QA & Testing Lead Engineer, AVP

This job is with Deutsche Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Position Overview Role Description The business which this development team is supporting is the lending department within Private Bank Germany. The whole life cycle for mortgage and consumer loans as well as securitization solutions for these loans is covered within the department and supported by the several teams. In the last years we have developed a service layer for common development tasks, the Lending Service Layer (LSL). The Lending Service Layer provides a set of well defined, structured, and reusable Lending Services (APIs) for all internal and external stakeholders. The LSL is in a steady expanding mode to integrate and offer services in a dynamical evolving environment. To extend and maintain these services, an experienced Java Developer is required. This role includes the design, implementation, and administration of J2SE/J2EE application code to support business, functional and technical requirements. Furthermore, it includes the analysis of new requirements and supporting business analysts in specifying them in a way that drives reusability and assures that the overall designs are consistent with industry best practices (including scalability, availability, maintainability, and flexibility) and in line with the overall LSL architecture. In case of application issues, the developer should work on analyzing those issues and to neutralize their impacts. As an Engineer he is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering significant components of engineering solutions to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of this role include active participation in the design of the components, ensuring that solutions are fit for purpose and maintainable, and can be integrated successfully into the overall solution and the LSL environment. Where clear, robust and well tested deployments are in practice. What we’ll offer you As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy Best in class leave policy Gender neutral parental leaves 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral) Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents Accident and Term life Insurance Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above Your key responsibilities Test Planning & Execution: Would be expected to carry out below list of Tasks Participate on development of holistic Test Approach for the application and all subcomponents Build functional/regression tests in Quality Center/ALM Carry out test execution and test reporting Work on test automation to build regression automation test suite from manual tests and update them for every release. Version control artifacts using Bitbucket, Git Hub, Perforce, SVN or any other version control tools Schedule automation scripts based on Release cycles. Review daily smoke test reports, and Regression test reports. Analyze test failures and raise issues/defects to respective Dev teams. Update / Fix test scripts as per the functionality changes Achieve good test coverage Quality Must have good knowledge of the software test best practices and industry standard tools Maintaining testing standards and ensure that they adhered to, as well as proactively trying to add these standards whenever possible. Taking pride in the quality of software delivered for each iteration and release. Communication Must be able to communicate effectively with other development team members, project members, managers, and end users. Must be able to participate in the discussions within the team, communicating any issues that have a project-wide scope to the necessary level Must be able to participate in a culture of ‘knowledge sharing’ with the development team. Motivation Must be self-motivated, setting a high level of professionalism and excellence. Your skills and experience You are a senior QA resource with: 5 Years of functional testing experience Good understanding and knowledge of automation testing methodologies Good Knowledge of the following: HP ALM, JIRA Good knowledge on testing life cycle Knowledge in test data maintenance Strong working knowledge of SQL and RDBMS databases Good knowledge on Unix /Linux environments and basic Unix shell scripting Quick learner Ability to prioritize and organize Results driven – able to deliver good quality accurate solutions to tight time-scales Conscientious – Always give 100% to tasks assigned Versatile – Able to multi-task Team Player – Must be able to work with and participate within a large professional team Professional – Expect to work the hours the job demands Good communication skills Good trouble shooting and problem-solving skills It would be desirable for the candidate to have ISEB Software Testing Certification – Foundation /Intermediate /Practitioner Automated testing skills e.g. Selenium, HP UFT Knowledge of Unit Testing and Agile Methodologies Knowledge of scripting (VBScript, Java Scripting, Shell, Perl etc) Working experience in Automation and toolset You must be highly motivated with an eye for detail, strong communication skills and a track record of delivering successful projects into production. Experience / Qualifications: Minimum 5-8 years relevant experience as QA Engineer within the IT support industry, experience in financial industry preferred. Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs. How we’ll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career Coaching and support from experts in your team A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs About us and our teams Please visit our company website for further information: We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively. Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group. 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