Citi Group Quality Intmd Analyst - C11 CHENNAI 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

805197225

Role Description:

Expertise in delivery of test automation solutions over various platforms and applications, configuration of automation tools and open source software and strong understanding on SDLC

· Participate in requirements, design reviews with Product, Business Analysts and Development to assure that the product under development meets requirements and tested efficiently. Perform requirements reviews and traceability analyses to assess test coverage.

Determine and organize resources required to participate in test initiatives; provide guidance and direction of test plan development and test execution.

Oversee test execution initiatives, adhering to test schedule and key milestones. Evaluate and escalate potential risks and issues that may adversely affect quality, schedule or budget.

Evaluate testing metrics to promote successful test initiatives. Provide clear and concise test progress reporting that is reflective of test program status for key stakeholders and executive review.

Establish working relationships with third party vendor project participants. Plan and manage vendor deliverables as they relate to the testing schedule. Proactively work with vendors to communicate and maintain People’s quality standards.

Establish and maintain QA resource plans, provide input to project budgets regarding test initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Performs functional, automation and regression testing and all Initiatives related to Testing process and product rollout into production. The specialists will also work with technology project managers, professionals and users to design and implement appropriate scripts/plans for an application testing strategy/approach.
• Follows industry quality trends; applies to current environment as appropriate. Interacts with various levels of management; communicates technology level process changes.
• Ensures project standards and procedures exist, are fully / clearly documented and followed throughout the software development life cycle.
• Monitors products for conformance to standards; monitors processes for conformance to procedures; identifies risks; ensures annual organizational reviews of standards and procedures are conducted.
• Documents findings and performs root cause analyses. Recommends solutions and improvements to existing standards and procedures; collaborates with other areas in technology to develop new standards and procedures.
• Ensures all corrective actions are assigned, documented and completed.
• Verifies traceability in project work products.
• Gathers, maintains and reports on quality metrics.
• Acts as advisor and mentor for junior members of the team.
• Analyze requirements and Execute tests, document testing requirements and processes for all applications to ensure QA policies and standards are met.
• 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:

• 7-10 Years Experience in an IT Quality role
• Requires in-depth knowledge, understanding and analytical thought. Exhibits comprehensive knowledge of several areas within IT Quality and has a good understanding of the industry.
• Strong 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

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

Technical / Functional Proficiency:

Experience in waterfall , Agile , BDD and Dev Ops testing methodologies

Experience with Advanced Excel techniques, Java, Selenium, UFT and other automation tools.

Knowledge of Oracle DB -PL/SQL, Stored procedures

Strong experience in leading/managing financial technology projects, using structured project tracing tools such as JIRA, MS Project or SharePoint

Strong UNIX , Shell , Perl , Python scripting experience

Extensive coursework / experience in quantitative analysis & statistical modeling will be a plus.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to prepare presentations for executive level audience and familiarity with Power Point, Visio , Excel

Detailed-oriented, high level of intellectual curiosity and strong sense of ownership.

Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively and work against tight deadlines

Strong analytical skills with hands on experience driving testing strategy

Must have experience with delivering infrastructure projects such as Linux migration, Virtualization, Middleware upgrade and/or data center migration.

Ability to communicate effectively across various levels of management, technology, architecture and compliance

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