**Introduction** India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) is part of IBM Systems world-wide technology development lab. Established in 1996, the Lab is headquartered in India's Silicon Valley and startup hub - Bengaluru, with a strong presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Developers at ISDL deliver technology innovations across the entire Systems portfolio - z Systems, Power / OpenPOWER Systems and Storage. The team here works across the entire stack from processor design, firmware, operating system to software defined storage. The lab also focuses on innovations, thanks to the creative energies of the teams. The lab has contributed over 400+ patents in cutting edge technologies and inventions so far. While computing veers towards cognitive, cloud, mobile, social, and security, the lab has significantly contributed to not just new products focused in these areas, but has also ushered in new development models such as Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps **Your role and responsibilities** As a Test Engineer, you will be part of the team working on DSFS (Data set file system), a z/OS component. You will be fully hands-on in test execution and scripting working in the z/OS Development organization. You should be familiar with hierarchical file systems, and UNIX utilities. A strong understanding of software architecture and design and expertise in Agile processes is required. A seasoned Test Engineer who can comfortably interact and collaborate with senior technical and business leaders across the global z/OS development organization is preferred. * Design and Develop Test Strategies for various z/OS Components, features. * Function as a test Engineer for the team who is fully hands-on * Write test documents, review design and test documents, script and automate tests, execute manual and automated tests and verify defects. * Prepare status updates and present to the management. * Identify opportunities for DSFS enhancements and define validation plans. * Collaborate with global teams. * Look for improvements in Software Development life cycle. * Modernise Test definition, implementation and execution mechanisms and solutions. **Required technical and professional expertise** * 3+ years of relevant experience. * Strong Test Engineer who has demonstrated QA execution experience for Operating Systems life cycle test processes that includes definition of test strategies, test planning, test case automation frameworks and test execution. * Manual testing, automation scripting, function and component testing, system testing and integration testing is required; z/OS testing experience is preferred. * An understanding and experience with Agile software development concepts and processes * Strong expertise in System testing and programming skills in Python. * Defect identification, defect scrubbing and defect verification is required. * Strong expertise in Unix/Linux file systems. Extensive experience in debugging and troubleshooting issues. * Good communication skills as this role requires interaction with global stakeholders. * Willingness and ability to learn new technology including tooling and ramp up in a short span **Preferred technical and professional experience** z/OS architecture, Operating systems, Familiarity with z/OS and z/VM, UNIX Shell interactive commands and shell scripting, C, Operating Systems, Global team experience