Test Architect

Project Overview:

• The contractor will assist the Wealth management team on testing and automation requirements for general BAU work.

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology.

• 10+ years of software engineering & testing experience.

• Familiarity with Banking/Financial domain & Trading Lifecycle.

• Experience in multi-tiered, complex system design & architecture.

• Excellent technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Positive & adaptable; Multi-task in a continually changing environment.

• Ability to work independently and with a team.

• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with technical & business partners.

• Aptitude for understanding large, complex, multi-tiered enterprise architecture.

• Good knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices.

• Automation expertise including Selenium, TestNG, CA DevTest & Cucumber.

• Strong Core Java, SQL, MarkLogic, RESTful APIs & Pivotal Cloud Foundry experience.

• Knowledge of container orchestration (Docker & Kubernetes).

• Experience in Jira & Azure DevOps tools.

• Proficiency in test data and environment management.

• Previous work in both mainframe & distributed systems.

• Variety of technologies: HTTPS, SFTP, HTML, JSP, XML, JSON, CSS, MQ, Kafka.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership & innovation for Wealth Management test strategy.

• Advance product quality via testing innovations and process improvement.

• Collaborate with BAs, Architects & Developers in designing testable applications.

• DevOps initiatives in collaboration with Development, Business & Testing partners.

• Efficient delivery of Wealth Management Capabilities via test automation activities.

• Promote and support implementation of CI/CT/CD pipeline.

• Develop & extend test automation frameworks for UI, Micro services, Mobile & API.

• Recommend new tools, techniques & methods for enhancing automation productivity.

• Resolve technical issues, anticipate risks & ensure timely management escalation.

• Work with Test Capabilities Engineers to leverage existing assets and develop new ones.

• Analysis, optimization, improvement & maintenance of current test automation suites.

• Work with stakeholders to plan, estimate & implement test automation.

• Ensure compliance to automation framework, standards & best practices.

• Facilitate automated, on-demand test automation metrics.

• Conduct test design reviews.

• Seek stakeholder feedback via test automation demos.

Education:

Bachelors Degree