Automation Tester

Overview:

Our solution approach is an independent Java & Selenium based app based on our POC (built with java). So, candidate should have some relevant development experience and demonstrate the ability to build a new standalone application. Most of the candidates that didn’t make it in the interview were outright QA/SDETS without any hands-on development experience or failed to answer on Java development concepts.

Technical skills:

·                   Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering OR related degree and/or practical experience

·                   Hands on experience in test execution and building automation suits/framework using Java

·                   Experience working with Selenium, Cucumber automation frameworks to automate 3-tier application validations in a batch environment

·                   2+ years of experience working with Mainframe batch applications – JCL job execution, Control-M Batch scheduling, manual data validations, Cobol DB2 and Mainframe file-based application

·                   Experience with Distributed applications, Unix, Shell scripting and batch applications

·                   Proficient in data mining using SQL and creating test data based on production examples

·                   Experience working in high-volume applications to validate data accuracy, performance and scalability

·                   Proficient working with a geographically disperse team in a agile/scrum model

·                   Experience with CI/CD Pipelines using Bamboo/Jenkins/GitHub Actions etc. and Source code repositories like Git, Bitbucket etc. is a plus

·                   Strong communication skills & domain knowledge:

·                   Ability to engage in synergetic application and platform wide testing exercises

·                   Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

·                   Enthusiastic relationship builder: ability to partner multi-functionally and work efficiently with different levels and functions within an organization.

·                   Experienced in working/leading Geographically dispersed team that operates across time zones

·                   Good understanding of Financial Services, trading, brokerage industry and regulatory documents is a plus