Senior QA Engineer, AVP

Position Overview

Job Title- Senior QA Engineer, AVP

Location- Pune, India

Role Description

The business which this development team is supporting is the lending department within Private Bank Germany. The whole life cycle for mortgage and consumer loans as well as securitization solutions for these loans is covered within the department and supported by the several teams.
In the last years we have developed a service layer for common development tasks, the Lending Service Layer (LSL). The Lending Service Layer provides a set of well-defined, structured and reusable Lending Services (APIs) for all internal and external stakeholders. The LSL is in a steady expanding mode to integrate and offer services in a dynamical evolving environment.
To extend and maintain these services, an experienced QA Engineer is required. This role includes the design and execution of test cases for validating the functional and technical requirements of the application. Furthermore, it includes the analysis of new requirements with the help of business analysts to organize the testing approach. In case of application issues, the QA engineer should report it to the development team and co-ordinate with them for its early resolution.
As an Engineer he is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering significant components of engineering solutions to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of this role include active participation in the design of the components, ensuring that solutions are fit for purpose and maintainable, and can be integrated successfully into the overall solution and the LSL environment. Where clear, robust and well-tested deployments are in practice.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy

Best in class leave policy
Gender neutral parental leaves
100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
Accident and Term life Insurance
Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be responsible for extending and maintaining these critical LSL services. This role includes:

Participate on development of holistic Test Approach for the application and all subcomponents
Build functional/regression tests in Quality Center/ALM
Carry out test execution and test reporting
Work on test automation to build regression automation test suite from manual tests and update them for every release.
Version control artifacts using Bitbucket, Git Hub, Perforce, SVN or any other version control tools
Schedule automation scripts based on Release cycles.
Must have knowledge of setting up new automation frameworks and suggest solutions for automating the existing manual processes if any in testing.
Review daily smoke test reports, and Regression test reports. Analyse test failures and raise issues/defects to respective Dev teams.
Update / Fix test scripts as per the functionality changes
Achieve good test coverage Quality
Must have good knowledge of the software test best practises and industry standard tools
Must be able to ensure the adherence to the organizational/departmental test strategy for the project
Maintaining testing standards and ensure that they adhered to, as well as proactively trying to add these standards whenever possible.
Taking pride in the quality of software delivered for each iteration and release.
Must be able to communicate effectively with other development team members, project members, managers and end users.
Must be able to interact and manage all the relevant stake holders of the project including Business.
Must be able to participate in the discussions within the team, communicating any issues that have a project-wide scope to the necessary level
Must be able to participate in a culture of knowledge sharing with the development team.
Must be self-motivated, setting a high level of professionalism and excellence.

Your Skills and Experience

Must Have

You are a senior QA resource with:
10-12 Years of functional testing experience
Good understanding and knowledge of automation testing methodologies
Good Knowledge of the following: HP ALM, JIRA
Good knowledge on testing life cycle
Knowledge in test data maintenance
Strong working knowledge of SQL and RDBMS databases
Good knowledge on Unix /Linux environments and basic Unix shell scripting
Quick learner
Ability to prioritise and organise.
Results driven - able to deliver good quality accurate solutions to tight time-scales.
Conscientious - Always give 100% to tasks assigned.
Versatile - Able to multi-task
Team Player - Must be able to work with and participate within a large professional team.
Professional - Expect to work the hours the job demands.
Good communication skills
Good trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.
It would be desirable for the candidate to have:
ISEB Software Testing Certification - Foundation /Intermediate /Practitioner
Automated testing skills e.g. Selenium, HP UFT
Knowledge of Unit Testing and Agile Methodologies
Knowledge of scripting (VBScript, Java Scripting, Shell, Perl etc)
Working experience in Automation and toolset
You must be highly motivated with an eye for detail, strong communication skills and a track record of delivering successful projects into production.

Experience / Qualifications

Minimum 10-12 years relevant experience as QA Engineer within the IT support industry, experience in financial industry preferred.

How we'll support you

Training and development to help you excel in your career
Coaching and support from experts in your team
A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

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