Test Lead - Mainframe

nugget.ai

📍 mississauga, peel region, Canada

Full-time Management & Operations Posted May 22, 2026

Job Description

Program Test Lead, Mainframe Upgrade – Quality Engineering

· Must Have

o At least 12+ years of work experience in Quality Engineering (Testing) in IT

o Canadian Banking domain experience

o Leading and managing testing large scale, complex Mainframe applications and migration / upgrade projects

o Coordinating with Product, Infrastructure, Technical teams, Stakeholders, Executives, etc.

o Working in a matrix organization

o Stakeholder management across multiple areas such as Business, Infrastructure, Network, IT Custodians, Development, etc.

· Required Skills

o In-depth knowledge in testing Mainframe related applications using Cobol, DB2, SQL, JCL, VSAM, LPAR, CICS, Job schedulers such as Control-D/M, CA7; Banking applications

o Experience in testing various Mainframe application screens

o Experience in strategizing Mainframe (hardware) upgrade and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) testing

o Exposure t...