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Automation Tester – Core Banking – Challenger Bank Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Rothstein Recruitment
Title: Automation Tester – Core Banking – Challenger Bank
Company: Rothstein Recruitment
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Automation Tester – Core Banking – Challenger Bank
Excellent opportunity opens for a Automation Tester/ QA Test Analyst with strong Digital Projects experience to join a growing Challenger Bank and work on a variety of projects, including around Core Banking. This role is to enable a fast feedback loop for the development teams working on business-critical features. You will be looking after the test planning, the ability to develop a test strategy and test approach, particularly tailored to individual releases.
Main Responsibilities
Collaborate with the digital or modernisation teams to understand the scope of the projects and help establish a shared understanding of business requirements
Experience working in multi-disciplinary Agile teams and following a shift-left approach to testing
Experience working in Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban and contributing to the Agile ceremonies
Automation testing experience with Selenium, Java, API testing(RestAssured), JavaScript based test frameworks
Writing and executing test automation scripts.
Maintain and optimise existing test automation frameworks whilst developing effective and reusable ones.
Test estimation, test planning, test design and test progress reporting
Experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins/ TeamCity/BitBucket and related build deployment processes
Perform manual testing of test cases as and when needed.
Experience in all areas of the testing life cycle (systems testing, SIT, regression testing, UAT)
Defect management
Proven understanding of setting up test environments in highly complex technical environments
Understanding of Non Functional testing so it can be included in the test planning
Test risk management
Ensuring software meets the requirements and that we are compliant with the bank’s governance framework
The role holder will:
Ensure traceability of tests and capture test evidence on JIRA and Confluence
Responsible for creating detailed test artefacts such as Test strategies, Traceability matrix and Test completion reports
Facilitate sign-off of features and stories with product owner/BAs
Develop and maintain Automated/Manual Tests
Monitor CI builds/pipelines and troubleshoot/follow up/fix failures
Conduct system integration, regression and acceptance testing and ensure testing is carried out according to the Bank’s standards
Follow and suggest improvements to the QA process
Responsible for providing test estimations, writing test scripts and maintaining regression packs
Ideal Candidate
Experience working in core banking is highly regarded but not essential
Experience working in Digital projects i.e., Online and Mobile Banking – Cloud based technology (desirable)
Performance testing using Gatling/Jmeter (desirable)
Good time management skills and ability to meet targets and fulfil agreements
Hands on Test automation skills, API and web automation experience
Experience in distributed version control systems (Bitbucket, Git)
Agile ways of working (essential)
Proficient in User Story authoring and defining suitable acceptance criteria
BDD/TDD practices
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
The ability to build effective networks with stakeholders, both internally and externally
Significant experience in QA role creating detailed test artefacts
Tooling – Hands on experience of working on tools like JIRA, Confluence, RestAssured, TestCafe etc
Strong SQL experience (database testing)
Hands on experience in RPG based business applications (desirable)
End user experience testing would be beneficial
Interested? Please Apply!
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