Associate, Sw Quality Eng

**About Northern Trust**:
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

**Working with Us**:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company to assist the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

**JOB DESCRIPTION AND PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Application Domain**: Enterprise Document Management
**Tools**: IBM Filenet or similar EDM tools

**Responsibilities**:
Responsible for understanding the project scope, should be able to find gaps in the requirements if any and communicate to stakeholders
Project test planning contribution and provide suggestions to test lead/ test manager
Creation of test scenario, test cases, test data identification while working with team and stakeholders on business side
Ability to turn business requirements into test cases
Review the test artefacts with concerned team/SME and get sign off
Test case execution, reporting and manage defect management process
Prepare or support in preparation of daily and weekly status report
Thought leadership, consultation, mentoring & guidance on testing practices within team
Advance product quality via testing innovations and process improvement
Collaborate with BAs, Architects & Developers in designing test cases
Provide support for implementing program test strategies
Utilize analytical skills in determining the root cause of defects & issues
Influence and communicate effectively with both technical & non-technical teams
Accelerate test development process by leveraging existing assets, standards & best practices

**Experience**
BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology
4-6 years of Core testing experience in the I.T. Industry.
4 + years of Banking Area/Core Banking testing experience
3+ years of experience working on Custody CASH or Payments domain
3+ years of experience in working with databases ( Oracle DB preferred)
2+ years of experience on working with Messaging based payments system

**Required Skills**:
Excellent knowledge of SDLC and Agile development practices ( experience with SAFe preferred)
Experience in using Jira, ALM, Zephyr and modern test delivery tools
Hands on knowledge on any of the banking products - Flexcube, LME, Finacle, GPP, MTS
Exposure to Devops /CICD
Exposure to test automation using selenium and leanFT
Expert in QA process, techniques & méthodologies
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Both attention to detail & ability to rise above details to see broader implications & recommend strategic solutions
Experience in coordinating test environments and test data for project execution
Ability to work independently and with a team
Proven interpersonal and communication skills with technical & business partners

**Preferred/ Recommended Skills**:
Familiarity with Banking/Financial products
Experience with Enterprise document management tools and technology