QA Engineer Lead - ALIP; On-site TX

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success.

You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a QA Engineer Lead - ALIP
, you will focus on verifying that mainframe applications and systems function as intended. You will create test scenarios and cases, execute them to validate the system's compliance with the specified requirements.

This role serves as the primary onshore testing point of contact for business stakeholders, development teams, and offshore QE resources, ensuring testing aligns with business requirements, regulatory standards, and delivery commitments across the Life & Annuity Line of Business.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

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Develop Test Scenarios: Create comprehensive test scenarios and cases to ensure mainframe applications meet the necessary functionality and performance standards.

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Execute Testing: Execute test scenarios and cases to validate the system's compliance with the specified requirements, utilizing character-based mainframe screens, navigation, datasets, JCL, SDSF, and utilities.

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Validate System Compliance: Verify that mainframe applications and systems function as intended, identifying and reporting defects or discrepancies.

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Ensure Functional Standards: Ensure that mainframe applications meet the necessary functionality and performance standards through rigorous testing and validation.

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Optimize Testing Processes: Continuously evaluate and optimize testing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the U.S.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 10+ years of software testing experience with at least 3 years in a Test Lead or Senior QE role
• Proven hands-on experience with ALIP (Accenture Life Insurance Platform) including policy administration, new business, billing, and financial transaction modules
• Deep domain knowledge of Life Insurance and Annuity products product structures, underwriting, policy lifecycle, claims, and regulatory requirements
• Experience leading onshore-offshore testing teams in a structured delivery environment
• Strong knowledge of UAT facilitation with business users in a Life & Annuity context
• Experience with Agile SAFe delivery methodologies and PI Planning
• Proficiency with test management tools Jira, qTest, Azure Dev Ops, or Zephyr
• Experience with defect management, test metrics, and executive-level reporting
• Familiarity with NAIC, state DOI, and SOX compliance testing requirements
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification
• Experience with ALIP API testing and integration testing across downstream systems
• Exposure to test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured) in a Life Insurance context
• Mainframe Testing
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience with creating comprehensive test scenarios and cases to ensure mainframe applications meet necessary functionality and performance standards.
• Mainframe Tools Proficiency: Experience with utilizing character-based mainframe screens, navigation, datasets, JCL, SDSF, and utilities to execute testing and validate system compliance.
• Testing Process Optimization: Experience…