Full Job Description
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a career, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Introduction:
This is an exciting opportunity for an Automation/Manual Tester to join the Digital Insurance Engineering team to ensure the execution of automated test scripts whilst some manual testing will be required too. Record problems and issues in accordance with the project’s problem and issue management plans. Document defects using the project’s defect management tools. Work with the application team to resolve any issues that arise out of the testing process.
What will you be doing?
Support estimation of Quality engineering tasks for the assigned project.
Get involved in requirement and design workshops and support test manager/architect in coming up with high level estimates and scenarios
Scope quality engineering engagements, including delivery effort, delivery timescales and external dependencies for test automation
Detailed design for test engineering solutions and verification of this with test team stakeholders
Create Testware – estimates, scenarios, cases, data & tests.
Execute Tests and collate evidence.
Identify automation opportunities for new feature and defining Test strategy around it.
Provide support in implementing new enhancements in the existing code, maintenance of existing framework and functions, development of new framework if required.
Need to have exposure in Frameworks like Data Driven, Hybrid, BDD, etc
Good Java programming skills, for mobile and web automation skills on tool like Selenium, Selenium Grid.
Should have working knowledge of JIRA for test management and defect management
Set up and Execute Automated tests and record evidence.
Constant communication and follow-ups with various stake holders to track deliverable during test automation and dry-run phases where applicable.
Complete tasks / deliverables within schedule constraints (for self)
Maintain the documentation on confluence whenever applicable.
Provide guidance to other team members/functional team on automation queries.
Deliver all planned automated testing as part of ‘done’, including unit tests for any framework code developed
Integration: Services, Components, Integrations (medium tests)
System: User stories, End to End (large tests)
Ensure automation frameworks meet current requirements and coding standards and maintain new & existing automated tests
Collaborate with Test Engineer in supporting exploratory testing
Defect reporting and tracking.
Support and maintenance for test code and frameworks/test harnesses.
Deliver test automation improvement initiatives within the project group.
Conform to established best practices and any appropriate test automation standard
What we’re looking for:
Graduate with software engineering background, with 4-6 years of experience in software automation testing.
Hands on experience on Seetest, Java, Selenium – Cucumber, Jira, Git/Bitkbucket
Need to get involved in requirement gathering and Test design and come up with high level estimates and scenarios
Must be able to work with minimal supervision and have the ability to prioritize workloads quickly and efficiently.
Rich technology experience and good exposure to latest advancements in Testing such as in Mobile, web base application. Software Testing and relevant quality assurance (QA) technical experience
Involved in System testing, Regression testing, End to End testing
Testing background in credit card domain and a thorough understanding of the overall lifecycle of transaction processing for a credit card.
Strong automated testing skills using standard test tools and techniques such as Selenium or equivalent.
Prior experience of API testing and a thorough understanding of REST API standards. Exposure to Karate Framework, rest-assured, https client java libraries and postman scripts
Able to run SQL queries and do data validation as part of testing process
Good at art of questioning and critical thinking
Knowledge of testing terminologies, processes and tools
Should have excellent conflict management skills and generate trust and respect in team
Skills that will help you in the role:
Domain/Testing/Technical certification will be an advantage
Knowledge on microservices would be an added advantage.
Knowledge on DevOps tools and process would be an added advantage.
Awareness of banking/lending domain and prior experience of testing in this domain will be added advantage.
Where will you be working?
Pune
Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone’s contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.