The QA & Testing Engineer will work alongside project and programme stakeholders as well as Release Management to ensure that specific streams of work are progressing to plan, cross project and programme dependencies are identified and managed appropriately, provide guidance by example and act as the first escalation point for QA & Testing across their project or programme.

Key responsibilities:

Ensure project / programme adherence to the Banks standard QA and Testing processes throughout the SDLC for each release

Ensure cross-project and programme dependencies are identified early and managed accordingly

Experience in the areas of testing with specialization in Automation testing

Hands on experience in Web Applications Automation Testing

Hands on experience in middleware/backend service based application Testing

Experience in Usability, Functional and Browser Compatibility testing

Experience in Agile test methodology. Individual must have experience of working within full Agile teams. They will need to have experience working within a fully functional team that performs analysis, dev and test for feature slices

Experience in Defect tracking tools and Test reports

Liaise with the DevOps team and carry on the testing effectively

Should be good in communication and handle the stake holders effectively

Identify the automation areas and provide roadmap to proceed further

Hands on Experience in Selenium, Protractor, Rest Assured, Gherkin, Cucumber, Jenkins

Working knowledge on Java is mandate

Build automated Regression Testing capability

Experience of performing Functional Analysis is highly desirable

Experience of SQL is a must, PL/SQL would be desirable

Champion and participate in the activities of the broader QA and Testing community

Align to the wider domain objectives

Drive a customer focused approach to delivering fit for purpose business functionality

Support the development of an environment where people management and development is the number one priority. Coaches direct reports and others in the organization, as appropriate

Actively supports the business strategy, plans and values, contributing to the achievement of a high performance culture

Acts as a role model for new employees, providing help and support to facilitate early integration into their new environment.

You will have:

Experience in QA & Testing, with a minimum of 3 years gained within Investment Banking

Proven experience of managing QA & Testing across the full SDLC on large scale projects or programmes

In depth knowledge of QA & Testing industry best practices and tools, including Jira and ALM/QC

Proven experience of defining and implementing programme level test strategies

Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate at senior level

Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

Proven experience of delivering results in matrixed organizations under pressure and tight timescales

Experience of implementing test automation frameworks.