PASWTECNEWBAUOFF456 - Lead Software QA Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

• Developing, implementing and assuring automated Quality Assurance  using various test automation tools & frameworks such as Selenium , Playwright, QTP/UFT and working API framework ( restful APIs/SOAP UI/Postman API)

• Implementation of CI/CD pipe building using CI tools like JENKINS, TeamCity for building and running automation scripts

• Building automation scripts in HP ALM/JIRA to get them run on automation labs

• Generating test metrics & ROI to utilize them for process and efficiency improvements.

• Building complex SQL queries to build automation scripts for data mining requirements and migration requirements

• Interpreting and applying SS&C-wide QA standards within automation, and assisting others in doing so.

• Performing Automation Development, Quality Assurance and Testing tasks relating to Business and IT change across the full software delivery lifecycle (SDLC), and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards within automation.

• Mentoring, reviewing the work of, and developing the technical skills of other resources at the departmental level. Supporting less experienced staff, validating and reviewing their work. In particular, you will be called upon to mentor manual QA staff in utilizing automation capabilities.

• Working as an integral part of a team of Specialist Automation Analysts and QA Analysts to assure quality on a Project or Programme of IT change – typically covering more than one system or area of functional or Business change.

• Assisting the Automation Manager in the application of quality standards and good practice at peer-level across the IT and Business organizations, acting as an authority and advocate for the IT Quality Assurance strategy, its meaning, benefits and goals.

• Analyzing Test Requirements, and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards then using the same to design and prepare automated test scenarios and test scripts which provide comprehensive coverage of given requirements.

• Execution of automated test scripts as created by self or other team members, capturing test evidence and recording success criteria and/or defects, and assuring the work of others to ensure conformance to standards.

• Assisting clients/senior stakeholders in the definition of automation requirements/scenarios and representing the QA department in a technical capacity during such interactions (e.g. meetings, daily calls, defect triage, progress reporting).

• Managing your own performance, career and personal development - in conjunction with your line manager and in reference to the DST standard frameworks for these.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science (mandatory)
• ISTQB or any other certification

Knowledge and Skills:

• Working experience in Automation testing using Selenium and similar testing tools like UFT etc. using VBscript, C#, Java, Cucumber, Gherkins etc. with strong understanding of Object Oriented concepts.

• Strong hands-on experience in Automation framework development and enhancement and should have worked on script development. Generally (at least 2 years, preferably 3+ years).

• Proven experience on activities like automated script design, development, execution and maintenance in a Keyword driven framework using the HP UFT or Selenium framework.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent customer engagement skills.
• Demonstrates a high emotional quotient while being a strategic and critical thinker.
• Shows a growth mindset and has a high learning curve.
• Willing to travel internationally occasionally, work outside local time zone hours as needed.

• Instils Trust – Must be seen to be truthful and follow through on commitments. Customers and Partners must feel that they are being listened too and understood. The right candidate will be able to be trusted with sensitive and confidential information.
• Collaborate – Must be able to work in a co-operative manner with both internal and external teams and take all views and interests into account when formulating outcomes.
• Ensure Accountability – Must take full ownership of their assigned responsibilities and the outcomes that are generated and pursued, including any failures. This must extend to post-implementation and should encompass the assessment of benefits delivered.
• Customer Focus – Must understand customer and partner needs from both a functional and operational perspective. Improvements must deliver customer improvements as well as feature set improvements. Must be seen as an expert by Customers, who are willing to trust the views and direction of the team as portrayed by the candidate
• Develop Talent – Must be seen as a reference point for others, who are willing to pass on their knowledge to improve the overall level of understanding across the group. This should be via coaching, support, reviews and feedback.
• Communicate Effectively – Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently, both in written and verbal forms, across all levels of an organisation and all sizes of groups. Must also be able to listen to others and evidence that they have understood the needs communicated appropriately

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.