IFS-IFS Central Services-Testing-Senior Associate 2

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Internal Firm Services - Other

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

PwC’s Operate delivers operational and managed services solutions to clients across a range of situations often associated with their regulatory, risk and/or compliance agendas. We bring together regulatory insight, highly skilled operational resources and an unrivalled tech offering to provide a high quality and cost-effective solution to operational delivery challenges. Our capabilities stretch across a number of business pillars including Financial Crime Operations, Compliance Operations, Change Management and Customer Management.

About the role

Our Test Practice within Technical Solutions is experiencing continuous success and growth. As part of this growth, we are seeking to recruit a Test Engineer to work with our internal and external facing Scrum teams to deliver manual and automation testing expertise for several of our external clients.

Each engagement is different, but typically you can expect to be working on the following:

• Champion quality engineering practices through the definition, build and test phases of each programme.

• Deliver techniques that derive high quality software including branching strategies and lead on delivering the automation testing effort on a range of projects and programmes using Agile based methodologies.

• T-Shaped capability with the ability to support development and support teams.

• Strong expertise in delivering TDD/BDD capability on behalf of programme level scrum teams.

• Definition of standard and lean test documentation associated with automation.

• Participation in Sprint planning and 3 Amigos meetings and promotion of Shift Left techniques.

• Introducing/suggesting new processes and techniques to enhance the current automation process.

• Active participation in scrums, daily stand ups and retrospectives ensuring regular improvement in internal test processes.

• Strong experience of delivering API, Performance and UI testing.

• Mentoring of junior test team members.

Who are we looking for?

Essential Criteria

• Previous experience in delivering in agile based programmes preferably via Agile frameworks. Ideal candidates must have 2 years plus experience.

• Ability to analyse end to end solutions and identify opportunities for automation.

• Previous experience working in the Insurance and Banking sectors as a Test Engineer.

• Strong background in API, performance and UI automation testing.

• Experience of working in automation-based testing teams in multi-technology transformation projects.

• Experience of tools including DevOps, Jira Java, Maven, Selenium, Splunk, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins and Postman.

• Previous experience in defining test approaches and standards.

• Flexible, independent and self-motivated.

• Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Strong experience of iterative / incremental software delivery.

• Experience of working in fast paced environments to strict deadlines.

• Bachelor’s Degree or HNC in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.

• ISTQB Foundation, Intermediate or Advanced Certification desirable.

Location

You will be based in Kolkata, however as a result of the wide variety of clients and projects, you may be asked to work in other locations, sometimes at short notice and sometimes over lengthy periods of time. Your desire and ability to do this will be discussed as part of the recruitment process. Candidates who are unable or do not wish to work on projects in other locations will still be considered.

What’s in it for you?

The role will be varied and challenging, providing you with an opportunity to work with a wide variety of high-profile clients. We’re also exceptionally passionate about providing you with the necessary skills, experience and training to help you develop both personally and professionally.

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

October 29, 2021