QA & Validation Engineer

About this role

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Your role Bring your specialist knowledge and experience to a company managing 50% of the world's MIPS and play a critical role in our modernization mission. You'll be in good company among our global community of experts leading the future of mainframe modernization. Experts who share knowledge openly and collaborate freely.

In this role, you'll design, build and maintain the high-volume business logic that runs on the mainframe. At the same time you'll play a key role in refactoring legacy code to enable modern cloud and mobile applications to seamlessly interact with the mainframe's core data.

What you will do

Develops smoke test packs, validates post-migration performance, runs functional and connectivity checks.

Quality Assurance & Test Management

Develop and execute test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts for enterprise applications and platforms. Validate functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) requirements. Review business and technical requirements to ensure complete test coverage. Identify quality risks and recommend mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle. Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to release planning activities.

Test Automation

Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and test scripts. Implement test automation for web, API, mobile, and enterprise applications. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and faster releases. Improve test coverage and execution efficiency through automation best practices.

Validation & Compliance

Validate application functionality, data integrity, workflows, configurations, and business processes. Ensure applications comply with business, security, operational, and regulatory requirements. Maintain validation documentation, test evidence, and traceability records. Support audits, governance reviews, and compliance assessments as required.

Defect Management & Continuous Improvement

Log, track, prioritise, and validate defect resolutions. Conduct root cause analysis for recurring defects and quality issues. Collaborate with development teams to ensure timely defect resolution. Analyse testing trends and recommend process improvements to enhance product quality.

Performance & Non-Functional Testing

Perform performance, load, stress, scalability, and reliability testing. Assess application resilience, availability, and recovery capabilities. Validate system performance against defined business and technical requirements. Support security testing activities in collaboration with security teams.

Integration & Data Validation

Validate APIs, middleware, interfaces, and end-to-end integrations. Perform data reconciliation and verification across multiple systems. Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency throughout business processes. Support testing of enterprise SaaS, cloud, and hybrid applications.

DevOps & Continuous Testing

Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement shift-left testing practices. Support continuous testing initiatives within CI/CD pipelines. Participate in release validation and deployment verification activities. Drive quality engineering practices that enable faster and more reliable software delivery.

Who You Are

Required skills and experience

Testing & Quality Assurance Functional Testing Integration Testing System Testing Regression Testing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Defect Management and Root Cause Analysis Automation Testing Selenium Cypress Playwright TestNG JUnit Cucumber (BDD) API & Integration Testing Postman REST Assured SoapUI API Automation Frameworks Performance Testing JMeter LoadRunner Gatling DevOps & CI/CD Jenkins Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Git Database Testing SQL Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL Data Validation and Reconciliation

Preferred skills and experience

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Kubernetes and Container Testing DevSecOps Practices Test Data Management Service Virtualisation Agile and Scrum Methodologies Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms such as Workday, SAP, Salesforce, or ServiceNow

Being You

The "Kyn" in Kyndryl means kinship, which represents the strong bonds we have with each other, our customers and our communities. We focus on ensuring all Kyndryls feel included and we welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We believe in growth, and we're excited to see what you can bring. At Kyndryl, employee feedback has told us that our number one driver of employee engagement is belonging. That sense of belonging - being a valued, respected, trusted member of the team - is fundamental to our culture and fueling great experiences for our customers. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you the ability to thrive and contribute to our culture of empathy and shared success. That's The Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

Your career with us isn't just a job-it's an adventure with purpose. We offer a dynamic, hybrid-friendly culture that supports your well-being and empowers you to grow. Our Be Well programs are thoughtfully designed to support your financial, mental, physical, and social health-because we know that when you feel your best, you do your best.

From your very first day, you'll dive into impactful work that powers the…