Senior Software Engineer - Quality Assurance

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Software Engineer

Broadcom provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. It’s our aim to encourage global collaboration and innovation while supporting and developing our talented workforce. Broadcom empowers its employees to drive success for both the business and themselves.

Broadcom has earned scores of global Workplace Excellence awards in the last few years - and there's a reason for that. Our fun, diverse, and fast-paced corporate culture has put us on the map as one of the best employers in the industry. Here you'll have the opportunity to explore flexible work arrangements, partner with our impressive customer set, and enjoy a competitive compensation package - all while pushing the boundaries of what's "possible" by collaborating with a diverse team of global innovators.

The Opportunity

The Broadcom Datacom development team in Plano, Texas develops a leading Database product Datacom, has been around since the early 1970s, designed for large, mission-critical workloads on IBM mainframes; driving some of the world’s largest banks, insurance companies, retailers and more. Datacom is a high-performance relational database management system for IBM z Systems. It is built for reliability and can handle massive critical workloads with 24x7 availability. It includes features like Datacom SQL and Datacom Server, which enable integration with modern applications, business intelligence, web services, and cloud environments using JDBC and ODBC connections. Clearly, this demands exceptional innovation from the best and brightest minds to validate the product to ensure it meets the quality standards - which is where you come in.

Who You Are

In an arena where ideas and original thought are highly prized - and initiative, innovation and technical excellence are lauded - you'll need to be a self-motivated team player with a strong computer science background. You'll also need to be dynamic in thought, adaptable in style, and brave enough to think outside of the box and open to learn new tool and technologies - all in the name of developing and testing the next-generation of world class IT solutions. To be part of our team - the brains behind the world's leading Database software - you'll need to be bold, decisive, and have a true desire to partner and collaborate with like-minded, creative colleagues, every single day.

What You’ll Do

• Research, test and develop innovative new solutions that will help to shape the future direction of Broadcom.
• Work within a scrum team in an agile development environment, with an opportunity to gain exposure to many of the key agile roles.
• Develop a test plan, test strategy, Design functional and non-functional tests for enterprise-level products to verify and validate the product meets functional and business requirements.
• Participate in backlog and technical refinement reviews with other engineers.
• Participate in test plan reviews and develop automated test scripts to deliver high quality software solutions.

What You Need

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development.
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• Prior experience as a SDET (Functional Test Engineer) in a Scrum team.
• Expertise in the following: IBM Assembler on z/OS, z/OS Language Environment (LE)
• Experience using Source Code Management tools such as Endevor and GitHub.
• Open to learning new technologies and languages, following new trends, and continuous innovation.

Skills that will benefit your efforts

• Experience working with z/OS systems components and sub-systems such as ISPF, CICS, CLIST, REXX, and mainframe databases like Datacom, IDMS, and/or DB2 etc
• Working knowledge of SMP/E, ZOSMF. Product installs and maintenance would be a plus. 
• SYSPROG experience in rolling in code changes into different environments like development LPARS and PROD LPARS. Exposure to SYSVIEW in this role or real time monitor like RMF.
• Strong skills in JCL usage with PROCs, symbolics usage and usage of JCL 
• Experience with LE (language environment from IBM) with COBOL, PL/1 and C++ 
• Knowledge and related product expertise in one or more of the following: Test Automation, Jenkins, Python, CI/CD Automation

Nice to have:

• Additional experience in one or more of the following languages:  Metal C and Assembler would be a plus.
• Working knowledge for dataset management, use of z/OS catalog, GDG management, DASD 3390 geometry, and IBM'S DFDSS
• Knowledge of Datacom utilities is a strong plus (DBUTLTY, DBSQLPR, DDUPDATE). Exposure to Dataquery, VSAM Transparency, Ideal and Datacom Server and CA 7
• Experience with Blackduck, Coverity, zACS tools
• Solid knowledge of reading system dumps or SNAPs

Compensation and Benefits

As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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