QA Automation Specialist (Hybrid)

at  Morgan Stanley

QA Automation Specialist (Hybrid)
Job Number:

3251312
POSTING DATE: Apr 26, 2024
PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-Canada-Quebec-Montreal
JOB: Technology
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
JOB LEVEL: Associate

DESCRIPTION

We offer:

• To work with some of the best professionals in the business - for a firm that values individual intellect as much as teamwork
• State-of-the-art offices that are designed to maximize collaboration
• Flexible working arrangements and a hybrid work environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Enriching challenges that provide opportunity for constant learning and advancement
• An environment which is leveraging technology to its highest potential

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.
Position Description:
The candidate should be adaptive to a continuous changing and fast paced environment, be able to successfully multi-task, and thrive in a dynamic, fully engaged quality assurance (QA) role. The role will involve interacting with clients in the Business, developers, external vendors, and other QA teams. Candidate will be working on existing and new initiatives within global QA team. The team incorporates agile methodologies including Scrum, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in its development processes.

Candidates Would Also Be Expected To:

• The candidate must be hands-on Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) and should be able to work with geographically dispersed Dev & QA team in a very dynamic, rapidly evolving, and high pressure, high visibility project setting.
• The candidate is expected to contribute in a hands-on fashion on the project as well as take ownership of various QA deliverables.
• The following will be the candidates key focus areas:
• Passionate around automating and writing end-to-end testing including frontend/backend applications, with strong command on object-oriented programing (OOPs) concept.
• Create Test harness and infrastructure.
• Being comfortable with frequent, incremental code testing and deployment.
• Ability to use a wide variety of open source and in-house technologies and tools.
• Take a hands-on approach to implementing QA processes right from requirements analysis, test design, automation, and analysis.
• Own the quality and timeliness of delivery.
• Collaborate with developers, business, and multiple global stakeholders to drive QA agenda & standards by engaging with them throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Communicate key issues and progress updates in a regular, accurate, timely fashion.
• Work closely with technical leaders to develop the best technical design and approach for testing our functionality at scale.
• Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined.
• Capable of understanding the interaction between the components in a distributed system to ensure they are functioning properly.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills Required:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience working on QA automation using Java
• Experience in building automation framework using Java
• Experience in developing test automation for Web applications using Cypress, Selenium or BDD Cucumber
• Experience in developing test automation within Agile projects
• Experience in developing test automation for Backend applications preferably using REST Assured
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Good knowledge about testing concepts and understanding of database concepts, OOPs concepts and strong in core Java skills
• Strong working knowledge of various test types including client/server, white-box, black-box, positive/negative, and relational database testing
• Solid test design skills, test case writing, automation, and analysis
• Strong working knowledge of various test phases including functional, integration and regression
• Setting up/Use of Continuous Integration tools
• Ability to learn new things, architectural level details, innovative testing approach
• Strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and professional approach

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge on Protractor, Typescript, Python

About Us:
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services.
With several thousands of technologists working in Montreal, Morgan Stanley’s Technology Centre is a key contributor to the Firm’s leading technology platforms, including low latency and electronic trading, cloud engineering, cyber security, Al/ machine learning, and end user technologies.
Morgan Stanley was named one of Montreal’s Top Employers and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2022.
All our positions are located in Montreal, Quebec. We offer a hybrid work environment, combining remote work and attendance in the office.
Knowledge of French and English is required

Please refer the Job description for details