PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our client is the corporate and investment banking arm of The Group, world’s 12th largest bank by total assets.

We work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

• Envisioning and preparing the Bank’s futures information systems
• Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large scale development projects.
• Providing premium In-house Banking applications,

This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market.
We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.
The team is responsible for development and maintenance of Capital Market IT applications (in-house and package) used worldwide by the Sales Front Office Desks.
The team works across the full value chain to sustain business activity and enable its acceleration (thru integration of new financial products, optimizing and automating front to back business processes).
Embark on a transformative career journey as an Automation QA specialist in our Capital Market Department! Join a forward-thinking team committed to revolutionizing financial technology.
As a QA specialist, you will be immersed in real life projects, shaping the future of capital markets IT. Unleash your creativity, collaborate with industry leaders, and drive innovation that sets new standards. This is your chance to be a catalyst for change and make your mark in the dynamic world of capital markets. You will have the support and guidance of identified subject matter experts, dedicated communities, as well as established leaders.
You will be working on Sales applications and taking care of day-to-day QA release cycles of multiple apps. You will be closely associated with business analysis and development team to forecast/plan new upcoming QA releases, add/revamp existing test repo both functionally and technically.
You will also be instrumental in taking an automated approach by exploiting the modern CI/CD techniques. Maintaining strong coding standards and modularity. Align yourself with bank’s initiatives and strategies.

SKILLS

Must have
7+ years experience in relevant activities.
QA Design Methodologies.
Object-oriented language: Java
Load/Performance, API and Micro-services testing abilities, GUI Test Automation.
Testing automation tools and frameworks (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, UFT, and Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber).
UNIX/LINUX Scripting skills, VBScript
Relational DB and language: MySQL, SQLServer, Sybase.
DevOps Pipeline tooling GIT, Maven, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker / Kubernetes.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to work under pressure.
Appetite to follow technology trend and participate to communities.
Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining goals and effective time management
Passion for sharing expertise and grow team members’ skills.
Autonomous, self-motivated and excellent team player
Nice to have
Experience in supporting capital market applications and trading systems, ideally within the dynamic landscape of Market Risk/Front Office operations with a commendable grasp of financial products (Treasury, FX, Credit, IRD, Bonds, RSF etc.)

Liaise with business analysts and development team for clarification and understanding of requirements.
Design and develop and test code using a modern CI-CD pipeline
Run the non-regression release cycles of different applications within Sales. Lead the release cycle.
Perform Capacity and Scope forecast for each Sprint. Work actively to optimize the QA life-cycle in order to manage the book of work of multiple applications.
Lead the automation initiative of the existing test scenarios and enhance the test-coverage with new scenarios in parallel.
Prepare and maintain technical test documentations and keep the test repo updated in real-time.
Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in Java and QA methodologies.
Participate in proof of concept for new technology R&D.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for software and QA development processes.
Must be able to mentor new/junior resources, impart knowledge and collaborate effectively within Sales and whole CMI.
Self-motivated and starter with demonstrated ability to lead new initiatives, advise on design and approach, perform POCs and explore latest market standards and tools to gain time and cost efficiency.
Flexibility to accept additional responsibilities and be able to multi-task.