Automation Tester

Job Title: Automation Tester
Location: Chennai

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
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction:
This role requires an experienced Test resource to:

- Drive test scripts preparation & execution activities with minimum supervision.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining automated GUI and SOA test cases.
- Execution of manual & automated test packs and provides consolidated feedback to stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Mitigates / escalates issues to Test Lead or Test Manager as appropriate
- Support UAT / OAT
- Assist in preparing Test phase closure reports
- Assist in preparation of project level required metrics and reports

What will you be doing?
- Assist in performing test estimation, test strategy
- Creation and maintenance of test automation harness.
- Creation and maintenance of manual & automated test packs
- Execute manual & automated test packs and provide consolidated feedback to stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Coordinate / Prepare Test Bed/Test Data for execution
- Support UAT / OAT
- Confirm connectivity and readiness of test team
- Execute tests, track and monitor defects to closure and produce test metrics and test reports

What we’re looking for:
Technical knowledge
- Experience in functional & automation testing
- Proficient in functional testing and defect management.
- Prior experience working on test management tool
- Strong SQL knowledge.
- Knowledge on Test automation tools-, API test automation using REST Assured tool ,selenium, cucumber using Java
- Prior experience on testing of API’s.
- Exposure to configuration and change management.
- Experience of using test management tools to manage testing activity and to provide testing metrics
- Knowledge of testing processes.

Business Knowledge
- Good Understanding of Technology and Banking Industry
- Good communication Skills
- Ability to quickly learn and understand business process handled by business area.
- Fully conversant with IT developments in the market place relevant to the business area.

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Deep understanding of the overall development process and software delivery lifecycle (Agile).
- Sound knowledge on testing methodologies.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Experience of analysing project documentation to extract requirements, system functions and other features to be tested
- Proficient in test case/test scenarios preparation & execution.
- Prior experience in preparing test metrics/reports.

Where will you be working?
Pune

Be More at Barclays
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.

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