QA Automation Engineer

As the single point of contact for the team, you will manage requirements and coordinate the automation team's efforts. In addition, you will serve as the automation subject matter expert, ensuring the success of our projects.

You will be working on the latest technologies (AWS, Java Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka) in a greenfield project building out new digital experiences and core trading capability for this major financial institution.

Mandatory Skills required:

• Have experience in banking / financial services industry
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills
• Have at least 8-10 years of API automation testing experience in Selenium Framework, and API testing tools like Rest Assure and Postman
• Experience testing Java applications, micro services (eg. Java Spring Boot / Node Js), data streaming (Kafka) capabilities.
• Basic DevOps Integration and Kafka knowledge
• In-depth knowledge of popular Java frameworks like JSF Spring Boot & Spring MVC
• Experience in testing RESTful APIs
• Experience with Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
• Sound level understanding of object oriented programming.
• In-depth testing and automation experience in a structured environment.
• Experience in system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, & parallel testing.
• Experience with common CICD tools - working with as well as setting up pipelines.
• Experience in test environment and test data setup.
• Worked as part of medium to large sized project teams.
• Experience with test management tools such as JIRA and confluence.
• Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with frequently changing priorities.
• Experienced in BDD and implementation of Cucumber based automation frameworks.

Nice to have (Desirable):

• Knowledge of Financial markets including products and transaction lifecycles
• Worked in a regulated environment. Conversant with Test processes
• Exposure to non-functional testing, such as performance and load testing
• Knowledge of messaging protocols, such as FpML, SWIFT or FIX
• Continuous improvement mindset
• ISTQB Testing Certification