Job Summary

We are seeking talented and motivated individuals for the role of Agile Test Engineer. Successful candidates will be experienced programmers who can develop user stories, develop test cases, break down, design, and develop solutions in an environment with constant collaborative discussions. They will be matured individuals who are comfortable working in an agile environment with critical peer reviews of design and code. They must be able to offer constructive critical reviews of other’s designs and code. They must be able to collaboratively work with product owners to develop use stories and test cases. They will be able to research, trial, and recommend new technologies of interest to the group. They will have experience with taking code through testing, deployment, and production and will not have merely handed off code to QA and Production Support

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with project stakeholders, Interface teams and Testing Test team during planning, preparation & execution stage to ensure quality of delivery
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaborative efforts always and create a healthy & vibrant work environment in the workplace
• Prepare and publish Demand & Supply of testing resources to application delivery team and ensure optimum use of testing resources
• All Test artefacts prepared by self meets the Testing standards & process requirements
• Develop skills set along with the team on automation test tools & utilities consistently
• Deliver day-to-day testing activities and provide timely resolution of the issues reported
• Highlight risks proactively through squad, work collaboratively to mitigate any project risks, to resolve any critical issues
• Ensure all the test results/evidence are documented, defects logged and ensures defect classification as per project guideline
• Ensures he/she works closely with the team & delivery functions to comply with testing, configuration and release management processes for the projects responsible.
• Work closely with Project test lead to ensure deliverables are reviewed and are on time
• Ensures the quality of the status reports such as DSR, WSR & MSR prepared by self, and make sure the reports contain, concise & precise testing progress update, risks & issues and relevant testing metrics
• Adhere to the company’s Compliance requirements & Policy standards
• Follow the Organisation’s QA process, Testing standards & controls
• Responsible to coordinate with project team members and deliver tasks through Agile sprints
• Responsible to create automated test scripts using Selenium/Cucumber framework
• Should be able to articulate automation test scenarios from Azure/JIRA/manual test cases/test steps into along with their validations
• Responsible to prepare SQL queries to fetch test data from data base of the test application
• Should possess good understanding and hands-on experience on API transactions and to automate such transactions using selenium/cucumber
• Responsible to execute automated regression test pack for regression tests/SIT/UAT/Sanity checks
• Should be an expertise in handling test automation tool, Selenium and the framework, Cucumber
• Should also have hands-on experience in tools like, Intelli-J, Eclipse IDE, Responsible to design automated test scripts using Selenium and Cucumber framework
• Should have good knowledge in DevOps pipeline
• Should be an expert using BitBucket, GIT and Jenkins
• Should be an expertise in JAVA programming language and OOPs concepts
• Knowledge on investment and wealth banking products will be hight considered
• Responsible to get the automation test scripts reviewed by the reviewer and be able to conduct attend such sessions for the peers
• Should possess strong knowledge on regression testing, boundary analysis, white box and black box testing
• Should have experience in conducting test execution for the application under test and its surrounding/interfacing systems
• Should possess strong communication and presentation skills
• Should have the ability to discuss to product owners and developers if there is a need for clarifications
• Log the defects into the defect management tool
• Responsible to support the automation team members on their day-to-day challenges and collectively to create a robust automated regression test suite for the application
• Realtime experience in Agile Delivery and implementation
• Strong & effective communication
• Ability to deliver independently, as independent contributor

Skills and Experience

• Banking Domain Knowledge is preferable
• Experience in the software development using Agile methodologies
• Experience in software testing life cycle using Agile methodologies
• Knowledge & Experience in practising Agile & Lean framework  
• Knowledge & Experience in the API & SQL
• Knowledge in Java programming language
• Knowledge in Selenium Automation / Cucumber / TestNg
• Experience in preparing Test Plan and Automation Test Strategy for the applications. Test Automation script development experience for Web, Client's, Mobile, Mainframe etc
• Knowledge in Performance Testing is an added advantage.
• Advocate delivery excellence, minimising delivery risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in agile development.
• Conduct continuous development and/or integration & testing.
• More than 7+ years’ experience in software testing domain  

Qualifications

Graduate degree required
 

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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