneously.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing and automation.
• Personal skills: organizational, relational, adaptability, teamwork, autonomy, dynamism, availability, negotiation, compliance with procedures.
• Proficiency in English.
• Knowledge of settlement or collateral management domain is a plus

About Us
Why join us
Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working
Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.

About The Team
The Group Business Solutions (GBS) division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesn't compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.