Expert Technical Consultant - QA (Robot Framework)

Company Description

Formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, we provide the broadest portfolio of financial services software in the world today—spanning retail banking, transaction banking, lending, capital markets and treasury.

Our solutions enable customers to deploy mission critical technology on premises or in the cloud. With our scale and geographical reach we drive valued solutions and opportunity for customers regardless of size or geography. Through our open, secure, and reliable solutions, we empower customers to accelerate growth, optimize cost, mitigate risk and continually evolve to meet their changing needs.

A Truly global organization with offices in 42 countries worldwide, with an employee base of approximately 10,000 employees. We work with 9,000 customers, including 48 of the top 50 banks globally. Through our software, we’re constantly stretching boundaries to do more for our customers. We are proud to be an organization where our vision, values and cultural beliefs are not just shared, but are lived by our people globally and where recognition is part of each and every day

Job Description

The Job Description/Responsibilities

Drive the implementation of an automated test solution that is scalable, maintenable, effective and efficient. Define the technical strategy, lean processes and reusable testing assets to successfully lead, monitor and improve the automation service. Enable robust testing (automated/manual) of implemented scripts in a continual delivery scenario making it truly agile. Work closely with the implementation & other streams to understand the activities involved and how best to incorporate them within the day-to-day operations of the team. Work with the BA and with the client in understanding their business flows so as to implement a synchronized end-to-end process. Actively participate in developing, scripting & implementation of manual & automated test scripts to achieve a truly evergreen solution environment to be effective enough to handle challenges and find the most efficient ways to provide solutions. Work closely with the other key players within the Build/Run Team to come up with best processes for seamless run of customer applications. Mentor the automation engineers in the team. Provide feedback to the Managed Services Lead that could be used to improve the team’s performance. Be flexible to learn, collaborate & contribute across teams. Should be open for flexible working hours including working on shifts.

Qualifications

The Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Must Have:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree
• At least 8 years of experience in development and maintenance of manual/automated software frameworks or automation testing tools including automation support, working with distributed version control systems or with test management tools.
• Robot Framework knowledge and experience is required
• Hands-on experience in manual, automation and API testing within Financial services domain.
• Extensive experience in developing, reviewing and enhancing test automation frameworks and in implementing a scalable, maintainable, effective and efficient test solution.
• Ability to provide technology leadership for enhancing test automation capability and setting the automation roadmap, bringing in best practices and introducing effective tools and processes
• Experience or exposure in Service Oriented Architecture, HTTP and web services.
• Experience with one or more testing tools like JMeter, HP-QC or HP Load Runner, Selenium or any open source tools including Robot framework.
• Innovate on strategies for efficient end-to-end testing of applications and API’s
• Acceptable knowledge of one or more of the following: C#, Java, Python, Perl (scripting languages) and has good knowledge of DB technologies.
• Proficient in architecting/ operating solutions built on Azure or Cloud environment
• Ability to troubleshoot implementation challenges and come up with solutions/alternatives.
• Ability to collaborate with the implementation team including PM, development team and bank team.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, curious, highly collaborative team-oriented environment using agile methodologies.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Experience on manual testing.
• Background in Performance Testing
• Background in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps

• Good to Have:

• Understanding of the technical aspects of the product mix.
• Testing exposure of any core banking product implementation
• Exposure to the Financial Services industry.
• Knowledgeable in NFR (non-functional requirement) testing particularly Performance Testing.