Automated Testing Analysis jobs at Citi Group in India, Pune

Responsibilities:

• Supports initiatives related to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process and product rollout into production. Testing specialists who work with technology project managers, UAT professionals and users to design and implement appropriate scripts/plans for an application testing strategy/approach.
• Software quality assurance testing.
• Conducts a variety of quality control user acceptance tests.
• Analysis to ensure that applications meet or exceed specified standards and end-user requirements.
• Creates test scripts; executes test scripts according to application requirements documentation; logs defects.
• Retests software corrections to ensure problems are resolved.
• Documents evolution of testing cases scripts for future replication.
• Contributes to the development of test plans.
• Interfaces with development teams if clarification is needed on requirements.
• Exhibits good understanding of procedures and concepts within own technical area and a basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
• Requires a good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area.
• Makes evaluative judgments based on the analysis of factual information; resolves problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents.
• Has limited but direct impact on the team and closely related teams through the quality of the tasks services provided.
• Exchanges ideas and information in a concise and logical way; recognizes audience diversity.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 0-2 years relevant testing experience preferred
• Basic knowledge of relationship data bases. Knowledge of applications supporting the testing process
• Demonstrated analytical skills& ability to work independently on assigned tasks
• Experience in software application testing

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Time Type:

Responsibilities:

• Turn tech stack and application design into code on multiple development platforms (e.g. iOS, Android, web/Angular, services).
• Address a variety of responses to problems, questions, or situations by applying established criteria to directly influence development outcomes. In doing so, use the right technology to solve technical challenges required to deliver small scale features and functions and / or supporting aspects of a larger program efforts.
• Responsible for applications systems analysis and programming activities that may include assisting with feasibility studies, time and cost estimates and implementation of new or revised applications systems and programs.
• Accountable for development, design, construction, testing and implementation and write secure, stable, testable and maintainable code.
• Expected to operate with autonomy, while some oversight and direction may be required.
• Engage in digital applications development, risk technology, Middleware, Mainframe applications, Non Mainframe applications, Analytic Model Development and Application support activities to meet specific business needs of user areas and to test systems to ensure integrity of deliverables.
• Expected to provide sound understanding of application development concepts and principles and a basic knowledge of concepts and principles in other technology areas.
• On occasion, may need to consult with users, clients and other technology groups on issues and recommend programming solutions for customer exposed systems.
• Take the time to fully learn the functionality, architecture, dependencies, and runtime properties of the systems involved with your projects. This includes the business requirements, applications/services, runtime operations (including trouble management/associated support strategies), and maintenance.
• Understand the business context and the associated customer use cases.
• Understand the team’s technologies and are able to evaluate system designs and architecture as you participate in solution discussions, development and the creation of application / systems documentation.
• Drive clarity into technical implementation by driving system build and performance discussions, providing technical context to team members as required and competently represent your team’s systems to others both inside and outside Digital.
• Occasionally need guidance from peers and / or manager as the team’s operating procedures and technology is well defined.
• Build and maintain integrated project development schedules that account for internal / external dependencies, differing SDLC approaches, numerous constraints, and adequately factor in contingency for unplanned delays.
• Negotiate features and associated priority and help the team and their customers reach consensus.
• Verbal and written communication is clear and concise.
• Clearly articulate development and timeline dependencies.
• Have good working relationships with team members, manager, and peers.
• Improve team development related processes that accelerate delivery, drive innovation, lower costs, and improve quality.
• Ensure self and peers are actively seeking ways to objectively measure productivity. (i.e., SonarQube Findbugs). This will include a focus on automating code quality, code performance, unit testing, and build processing in the CI/CD pipeline (RTC, Jenkins, RLM)
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years in an Automation development exp
• Experience developing automation scripts with Java
• Experience in selenium Webdriver for web automation
• Experience in API automation using restAssured is a plus
• Experience in Agile methodology is a plus
• Strong SQL skills required
• End to end experience across the entire software development lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a project team in a cooperative effort

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Time Type:

Few notables among the multiple areas that we work in:

• Cutting Edge Data, Analytical, Modelling Tools and Platforms – Build, Setup and adopt cutting edge technologies and technology platforms to improve analysts efficiency, time to market and controls.
• Business critical Dashboards : self-explanatory and detailed dashboards to review the portfolio health with the business leaders with analytical backing of particular trends of interest
• Assessing Campaign Impacts : Understand the campaign setup and through data exploration get the actual campaign performance in terms of P&L. Using the data put together a solution to optimize the marketing spends based on campaign performance.
• Opportunity sizing : Help the business with sizing the impact of various regulatory / market / business / strategic changes to the portfolio
• Process Efficacy : Periodically review existing process and identify potential ways to streamline the process
• Business Intelligence Tools : Deploy existing reports to other advanced reporting platforms

What’s expected from you?

