Senior Test Analyst

About you

Candidate would be responsible for testing of all aspects of functionality on multi-platform, multi-client systems developed on varied platforms. The person would be responsible for the creation, execution and maintaining of all functional testing activities for the assigned project, including developing regression test suites for critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

Good exposure to API, Web and database testingResponsible for Functional Testing, Review of development unit tests, Regression testing, System Integration testing, User acceptance testing, Database Testing for Workplace Investing team.Accountable for testing of apps covering the usability, accessibility, regression and automation aspects.Handling Day to Day activities of executing Test scripts and Test data preparation.Ensuring the 100% Test Coverage and quality of Test scripts/Scenarios.Execution of tests in efficient and organised way.Maintain a current working knowledge of the key business systems.Conduct detailed defect analysis after each testing phase to analyse correct root cause of defects.Think from a customer viewpoint and to understand the complexities of the business.Experience of working in tight deadlines in a mature complex testing environment.Be able to demonstrate consistent and good judgement of assessing severity of issues.Provide inputs to the Test Leads for Project closure activities.Design, prepare and execute medium complex end to end test cases.Run testing workshops with various stakeholders to identify test requirements. Liaise with developers, business analysts and business users to derive test case information and identify appropriate test coverage.Work closely with the business throughout to ensure a successful outcome of testing.Compliance to agreed standards and processesContribute to continuous improvement of testing standards, process, procedure and methodology.Manage testing of key large scale deliveries, reporting readiness, progress, and quality metrics to the Workplace Investing management team.

Experience and Qualifications

B.E./B.Tech/MBA/M.C.A/Any other bachelors Degree. At least 5+years of experience in Automation testing including the automation tools-Selenium (Selenium Web Driver, Test NG), API (Rest Assured, cucumber), AWS cloud testing Experience in testing web based applications and automating web services.Hands on experience in building functional test automation suites for end user applications.Hands on experience to manage therequirement traceability with the test cases.Proven record of achievements in testing teams.Knowledge of Agile software development life-cycle methodologies.

Essential Skills Experience

Expert of automation test principles.Strong automation concepts and proven experience on multiple automation tools preferably API Selenium Test Complete.Good SQL skills.Exposure to AWS Cloud testingHands on experience in Version Control Software: SVN GIT Clear case etc.Project and Build Tools: Maven, ANT, Sonar Qube, Eclipse IDE, Jenkins,Hands on experience in building functional test automation suites using Gauge Framework for end user applications.Integrate Automated tests with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI.Have exposure on validating Micro-Services/API contracts using PACT including Mocking and Stubbing APIs.Hands on experience on reviewing the Automation and Junits PR and providing comments ensuring robust Unit Test coverage. Worked with Infrastructure-as-code and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)Project and Build Tools: JenkinsHands on experience to manage the requirement traceability with the test cases.Knowledge of Agile software development life-cycle methodologies.Thorough understanding of test principles such as unit, smoke, functional (black box/white box), user acceptance and usability testing.Must have worked as an established individual contributor and implemented best test practices in a complex technical environment.A proven background and track record of working in a testing environment within financial services and preferably in Pensions.Candidate must be familiar software testing techniques, test methodologies, test automation tools and frameworksGood knowledge of software development methodologies including agile model.Ability to understand functional specifications and design appropriate acceptance tests.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different levels of stakeholders in application delivery, QA and business groupsAbility to estimate and present ROI calculation for automation initiatives.Ability to accurately log defects, escalate issues and risks and provide accurate management reporting.Experience of working in tight deadlines in a mature time-boxed testing environment Be able to demonstrate consistent and good judgement of assessing severity of issues.