Quality Assurance Engineer

Job description / Role

Role purpose

Responsible for ensuring software quality through manual and automated testing. Key duties include reviewing requirements, building and executing test scripts, identifying defects, and collaborating with development teams. This role requires experience with tools like JIRA, and domain expertise in TradeNet, GTN, stock markets, and order management systems (OMS). Familiarity with banking systems and agile methodologies is also essential.

Key accountabilities of the role

• Testing investment products like equities, financial markets, etc.
• Working with middleware ESB integration, core banking, SMS gateway, Reuters, ETLs, and BO reports
• Test cases preparation, test cases execution, system and integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and performance testing
• Building continuous testing pipeline in DevOps using tools like Jenkins, GIT, etc.
• Understanding, enhancing, and maintaining the existing automation frameworks for different applications
• Functional and API / web service automation tools like Micro Focus-UFT (GUI & API) and Test Complete
• Monitor and analyze server performance counters like CPU, memory, deadlocks, connections/threads
• Test management and defect management tools like Micro Focus - ALM, Quality Center, JIRA, and Clear Quest
• Strong expertise in scripting and development languages like VBScript and Java
• Strong functional knowledge of banking applications and batch processes
• Identify and recommend troubleshooting mechanics for performance issues
• Identify a workaround/possible approach to overcome the showstoppers and meet the expectations
• Good knowledge of database systems (Oracle, Sybase, SQL, etc.) and able to write SQL queries to validate the backend transactions
• Good domain knowledge on banking and financial applications
• Updating the scripts and test suites for AUT (application under test), for different releases and change requests
• Executing the automation scripts during regression cycles
• Communicating issues and defects identified during execution with the functional team
• Providing test execution and automation status reports to automation lead
• Strong communication, customer focus, excellent problem-solving skills, and analytical skills

Specialist skills / technical knowledge required for this role

• 9+ years of professional experience in banking, trading platform projects, and functional and automation testing
• Experience in TradeNet products and applications
• Bachelor's degree preferable in IT or business

Previous experience

• Test cases preparation
• Test cases execution
• System and integration testing
• User acceptance testing
• Regression testing
• Performance testing
• Knowledge of investment products including equity, margin, and Murabaha trading, as well as mobile and online self-service platforms