• Drive multiple projects involving large and complex data sets for the purposes of analysis/validation, leveraging relevant programming tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, SAS Macro), level – proficient/ done certifications.
• Has good understanding on Credit card business financials like P&L items and can come up with financial estimates by looking at the macro-economic and historical trends.
• Has good experience in analyzing Credit card portfolio, especially knowledge in interest rates, fees, interchange, penalty etc.

• Partner with stakeholders both internal to AIM and Global, to drive tangible outcomes.
• Mentor and Lead a team of 10-20 team members.
• Interact regularly with business partners to understand their strategic priorities, develop context, proactively design and propose solutions.
• Continuously improve processes and strategies by exploring and evaluating new data sources, tools, and capabilities.
• Great storytelling, influencing skills

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, operations research or other quantitative field and strong relevant industry experience
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Advanced process management skills, organized and detail oriented
• Ability to mentor and lead a team on analysts towards complex projects with specific financial outcomes.
• Positive outlook with a can-do mindset
• Excellent understanding of statistics and probabilities
• Good communication, Stakeholder management and team skills
• Experience in working on Credit Cards and Retail Banking products is a plus
• Control orientated and Risk awareness

Other details

• Location: Pune, India
• Employment: Full Time
• Industry: Credit Cards, Financial Services, Banking

Time Type:

The IT Quality Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.Responsibilities:

• Responsible for initiatives related to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process and product rollout into production, making recommendations of solutions and improvements. Responsibilities may also include software quality assurance testing.

• Conducts complex process monitoring, product evaluation and audit assignments; reports issues and makes recommendations for solutions.

• Ensures project standards and procedures exist, are fully / clearly documented and followed throughout the software development life cycle; makes recommendations for enhanced documentation.

• Test Automation : Design, develop, and maintain automated tests to verify product functionality and performance across various platforms.

• Gherkin & BDD : Work with Gherkin syntax to write clear, concise behavior-driven tests (BDD) and collaborate with product owners and developers to ensure accurate and useful feature specifications.

• Agile Collaboration : Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (Sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, etc.) and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Development, and QA) to ensure test automation is integrated into the SDLC.

• Test Strategy : Develop and implement test strategies, test cases, and automated testing frameworks to ensure a comprehensive testing approach, covering functional, integration, and regression testing.

• CI/CD Integration : Integrate automated tests into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to improve development speed and consistency.

• Bug Identification & Reporting : Proactively identify defects early in the development lifecycle and collaborate with development teams to ensure timely resolution.

• Documentation : Maintain and update documentation for test cases, test scripts, and results.

• Test Environment Management : Ensure test environments are properly set up and maintained to support test automation efforts.

• Quality Advocacy : Promote quality best practices, methodologies, and automation across the team to ensure high-quality releases.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Experience

• 8 - 12 years experience in an IT Quality role.

• Proven experience as a Software Engineer in Test (SET) or QA Engineer with a focus on test automation .

• Solid experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).

• Experience in Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and writing tests using Gherkin syntax.

• Must have experience in SQL

Technical Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Java or JavaScript

• Experience in Testing API and Good Understand of API automation.

• Proficiency with SCM (like GIT or Bitbucket)

• Familiarity with test automation tools like Selenium , Cucumber , JUnit or TestNG

• Experience with CI/CD tools like LightSpeed, K8

• SQL Proficiency is a must.

• Knowledge of Testing Frameworks :

  • Experience with BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber) and frameworks for writing Gherkin syntax-based test cases.

  • Ability to create, maintain, and improve automated testing frameworks.

• Soft Skills :

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Problem-solving attitude and an ability to debug issues in automation pipelines.

  • Detail-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality results.

• Bonus Skills (Optional):

  • Experience with cloud testing environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

  • Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).

  • Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes) for test environments.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Time Type:

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field, and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or in a related IT occupation reviewing and analyzing information security incidents within the financial industry. Five (5) years of experience must include: Performing proof-of-concept and analysis to demonstrate the risk impact of security incidents within an organization and articulating identified risks to technical and non-technical audiences; Coordinating, enhancing, and executing strategic global security programs that are fully anchored to modern control and security frameworks, fully aligned with the current technology, threat-focused, and data-driven; Preventing, monitoring, and responding to security incidents by assessing and prioritizing the severity, impact, and urgency of them and executing information security directives and activities; Mitigating risk by analyzing security data to detect impacts and required corrective actions and developing security solutions; and Utilizing industry standards and frameworks including NIST Cybersecurity framework, ISO/IEC SANS incident response process, response procedures, protocols, network fundamentals, common OS, and the Cybersecurity Triade. 40 hrs./wk. Applicants submit resumes at . Please reference Job ID #25847211. EO Employer.

Wage Range: $142,751.00 to $160,000.00

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Responsibilities:

• Supports efforts focused on testing deliverables across the entire software development lifecycle from inception through implementation including management interaction.
• Supports Business Strategies & Policies by association with the respective Test Management/Project Mgmt to drive execution of testing methodology in the development and implementation of comprehensive test plans for effectively validating the functionality of the projects to which they are assigned.
• Assesses testing functions to ensure successful deployment of new systems and applications and related enhancements.
• Follows latest trends in testing and adapts them for application within own job and the business.
• Modifies existing testing programs for use within the function or develops new testing programs. Influences senior leadership team if and when process changes are needed.
• Has impact on the IT testing through contribution to technical direction and strategy.
• Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions); may communicate with external parties.
• Evaluates directs performance and considerable importance is given to recommendations made for pay increases, hiring, terminations and other personnel actions.
• Partners with outside vendors, clients, and partners in the coordination of testing efforts and process initiatives.
• Works to understand the objectives of our customers by understanding their requirements and how they fit in within the organization and the release, resolving, closing or mitigating gaps and inconsistencies.
• Participates in the development of the objectives of the testing team and will identify and implement work group initiatives focused on achieving these goals.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience in an IT Quality role with commensurate experience in people management Substantial experience in a senior technology or leadership role
• Developed communication skills to negotiate with others at a senior level; may communicate with external parties
• Proven understanding of testing processes.
• In depth understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle and solid experience in several phases of systems development, preferably in testing program management.
• Must demonstrate confidence in their abilities, excellent communication skills, negotiation skills, a consistent commitment to getting the job done, and the ability to collaborate as a both a leader and a team member. Deep technical expertise and business knowledge and be known within the industry
• Deep knowledge of industry rules and regulations and an understanding of what best practice means in running large scale technology environments.
• Client focus, able to operate as a partner to senior business stakeholders
• Demonstrated knowledge of business processes and management structure
• Proven project management skills Ability to effectively organize and prioritize a wide array of critical tasks and issues Ability to motivate and influence professional staff at all levels to achieve stated goals
• Ability to interact with staff at a variety of levels, including very senior audiences, on a variety of internally and function driven deliverables
• Advanced organizational skills to manage the heavy coordination with many individuals at varying levels across regions and functions, operating within limited time frames on deliverables. Teamwork/Collaboration: the position requires extensive teamwork and collaboration across regions and functions successful
• Strategic leader who has a proven track record of working closely with senior business partners and multiple stakeholders. Ability to operate in Global Matrix Environment. Proven ability to operate through influence.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

Time Type:

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to perform analysis on large datasets to determine their quality, coverage, complexity.
• Design and drive execution of accurate and reliable database / application modeling.
• Normalize disparate data sets into a common logical model.
• Independently query data from multiple relational databases for analysis
• Work directly with Technology, Operations, Finance and Business partners to successfully deliver complex projects leveraging our enterprise reference data platform.
• Create BRD/FRD translating business logic into functional requirements.
• Strong communication – ability to articulate business concepts and expected functional behavior to developers and engage senior stakeholders.
• Create comprehensive use cases for testing.
• Provide guidance to the local teams on technical challenges and client communication.
• Project management, implementation, and testing plans.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills is a must. Extensive experience working with large data sets.
• Business knowledge of capital markets products, securities and price reference data.
• Strong database design and modeling knowledge, good understanding of data integrity and normalization
• Mastery level SQL knowledge with minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience, ability to run analysis and complex SQLs against large sets of data is a must. Preferably experience with Oracle DBMS.
• 4-year bachelor’s degree or higher in one of the science majors is ideal
• 7 years of relevant professional experience in a hands-on role as a technical business analyst
• Experience managing the full project cycle for complex business deliverables – including translating client logic into functional requirements, writing FRDs/BRDs, working with the technology teams to ensure accurate implementation, and partner with business for user acceptance testing and production go-live.
• Technically proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Capable of managing multiple tasks under tight deadlines

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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