Senior QE Analyst

Royal Bank of Canada•Toronto, ON

8d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior QE Engineering with proven automation testing experience to join the QE team in Finance IT. This individual will be responsible for all aspects of testing within the product group with the focus in automation to enable greater test coverage and faster delivery. Senior QE Analyst will engage with the Product/Project Team to identify testing requirements, define testing timelines, plan/execute QE activities and report/track defects. Senior QE Analyst will report to Senior QE Manager and this role requires both hands on and leadership experience in QE areas to resolve all issues/ queries that will allow the team (onshore and offshore) to deliver their tasks in a timely manner. Finance IT is a fast-paced environment with most projects following agile methodology. Expectations are high for quality delivery and QE forms an essential component of the delivery process. QE team are equal stakeholders in getting initiative delivered on time with quality.

Requirements

Expert level skills in SQL - able to write stored procedure and complex nested queries
5+ years’ experience in QA/QE for Technology (with strong technical acumen), 3+ years’ experience in Unix/Linux, and minimum 2 years in test automation.
Experience in developing and implementing program/project end to end, functional and non-functional testing strategies.
Hands-on experience with Data related testing, including Data Ingestion, Lineage, Quality, and Transformation.
Good knowledge in a variety of test tools (e.g Robot Framework, Selenium, LoadRunner, Jira) and script development using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, etc.);
Experience with CI/CD pipeline and DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, UrbanCode, Helios, Knowledge of web services and API testing – REST API and SOAP.
Having Test Automation vision and leadership skills for innovation
A Bachelor of Science/Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field of study.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Banking / Finance Domain.
Experience in ETL

Responsibilities

Lead and drive end to end quality engineering strategy for assigned initiatives and platforms.
Act as an independent contributor and technical lead, capable of quickly understanding system architecture, business workflows and testing requirement.
Accountable to work with project/program teams in the implementation of defined test strategies across application lifecycle, utilizing QE processes and tools.
Develop and execute test strategies and plans across all levels of testing (component, integration, end-to-end) for the portfolio.
Leveraging automation, test cases optimization, API testing, test data management, test environment management and continuous integration/delivery where applicable.
Provide expertise, direction, coaching and development to build team capabilities in areas such as QE, Agile, DevOps and other RBC processes and practices.
Accountable for maximizing automation for all project functional and non-functional testing deliverables in portfolio.
Support in all aspects of automation testing (plan, script, execute, analyze and report) using organization’s framework/tools and standards
Design and develop new automation framework or maintain existing one to ensure testing process is comprehensive and add value to team’s goal under the direction of overall QE vision and strategy

Benefits

bonuses
flexible benefits
competitive compensation
commissions
stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and high-performing team
A world-class training program in financial services
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies