ALC Tester

Venture Talent Consulting is seeking an experienced ALC Tester to join our team. As a critical member of our IT firm, you will work in an Agile team to support back-end mainframe systems and provide interfaces to front-end systems.

• Collaborate with development teams and product managers to design and develop software solutions.
• Analyze existing software and incoming business rules to produce application requirements and detailed design documents.
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications.
• Write effective interfaces to system applications and services.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software, and assist in defect resolution.
• Create security and data protection settings.
• Build features and applications with high availability design.
• Write technical documentation.
• Participate in walkthroughs, meetings, reviews, and coordination efforts.
• Provide individual status in Daily Scrum Calls for assigned work items.

• A minimum of 8 years of coding experience.
• Working knowledge of mainframe tools, including TSO, JCL, and Control-M.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, z/OS, and bash shell scripting.
• Hands-on experience with JCL development.
• Ability to perform code merging activities using source code control systems.
• Prior experience working on Agile teams.
• Demonstrated ability to seek out information (proactive learning).
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a larger team.
• Experience with legacy IRS Masterfile (IMF or BMF) and/or CADE2 is a plus.
• Experience with Ansible is a plus.
• Exposure to MongoDB is a plus.
• Understanding and functioning knowledge of RQM is a plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with client stakeholders at all organizational and technical levels.
• Excellent time management.
• Ability to contribute to a high-performing, motivated workgroup by applying interpersonal and collaboration skills to achieve project goals.
• Experience with Microsoft products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint).

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in a relevant discipline is preferred.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or have work authorization with an active MBI clearance or the ability to obtain it.