SS&C GIDS Senior Automation QA
Company Overview
Reports to:
QA Manager
Opportunity snapshot:
Reporting to the QA Manager you will play a key role in a cross functional team by testing commercial software for distribution to the Financial Services Industry, namely superannuation and pension products using modern testing methods and practices to deliver quality software efficiently in a challenging environment.
Key accountabilities:
- Developing, implementing and assuring automated Quality Assurance using various test automation tools & frameworks such as Selenium, QTP/UFT and working API framework (restful APIs/SOAP UI/Postman API)
- Implementation of CI/CD pipe building using CI tools like JENKINS, TeamCity for building and running automation scripts
- Building automation scripts in HP ALM/JIRA to get them run on automation labs
- Generating test metrics & ROI to utilize them for process and efficiency improvements.
- Building complex SQL queries to build automation scripts for data mining requirements and migration requirements
- Interpreting and applying DST-wide QA standards within automation and assisting others in doing so.
- Performing Automation Development, Quality Assurance and Testing tasks relating to Business and IT change across the full software delivery lifecycle (SDLC) and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards within automation.
- Mentoring, reviewing the work of, and developing the technical skills of other resources at the departmental level. Supporting less experienced staff, validating and reviewing their work. In particular, you will be called upon to mentor manual QA staff in utilizing automation capabilities.
- Working as an integral part of a team of Specialist Automation Analysts and QA Analysts to assure quality on a Project or Program of IT change typically covering more than one system or area of functional or Business change.
- Assisting the Automation Manager in the application of quality standards and good practice at peer-level across the IT and Business organizations, acting as an authority and advocate for the IT Quality Assurance strategy, its meaning, benefits, and goals.
- Analyzing Test Requirements and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards then using the same to design and prepare automated test scenarios and test scripts which provide comprehensive coverage of given requirements.
- Execution of automated test scripts as created by self or other team members, capturing test evidence and recording success criteria and/or defects, and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards.
- Assisting clients/senior stakeholders in the definition of automation requirements/scenarios and representing the QA department in a technical capacity during such interactions (e.g. meetings, daily calls, defect triage, progress reporting).
- Managing your own performance, career and personal development - in conjunction with your line manager and in reference to the DST standard frameworks for these.
Education and qualification:
- Bachelor s degree in information technology or computer Science (mandatory)
- ISTQB or any other certification
Knowledge and Skills:
- Working experience in Automation testing using Selenium and similar testing tools like UFT etc. using VBScript, C#, Java, Cucumber, Gherkins etc. with strong understanding of Object-Oriented concepts.
- Strong hands-on experience in Automation framework development and enhancement and should have worked on script development. Generally (at least 2 years, preferably 3+ years).
- Proven experience on activities like automated script design, development, execution and maintenance in a Keyword driven framework using the HP UFT or Selenium framework.
Personal Attributes:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent customer engagement skills.
- Demonstrates a high emotional quotient while being a strategic and critical thinker.
- Shows a growth mindset and has a high learning curve.
- Willing to travel internationally occasionally, work outside local time zone hours as needed.
Key behaviours:
- Instils Trust contribute to building a safe learning environment in the business where the team can be listened to and understood.
- Collaborate Must be able to work in a co-operative manner with both internal and external teams and take all views and interests into account when formulating outcomes.
- Ensure Accountability Must take full ownership of their assigned responsibilities and the outcomes that are generated and pursued
- Customer Focus Must understand customer and partner needs from both a functional and operational perspective.
- Communicate Effectively Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently, both in written and verbal forms, across all levels of an organization and all sizes of groups. Must also be able to listen to others and evidence that they have understood the needs communicated appropriately
