Citi Group Core Account- Lead Test Automation Analyst- C12 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

428548167

Job Description

• The IT Quality Senior Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
• This position is part of the overall the Global TTS Core Accounting Quality Engineering team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the Flexcube Transformation and BAU programs. This is a unique opportunity to join an excellent team and have a meaningful impact on the Quality Engineering strategy, automation process and culture.

Role Description:

· Lead technical and business testing team members in preparation for and execution of test initiatives in support of the core banking testing projects.

· 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.

· Develop test approach and strategies that are commensurate with project scope, complexity and risk of the business initiative. Define test framework plans including planning and execution of test cycles (ST/SIT, Regression, Non Functional Tests etc.) in both agile and waterfall environments.

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

· Collaborate with Project Managers to develop and maintain test program schedules and deliverables in accordance with the overall project plan.

· 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.

· Monitor QA activities, test results, defects, root cause analysis and identify areas needing improvement. Recommend and lead continuous improvement initiatives that will help mature the QA test program to improve team effectiveness and overall quality of products and services.

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

· 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

Technical / Functional Proficiency:

· Experience in Oracle Flexcube Application

· 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

· Good business acumen and the ability to connect analytics with business decisions

· Strong analytical skills with hands on experience driving testing strategy

· Candidate should be willing to work late on need basis in order to interact with teams in other Geographies

· 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

Leadership Skills:

· Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task

· Demonstrated sense of responsibility and capability to deliver quickly

· Excellent communication skills. Clearly articulating and documenting technical and functional specifications is a key requirement.

· Proactive problem-solver

· Relationship builder and team player

· Negotiation, difficult conversation management and prioritization skills

· Flexibility to handle multiple complex projects and changing priorities

· Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

· Good analytical and business skills

· Promotes teamwork and builds strong relationships within and across global teams

· Promotes continuous process improvement especially in code quality, testability & reliability

Qualifications:

• 12+ years experience in an IT Quality role. Ability to work independently or within groups on projects assigned
• 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
• Strong knowledge in Flexcube / core banking applications

Education:

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

Time Type:

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