Manual/Automation Tester-banking and financial services (Deposits, Reconciliation, or Treasury)

As a Manual/Automation Tester specializing in banking and financial services, you will play a crucial role in validating deposit workflows, batch processes, and core banking functionalities to ensure accuracy, compliance, and system stability. Your responsibilities will include: - Designing, developing, and executing manual and automated test cases for deposit system applications built on COBOL. - Performing functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing across deposit and core banking platforms. - Validating deposit account management, transactions, interest calculations, and batch processing. - Testing COBOL programs, JCL scripts, batch jobs, and data file outputs. - Building and maintaining automation frameworks (Selenium, Java, Python, TestNG, Cucumber, or similar) for regression and repetitive test scenarios. - Writing and executing SQL queries for backend data validation. - Collaborating with business analysts, deposit operations teams, and COBOL developers to define effective test scenarios. - Tracking and managing defects using test management tools (Jira, HP ALM, TestRail, etc.). - Supporting system upgrades, COBOL migrations, and deposit platform enhancements. - Providing detailed test evidence, documentation, and reports for stakeholders and audits. Qualifications required for this role include: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. - 4-8 years of experience as a Test Analyst/QA Engineer in banking or financial services. - Strong knowledge of deposit systems, core banking operations, and account management. - Hands-on experience testing COBOL-based applications and batch processing. - Proficiency in manual testing and automation frameworks (Selenium, Java/Python, TestNG, Cucumber). - Solid SQL skills for data validation and reconciliation. - Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, HP ALM, TestRail, etc.). - Good understanding of SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies. Preferred qualifications or skills that would be beneficial for this role include: - ISTQB or similar QA certification. - Experience with API testing (Postman, RestAssured). - Familiarity with mainframe tools. - Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI). - Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements in core banking. NTT DATA is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. With diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a commitment to helping clients innovate, optimize, and transform, NTT DATA offers services including business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence solutions, and digital infrastructure development and management. As a part of NTT Group, NTT DATA invests significantly in R&D to support organizations and society in confidently transitioning into the digital future. For more information, visit us at us.nttdata.com.,