Marketing Executive

Manual QA Requirement: Manual QA Testers – Mobile Application Testing 2–3 Manual QA Testers to support an ongoing mobile application project. Key Requirements: ● 3–5 years of experience in software testing, with a strong focus on mobile application testing (mandatory). ● Hands-on experience testing applications built on React Native. ● Basic understanding of Java-based microservices on the backend. ● Working knowledge of Detox (React Native testing framework) is preferred. ● Good to have: ○ Exposure to fintech, particularly with an understanding of trading or investment platforms. ○ Experience with Playwright (not mandatory). 

Community Building & Management

• Build and manage Chordz communities in Pune

• Coordinate and execute offline meetups at cafés, turfs, and activity venues

• Ensure a safe, comfortable, and engaging environment for community members

• Manage communication, attendance, and basic activity reporting

• Maintain community discipline, comfort, and overall vibe

Task Management & Execution

• Assign tasks, goals, and timelines through the ERP system

• Track task progress, attendance, and performance

• Follow up regularly to ensure timely execution and closure of tasks

• Ensure work progresses efficiently beyond discussions

Venue Partnerships

• Identify cafés, sports venues, and community-friendly spaces for collaborations

• Pitch simple partnership proposals to venue owners

• Manage venue coordination and partnership tracking

Offline Community Operations

• Plan and execute offline meetups and community activities

• Coordinate between founders, interns, venues, and users

• Ensure smooth on-ground event execution and collect feedback

• Handle complaints, escalation protocols, and enforce community guidelines

Skills

• Communication & Interpersonal Skills

• Event & Community Management

• Operations & Coordination

• Partnership & Relationship Management

• Task Management & Execution

• Problem Solving & Quick Decision Making

Who Should Apply

• Some experience organizing college fests, events, clubs, sports groups, or meetups

• Comfortable interacting with new people and venue owners

• Interested to work in operations, coordination, and on-ground work

• Organized, proactive, and able to move fast in a startup environment

• Passionate about building communities and bringing people together

Experience / Education

• 12–15 years in mainframe infrastructure/architecture roles, including decommissioning and dismantling projects.
• Proven record of leading IT service transitions across geographies.
• Bachelor’s/master’s in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Certifications: ITIL Expert, IBM z/OS, or cloud/hybrid architecture certifications highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

1. Platform Ownership & Optimization

• Own the design, optimization, and lifecycle management of the mainframe infrastructure.
• Evaluate and optimize mainframe capacity (MSU) and LPAR workloads, ensuring balance between performance and cost.
• Oversee datacenter operations, monitoring strategies, middleware (MQ, File Transfer like CFT), firewall/security clearance, and release management.
• Ensure full documentation of designs, optimizations, and lifecycle activities for audit and compliance.

2. Cross-Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with stakeholders across locations and India, aligning infrastructure with business and IT objectives.
• Collaborate with application owners, operations teams, and project leaders to provide ongoing technical support.
• Act as the primary liaison with Vendors, IBM and other solution providers, driving technical synergies.
• Lead joint technical discussions with Vendors, ensuring solution alignment with transformation and exit strategies.

3. Technical Transformation & Insourcing

• Lead the transition of mainframe responsibilities from other locations to India, ensuring smooth handover and knowledge transfer.
• Build and mentor an India-based managed services team, progressively taking over steady-state operations.
• Develop a structured roadmap for insourcing and governance alignment, balancing compliance, cost, and performance.
• Provide regular technical assistance to project teams, ensuring infrastructure readiness and support.

4. KPI Ownership & Reporting

• Define, monitor, and report technical KPIs (capacity, performance, availability, incident management, and cost optimization).
• Deliver regular KPI dashboards and reports to senior management.
• Enforce KPI adherence across both internal teams and external vendors, driving corrective actions where required.

5. Decommissioning & Dismantling

• Lead the end-to-end decommissioning of mainframe components across software, middleware, and hardware.
• Manage license offboarding and termination (e.g., IDMS, CA/Broadcom), ensuring no residual dependencies remain.
• Oversee datacenter hardware dismantling and disposal, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with security and governance teams to revoke access, certificates, and data securely.
• Create detailed decommissioning playbooks, closure documentation, and audit-ready reports.

6. Housekeeping & Lifecycle Management

• Own and manage all housekeeping activities end-to-end (storage cleanup, archival, job scheduling, patching, log retention, etc.).
• Standardize housekeeping routines into clear runbooks, automating where possible.
• Ensure lifecycle management of mainframe systems, from capacity planning to decommissioning.
• Report housekeeping outcomes and ensure alignment with compliance and audit needs.

7. Knowledge Continuity & Documentation

• Take full ownership of knowledge transfer from existing responsible teams, leaving no knowledge gaps.
• Establish a structured knowledge base capturing infrastructure, decommissioning, and housekeeping processes.
• Regularly update documentation to reflect system changes, exit milestones, and best practices.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep expertise in mainframe optimization (MSU, LPAR), datacenter operations, and middleware integration.
• Hands-on experience in mainframe decommissioning, dismantling, and license termination.
• Strong understanding of housekeeping routines and lifecycle management in mainframe environments.
• Proven ability to lead cross-country transitions (Other locations to India) and multi-vendor ecosystems.
• Strong vendor and partner collaboration skills.
• Strategic mindset to balance stability, compliance, cost optimization, and modernization.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Leadership in building, mentoring, and scaling technical teams in a managed services model.

Key Responsibilities & Technical Expertise

• Design, develop, customize, and maintain Magento 2 websites, extensions, and modules.
• Build and enhance Progressive Web Applications (PWA) using Magento PWA Studio, React.js, and GraphQL.
• Integrate third-party systems including payment gateways, ERP, CRM, and other API-based services.
• Optimize site performance, caching, and scalability using tools like Redis, Varnish, and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Configure caching, indexing, and CDN for improved site performance.
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, LESS/SASS, JavaScript, jQuery, and TypeScript.
• Skilled in React.js, Redux, GraphQL, and REST APIs for modern frontend development in Magento PWA.
• Proficient in Magento theme development, custom module development, and UI component customization.
• Set up and manage Docker-based environments for local development, staging, and production deployments.
• Implement security best practices, perform regular updates, and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies.

Role/ Responsibilities

• Design APIs, DB, Queues, monitoring for micro services. 
• Writing, deploying and managing micro services. 
• Migrate existing components into distributed micro service architecture. 
• AWS Cloud / Google Cloud Platform (Manage Infrastructure). 
• API integration with 3rd parties. 
• Unit test cases, automation. 
• Database optimisation. 
• Design of highly concurrent backend architecture. 
• Handling high traffic data. 

Experience required: 

• Sound fundamentails in software design. 
• Must have worked on distributed and micro service architecture. 
• Sound fundamentals on scale/ performance/ memory optimisation. 
• Sound fundamentals of authentication, authorization, payment processes, data security. 
• Must have experience in Spring / Spring boot. 
• Good to have experience in Kafka / JMS / RabbitMQ / AWS Elastic queue. 
• Good to have experience in Junit / mockito unit test cases. 
• Good to have knowledge in Mysql (or any RDBMS).