QA Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title: QA Engineer

Corporate Title: AVP

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

• The QA & Testing Manager will define and manage teams, testing strategies, plans and deliverables related to testing within specific applications and programmes of work on a global basis.
• The QA & Testing Manager will manage and drive the adoption of recognised best practice and policy and contribute to the ongoing improvement of methodologies and assets.
• The QA & Testing Manager will manage and be accountable for the functional and non-functional testing of one or more applications up to the point of UAT and OAT.

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

• Manage the creation, sign-off and implementation of the testing strategy and plans
• Resource to deliver against the agreed test plan within budget and timeframes
• Manage the overall effort to ensure that all in scope components and scenarios are tested and reported on
• Oversee effort to retest corrections to ensure problems are resolved
• Oversee effort to analyse, document and communicate results.
• Provide management, leadership and technical guidance to Testing Specialists and Testing Analysts
• Lead teams working on the detailed test strategies and plans for applications based on technical and business specifications in accordance with DB standards
• Work with Testing Specialists to review and understand business requirements functional and non-functional specifications
• Ensure adherence to testing best practices and DB testing standards
• Actively seek opportunities to leverage central testing services where deemed appropriate
• Participate in stakeholder management within the application and project context, including stakeholders of up and downstream systems and external teams
• Ensure that stakeholders receive information that enables fact based decisions to be made
• Manage the working relationship with 3rd party team members
• Coordinate with external groups such as test environment support and production management teams
• Act as a senior escalation point for all stakeholders, including internal testing team escalation
• Champion and participate in the activities of the broader QA and Testing community
• Align to the wider team / group objectives

People Management

• Supports the development of an environment where people management and development is the number one priority. Coaches direct reports and others in the organisation, as appropriate
• Actively supports the COO strategy, plans and values, contributing to the achievement of a high performance culture
• Takes ownership for own career management, seeking opportunities for continuous development of personal capability and improved performance contribution
• Acts as a role model for new employees, providing help and support to facilitate early integration and assimilation of their new environment
• Supports tough people decisions to ensure people performance is aligned with organisation imperatives and needs. Addresses individual performance issues, where necessary, to drive for high performance
• Input into team members Performance Management process
• Identify team training requirements and assist in the creation of personalised development plans
• Provide mentoring to team members, looking to nurture talent and develop credible succession plans

Your skills and experience

• Proven experience in Testing roles and/or leading testing teams
• Technology knowledge and expertise
• Experience of test management and defect tracking tools
• Proven experience of defining and implementing project level test strategies
• Understanding of testing across the full Software Development lifecycle
• Customer and service orientation to support interaction with team resources and clients
• Performance and productivity oriented to drive toward quality testing outcomes and results
• Previous program and project management experience
• Proven experience with Risk Management and Control policies and procedures
• Proactively, initiate, develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members
• Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of people and achieve results
• Hands-on experience in Global Transaction Banking business, specifically Trade Finance advantage

Education/Certification

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university, ideally with an IT-related concentration (or equivalent diploma/work experience)
• Participation and/or completion in Testing certification programs (Six Sigma, CSTE, ISTQB, ISEB or CSTP)

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:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

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.