Job Description

Job Title: Banking QA AVP
Location: Pune 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 BUK & BX \xe2\x80\x93 All locations 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: This role is for a Test Automation specialist who will work in the Issuing Banking team to ensure the test suite is continuously expanded and improved, the successful applicant must embrace the Banking culture and look to automate. What will you be doing?

• Ensure adherence to testing governance and processes
• Review requirements to identify all areas of functional and non-functional (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.) testing required
• Create and execute tests using Approved Automation/Functional/Performance Test tools as applicable aligning to overall test strategy defined
• Complete assignment work to budget, time and quality requirements. Document all work in accordance with agreed standards, and with re-use in mind
• Facilitate defect triage so that all appropriate teams including own team participate in speedy resolution and ensure the team shares knowledge gained/lessons learned to wider testing community
• Provide accurate and timely status reports and project metrics to various levels of stakeholders and as agreed by the project and QA leadership team
• Escalate any issues to Test Lead as appropriate and in timely manner and provide options to resolve the issues for project\xe2\x80\x99s point of view
• Participate in requirement analysis, identifying risks and creation of test scenarios
• Always looking for opportunities to perform exploratory testing
• Actively keep up to date with the feature teams, spot inconsistencies, and potential conflicts in approach. Work to ensure full integration with a focus on the quality of the overall service.
• Lead and resolve technical issues from functional and technical perspective

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for:

• Strong experience in QA \xe2\x80\x93 Manual and Automation (Min. 9+ Years of Hands on Exp.)
• Must have Strong skills in Object Oriented Analysis and Design Concepts, Core Java 7/8, Middle tier technologies e.g. JPA/hibernate, Spring, unit testing, mocking frameworks and caching concepts clarity.
• Hands on knowledge on Web services (SOAP, REST and Micro Services) with spring.
• Hands on knowledge of associated technologies such as Spring Boot, Spring-JMS, Spring-Data
• Strong knowledge on Selenium
• Strong understanding of BDD, Hands on experience in automation development and execution
• Strong knowledge of Java Programming
• Extensive knowledge of Testing lifecycle and core testing process/techniques using different test approaches
• Excellent knowledge in testing skills (provide estimations, writing test scenarios, cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs)
• Awareness of CI/CD and DevOps - Jenkins
• Experience of using the Git source code control system
• Excellent communication skills [verbal and written] are essential. Ability to communicate with the global team is essential
• Strong analytical capability
• Knowledge on Test automation tools-, API test automation using REST Assured tool / Karate, selenium, cucumber using Java
• Be able to communicate clearly on the status and progress of allocated activities

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Knowledge of Scrum, Agile and Kanban
• API test automation
• Knowledge of AWS
• Strong knowledge in Automation Processes
• Knowledge in Performance testing tool
• Prior experience in preparing test metrics/reports.
• Degree in a technical, science, engineering, or mathematical discipline

Where will you be working?
Pune


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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