Lead Institutional Autiomation Quality Control Analyst 2824

CTI Consulting•Wilmington, NC

About The Position

This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and robust automation frameworks for UI, API, and performance testing. The Lead Institutional Automation Quality Control Analyst will define and implement the overall test automation strategy, including tooling, scripting, and architecture. They will evaluate and recommend new testing tools and technologies, exploring improvements through AI-assisted tools. Collaboration with Development and Product Owner teams is key to understanding requirements and translating them into comprehensive test automation strategies. Integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and driving test data strategy are also core functions. The role involves contributing to performance, security, and load testing, monitoring automation metrics, and reporting test execution status to stakeholders. Additionally, the analyst will solve complex technical problems, mentor less experienced teammates, and ensure adherence to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Design, develop and maintain scalable and robust automation frameworks (UI, API, and performance).
Define and implement the overall test automation strategy, including tooling, scripting, and architecture decisions.
Evaluate, recommend and implement new testing tools and technologies.
Explore ways to improve testing efficiency and coverage through AI-assisted tools and practices.
Collaborate with Development teams to understand system architecture and implementation.
Collaborate with Product Owner team by engaging in regular sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions to understand product requirements and acceptance criteria.
Translate product requirements and acceptance criteria into comprehensive test automation strategies that ensure coverage of both functional and non-functional requirements.
Collaborate with engineers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using pertinent tools ensuring seamless and efficient test execution throughout the development life cycle.
Review code and test scripts to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability.
Drive test data strategy and environment management for automation needs.
Contribute to performance, security and load testing strategy and implementation.
Continuously monitor and improve test automation metrics and KPIs.
Publish automation test execution status report with traceability of test coverage at feature level and communicate it to stakeholders to ensure their awareness of progress and identify any issues upfront.
Solve complex technical and operational problems.
Serve as a resource for less experienced teammates.
Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.
Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the Bank brand.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain scalable and robust automation frameworks (UI, API, and performance).
Define and implement the overall test automation strategy, including tooling, scripting, and architecture decisions.
Evaluate, recommend and implement new testing tools and technologies; explore ways to improve testing efficiency and coverage through AI-assisted tools and practices.
Collaborate with Development teams to understand system architecture and implementation.
Collaborate with Product Owner team by engaging in regular sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions to understand product requirements and acceptance criteria, translating them into comprehensive test automation strategies that ensure coverage of both functional and non-functional requirements.
Collaborate with engineers to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using pertinent tools ensuring seamless and efficient test execution throughout the development life cycle.
Review code and test scripts to ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability.
Drive test data strategy and environment management for automation needs.
Contribute to performance, security and load testing strategy and implementation.
Continuously monitor and improve test automation metrics and KPIs.
Publish automation test execution status report with traceability of test coverage at feature level and communicate it to stakeholders to ensure their awareness of progress and identify any issues upfront.
Solve complex technical and operational problems.
Serve as a resource for less experienced teammates.
Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.
Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Promote an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the Bank brand.
Maintain internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Complete other related duties as assigned.