Sr 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.

Job Title: Sr. Automation Engineer

Job Overview:

APV Sr. Automation Engineer has accountability to design automated test solutions catering to Production stability targets in application context.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Test Strategy and Planning

• Define and document test strategies, plans, and scenarios.

• Create and manage test data, organize test runs, and prioritize automation candidates

2. Automation Framework Development

• Design and maintain robust automation frameworks using tools like Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, UFT, LeanFT.

• Implement Page Object Model (POM) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) frameworks for scalable testing

3. Script Development and Execution

• Write and execute automated test scripts for web, API, and database testing.

• Use tools such as RestAssured, Postman, and Appium for cross-platform validation

4. Integration and CI/CD

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins

• Ensure automated scripts support remote execution and modular reusability

5. Quality Governance

• Conduct quality reviews of test scripts and frameworks.

• Ensure adherence to organizational standards and best practices

6. Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with developers, architects, and QA teams to identify issues and design solutions.

• Provide demos and updates to management and stakeholders

7. AI and Copilot Integration

• Leverage GitHub Copilot and custom VS Code extensions to generate and optimize test cases.

• Automate end-to-end workflows across web, database, and API layers

Technical Skills

• Languages: Java, Python, VBScript

• Tools: Selenium, UFT, LeanFT, RestAssured, TestNG, Cucumber, Appium.

• Platforms: Web, WebServices (REST/SOAP), Windows, WPF, Mainframe.

• Frameworks: POM, BDD, custom automation suites.

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins.

• Database Testing: MSSQL, Oracle, DB2, AS400, Snowflake, Cosmos DB 

• Should be able to demonstrate experience in designing automation frameworks, solutions for large scale projects

• Should have experience in designing unattended automation test suites.

• Should have experience in creating custom automation solutions and improve test automation efficiency.

• Should have experience in designing solutions which simplify complex problems, reusability.

• Should have worked on the Architect role and on varied POCs/ POVs and provide solutioning to automation and DevOps issues

• Strong hands-on experience DevOps implementation (Jenkins / ADO / Bamboo)

• Worked on building automation frameworks according to problem in hand using suitable design patterns.

• Well experienced in code review which will improve resiliency of automation scripts

• Experience working on multiple operating systems (i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix)

• Good understanding on application monitoring tools like Dynatrace

• Familiarity of Agile Methodology Scrum/Kanban and project management tools like Azure and Jira

• Knowledge on Service Now and Change management process

Personal Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field and equivalent experience.

• Related Certifications in areas of Computer Infrastructure, Testing

• Provide mentorship, build and maintaining relationships with Stakeholders.

• Ability to organize and prioritize work and tasks under pressure.

• Strong troubleshooting mindset and inquisitive mind sets

• Ability to handle conflict effectively.

• Able to communicate with all levels of management and peers within the organization, written and verbal.

• Flexible with the ability to and work under pressure

• Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive.

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 committed to assisting the communities we serve Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.