Sr. Quality Automation Engineer - Assistant Vice President - C12 - Pune

The Quality Engineering Automation Lead is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.

Responsibilities:
Responsible for initiatives related to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process and product rollout into production, making recommendations of solutions and improvements. Responsibilities may also include software quality assurance testing.
Conducts complex process monitoring, product evaluation and audit assignments; reports issues and makes recommendations for solutions.
Ensures project standards and procedures exist, are fully / clearly documented and followed throughout the software development life cycle; makes recommendations for enhanced documentation.
Monitors products for conformance to standards; monitors processes for conformance to procedures; identifies risks and recommends solutions; ensures annual organizational reviews of standards and procedures are conducted.
Documents findings and performs root cause analyses to provide recommended improvements. Independently recommends solutions and improvements to existing standards and procedures; collaborates with other areas in technology to develop new standards and procedures.
Ensures all corrective actions are assigned, documented and completed. Verifies traceability in project work products. Gathers, maintains and creates reports on quality metrics.
Exhibits sound understanding of concepts and principles in own technical area and a basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
Requires in-depth understanding of how own area integrates within IT Quality and has basic commercial awareness.
Acts as advisor and mentor for junior members of the team.
Makes evaluative judgments based on analysis of factual information in complicated and novel situations and provides solutions to problems.
Has direct impact on the team and closely related teams by ensuring the quality of the tasks/services/information provided by self and others.
Requires sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills to exchange complex information.
Performs other duties and functions as assigned.

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:
This challenging role which requires candidate to be involved in the full project lifecycle, bring in innovative smart automation suggestion to testing new developments provide the anticipated functionality, to work independently and to ensure current functionality is unaffected
Deep expertise in tools - Selenium, BDD, TestNG, Cucumber with good concepts of Java - OOPS concepts, LISA virtualization
Good understanding of how to connect with Test Data - Selenium
Awareness in creation of Framework / knowledge in updating the scenarios
Need exposure in usage of variables in Test Data. Knowledge in optimization of execution approaches.
Need an individual performer for completing tasks.
Capable to complete the tasks e2e on their own.
Good to have - grid implementation, cucumber customization, multi browser implementation.
Screening - Scratch in Selenium Framework. Certifications in Selenium would be an added advantage.
Select command of SQL query - Working knowledge
Create quality test plans, test cases, scenarios & ensuring quality assurance for software development projects in various stages & managing process control as per standards
Exposure on functional Test Automation & hybrid, keyword-driven, data-driven, Behavior Driven automation frameworks.
Hand-on experience on continuous integration will be an added advantage., Exposure to TeamCity
Hands-on experience in creating automation scripts, functions, reusable components using VB Script., Java
Good knowledge of JIRA Testing and defect Mgmt tool with JIRA Zephyr Test Mgmt Tool
Analyze test cases thoroughly to ensure adequate coverage of requirements.
Develop, maintain, and execute automated and manual test scripts for requirement/user story validation, integration, regression, performance and usability testing
Provide accurate and precise estimates for assigned task duration and work effort, along with confidence level, and foreseeable dependencies in Agile and waterfall
Responsible for test data conditioning
Trace test cases and results back to specific userstories/requirements/qualityrisks
Plan and prepare metrics to ensure milestone are achieved for the planned release
Responsible for daily status reporting at project level
Ability to prioritize multiple requests at same time
Knowledge/Experience:

Person with 10-12 years of experience, working in similar roles across banking or services technology ; Knowledge of Corporate banking and trade finance. Past working in Trade platforms is added advantage
Hands on experience with manual as well as test automation, test script creation and modification required
Working knowledge of QTP/ Selenium / test tools including HP Quality Centre / JIRA
Working knowledge of Agile, BDD frameworks
Proven ability to lead local and remote QA teams while remaining accountable for hands on Testing
Extensive experience in Testing, ideally working in a split site environment.
Strong knowledge of full software development and testing lifecycle.
A strong commitment to quality and efficiency

Education:
Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience

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