Senior Automation Tester In Java (Remote)

The client is one of the biggest commercial banks. It offers a full range of personal, business, and corporate banking and Insurance services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute high-quality Test Scripts for Automation under development
• Analyze requirements (user stories) and review acceptance criteria to ensure they are fit for purpose, testable, and can have tests developed to explicitly test and guide acceptance
• Create comprehensive and well-defined test scripts, with appropriate coverage, that is traceable back to requirements
• Execution and review of automation test scripts
• Identify faults/defects Ensure defects are raised correctly and in a timely manner using the defect management tool, JIRA
• Lead defect triage discussions and challenge development perception of severity
• Work with the Performance QA team to identify scenarios for testing
• Contribute to reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects, and execution
• Work closely with the development and business teams
• Escalate risks and issues to the appropriate level, to enable timely mitigation
• Deliver project to agreed timelines
• Deputize for the QA Lead / QA Manager

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AT in Java
• Ability to quickly learn, becoming proficiently knowledgeable of client applications
• Experience in testing complex applications that integrate with other systems and legacy back-ends
• Demonstrates knowledge and practical experience of test tools and industry-standard best practice
• Experience working in the Financial Services / Banking Industry
• Experienced in planning, estimating, and delivering projects
• Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent communication (written & oral) and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
• 2-3 years of experience in testing the Rest APIs
• Hands-on experience in the following tools : Eclipse/IntelliJ, Postman
• Knowledge of Microservices and CI/CD
• A Computer Science/IT related Degree

Nice to have

• Docker
• WireMock