**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. **Your role and responsibilities** As a Quality Engineer with expertise in Middleware, you will focus on testing applications and systems, executing test cases for SOA, WebServices, and Middleware integration concepts. You will develop test scenarios and test cases, and verify that the system is built according to requirements. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Develop Test Scenarios: Create test scenarios and test cases to ensure the system meets requirements, focusing on functional and non-functional testing at the component integration layers. • Execute Test Cases: Execute test cases for SOA, WebServices, and Middleware integration concepts, verifying system functionality and identifying defects. • Manage Environment Availability: Build environment availability and refresh plans, ensuring day-to-day environment management tasks are completed efficiently. • Verify System Integration: Understand and manage inter-application dependencies, ensuring seamless integration between components. • Test Interface Invocation: Invoke application interfaces using integration protocols such as WebServices, MQ, JMS, and RMI to validate system functionality. **Required technical and professional expertise** • Exposure to Middleware Testing: Experience with testing applications and systems, executing test cases for SOA, WebServices, and Middleware integration concepts. • Understanding of Integration Protocols: Familiarity with invocation of application interfaces using integration protocols such as WebServices, MQ, JMS, and RMI. • Experience with Test Case Development: Exposure to developing test scenarios and test cases to ensure system meets requirements, focusing on functional and non-functional testing. • Knowledge of Environment Management: Understanding of day-to-day environment management tasks, including building environment availability and refresh plans. • Familiarity with Component Integration: Experience with understanding and managing inter-application dependencies, ensuring seamless integration between components. **Preferred technical and professional experience** • Middleware Integration Knowledge: Exposure to testing applications and systems, executing test cases for SOA, WebServices, and Middleware integration concepts is beneficial. • Additional Protocol Familiarity: Familiarity with other integration protocols beyond WebServices, MQ, JMS, and RMI can be advantageous in this role. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.