Test Manager

As a QA Engineer at Standard Chartered, you will be responsible for creating and implementing test strategies and schedules. You will have experience in SQL queries, stored procedures, and job creations, along with the ability to program in the latest tech stack. Your role will involve preparing estimates for large projects and guiding your team on testing approaches. You will need to be creative in resolving challenges during testing and be capable of making tough decisions in the interest of the project. Additionally, you will be expected to prepare closure reports, quality gate checklists, and ensure compliance with the eSDLC process. In terms of business responsibilities, you will be required to ensure that risks and issues are captured for all projects, obtain approvals for changes to milestone deliverables, and mitigate risks in a timely manner. You will need to adopt DevOps practices, comply with QA review audits, and implement testing accountability consistently across all engagements. Planning and managing test environments, creating test automation frameworks from scratch, and driving test automation within the team will also be part of your role. Your key responsibilities will include ensuring no adversely rated test audits, maintaining standardized JIRA processes, and adhering to the Group Code of Conduct. You will need to focus on hygiene factors, improve team engagement based on feedback, and maintain the right permanent vendor mix as per the bank's policy. Risk management tasks will involve following SDF templates for test deliverables and documenting all RAID details in the test strategy. In terms of governance, you will need to deliver projects within cost, schedule, and quality parameters, collaborate with stakeholders, ensure regression packs are executed for system changes, and perform performance testing when necessary. You will also be responsible for creating test strategies, guiding leads and teams, resolving testing challenges creatively, and ensuring compliance with eSDLC models. Your ideal candidate profile includes at least 7 years of experience as a QA engineer with hands-on experience in test scenario designing and execution using automation frameworks. You should be familiar with Agile/Scrum development methodologies, Java, Selenium, API testing, automation frameworks, and BDD frameworks. Good verbal and written communication skills, the ability to develop and sustain client relationships, and support faster delivery through agile tools are also key qualifications. In summary, if you are looking for a challenging role as a QA Engineer at Standard Chartered, where you can contribute to driving commerce and prosperity while upholding the bank's values and commitment to diversity and inclusion, we invite you to apply for this position.,