Lead Test Engineer

The Lead Test Engineer is responsible for independently leading Test Engineering teams. You will be developing test plans and implementing those plans against the corresponding test procedures. You will be accountable for the development, release, and maintenance of test procedures.

Being a part of ETE team - The Enterprise Test Engineering (\"ETE\") family is responsible for ensuring that all applications and systems meet defined quality standards. The ETE family encompasses three major areas including (a) functional testing, (b) non-functional testing, and (c) test architecture and enablement.

Other key focuses include regression testing, browser testing, performance testing, capacity and stress testing, resiliency testing, environment management services, and infrastructure testing. Develops, conducts, and evaluates testing processes, working closely with developers to remediate identified system defects.

In-depth knowledge of automated testing tools, and quality control and assurance approaches including the creation of reusable foundational test automation framework for the entire organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for system integration testing, including automation, of newly developed or enhanced applications.

Responsible for reviewing requirements and design artifacts, developing unit, integration and system test cases, ensuring extensive test coverage for our cloud application.

Play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete results.

Lead, develop, and advise on test automation strategies and provide critical feedback in requirements, design, implementation and execution phases.

Develop and improve next generation Test Engineering Automation solutions in a Continuous Integration environment.

Define, design, development, documentation and maintenance of tools and Automation Frameworks for current and next gen Software Platforms/Frameworks as part of an Agile team.

Partner with different collaborators - Product Management, Application Development, DevOps and other technical teams.

Supplies to the Automation development of end-to-end regression.

Works closely with business and AD domain experts, to continually improve depth and breadth of knowledge for assigned applications/systems.

Responsible for Project Coordination and Technical Management tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Proven min experience of 5-7 years with automated unit and integration testing.

Bachelor\'s degree and/or equivalent experience preferred.

Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.

In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes),

Experience with Test Engineering methodologies and Test Automation Frameworks.

Proficient in automation at all software layers (e.g. UI, services, APIs, etc.) as well as CI/CD technologies (e.g. Cloudbees, Jenkins, Cucumber, Git, JUnit, Jira, etc.).

Sophisticated Java / Selenium development skills with significant experience applying those skills in test environments.

Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.

Proven expertise in frontend test automation using Selenium Webdriver.

Expert and hands on with backend test automation using Rest Assured/Karate for API testing. JDBC/JPA for database testing (Oracle/ DB2/ Snowflake).

Experience in writing sophisticated SQL queries.

Experience with JIRA, Microfocus ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins.

Demonstrable ability with test data management is a plus.

Detailed understanding of smoke testing as well as regression testing.

Experienced in an Agile/DevOps environment in collaboration with BAs, product owners and application developers.

Requires the ability to work well with both business clients and technical team and the ability to work independently, both individually and as part of a team.

Experienced in mentoring more junior Test engineers, verifying work products and providing mentorship as needed.

Unix, Python and AWS experience in a plus.

Requires a functional understanding of distributed and/or mainframe test environments.

ABOUT DTCC: With 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance, and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes and bringing increased security, enhanced resilience, and soundness to financial markets. In 2022, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $2.5 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $72 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 17.5 billion messages annually. Skills : JAVA, Selenium, Automated, Automation, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, SQL Queries, CI/CD, Cloudbees, Jenkins, Cucumber, Git, JUnit, Jira, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Unix, Python, AWS, Test Data Management, Frontend, Backend, Rest Assured, Karate, JDBC, JPA, Oracle, DB2, Snowflake, Selenium Webdriver.

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