Job Title: Automation Tester
Location: Chennai About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers\xe2\x80\x99 and clients\xe2\x80\x99 needs. Whether you have family commitments or you\xe2\x80\x99re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs Hybrid Working We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers\xe2\x80\x99 and clients\xe2\x80\x99 needs. Whether you have family commitments or you\xe2\x80\x99re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Introduction: Automation Tester is responsible to work with multiple functional/business systems aligned teams conducting automation based testing, engineering and monitoring activities. The engineer will work with the scrum teams and members from a central business team to test the functional working of the systems, documenting issues and work with whomever it takes to determine root cause of any issues. The measure of success is preventing any significant functional problems from hitting Production at a large scale.

What will you be doing?

• Work closely with Business, development groups and architects to orchestrate, conduct and participate in line of business automation testing and analysis to ensure performance, stability, and scalability of applications
• Utilize automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Rest Assured, Karate, Maven etc. to measure, detect, isolate and resolve functional issues found during application development functional testing
• Able to implement Java calls/Methods on for API testing and able to migrate the calls to monitor the applications calls performance in production systems
• Report on the possibilities of functional failures and make sound decisions for next steps
• Measure, monitor and capture required infrastructure & application functional test metrics, logs and reports
• Measure results against business and technical requirements.
• Develop and validate automated test scripts against business unit-of-work requirements and scripting best practices
• Strong skills with Selenium and API Automation required. Automation script creation using Java technologies to emulate the application. All scripts are to be appropriately correlated, parameterized, with any check points, think time need to be added, etc.
• Build custom code with the Java programming language to make scripts robust and dynamic.
• Review scripts with core automation engineering Team and/or business team. Determine and validate system functions and user patterns. Build usage models based on these inputs.
• React accordingly to various challenges before, during and after application functional/automation testing engagements
• Collaborate with Business/Developers on the delivery of results
• Work with Senior testers/ Test Lead to recommend automation solutions for the application which need to be tested/automated.

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for:

• 3 to 5 years of prior experience with automation and functional testing
• Experience on Automation Testing Tools \xe2\x80\x93 Selenium, Appium, Cucumber BDD, Karate & RestAssured
• UI and API Test Automation experience
• Understanding of stubbing or simulating end points and when to use.
• Strong Java skills
• Understanding of Web and API architecture
• Good understanding of database testing, SQL.
• Experience in UI, API automation with selenium & Karate & Rest Assured frameworks.
• Must be able to work as individual contributor.
• Should be able work with Senior team members/Team lead and deliver the best quality deliverables and reusable automation code.
• Self motivated individual, willing to take challenges and work on challenging environement and in stringent timelines.

Skills that will help you in the role:

• 3 to 5 years of prior experience with automation
• Strong experience with web and API automation framework creation
• Understanding of stubbing or simulating end points and when to use.
• Strong experience and expertise in for automation

Where will you be working? Chennai



Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more \xe2\x80\x93 as a professional, and as a person. \xe2\x80\x98Be More @ Barclays\xe2\x80\x99 represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It\xe2\x80\x99s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details. Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone\'s contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise, and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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