Systems Engineer III

First Citizens Bank • Raleigh, NC

23h • Remote

About The Position

The Systems Engineer III leads functional support and service for installation and testing of software, patches, and upgrades to system products, with a focus on enterprise-scale finance applications such as PeopleSoft Financials/Oracle Cloud ERP, BlackLine, and Coupa/Ariba. The role analyzes functional requirements, estimates testing effort, creates test cases and scenarios, plans and executes tests, and reports results. It builds and maintains regression test suites for finance processes, including General Ledger, automated reconciliations, and procure-to-pay workflows.

The position improves testing effectiveness by identifying opportunities for end-to-end and regression test automation, developing automation suites using Test Driven and Behavior Driven development methods, and building CI/CD pipelines. It performs integration, end-to-end, API, and backend database testing; uses PeopleSoft Test Framework and enterprise RPA tools; and supports production through database scripts. The role participates in Agile ceremonies, applies QA practices such as risk-based and Shift Left testing, follows change and incident management processes, maintains requirements-to-test traceability and testing artifacts, and tracks QA metrics for continuous improvement. This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or as a Test Engineer, Programmer Analyst, or related occupation; alternatively, a master’s degree in one of these fields and three years of such experience.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale PeopleSoft Financials.
• Experience with Process Scheduler, PS Query, PS Jobs, batch processes, and report validation.
• Experience with PeopleSoft Test Framework for PeopleSoft automation.
• Experience with enterprise-scale automated reconciliation processes in BlackLine.
• Experience with enterprise procure-to-pay processes using Ariba or Coupa.
• Experience in requirements analysis, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with test automation tools Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, and Unified Functional Testing (UFT).
• Experience building automation frameworks.
• Experience with build tools, including Maven.
• Experience designing, setting up, and managing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for automation testing using Jenkins.
• Experience with Java or Python.
• Experience with VB or Groovy.
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Experience with API testing using SOAP UI, Postman, or REST Assured.
• Experience with defect tracking, test management, version control, and collaboration tools.
• Experience with Agile, risk-based, Shift Left, boundary value analysis, black box, and white box software testing methodologies.
• Experience with SDLC processes, software release cycles, and ServiceNow Change Management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional support and service for installation and testing of software, patches, and system product upgrades.
• Analyze functional requirements; estimate testing effort; create test cases and scenarios; plan tests; test systems; and report results.
• Build robust regression test suites and perform regression testing for enterprise finance processes, including General Ledger, automated reconciliations, and procure-to-pay.
• Identify automatable end-to-end and regression test cases and build automation suites using Test Driven and Behavior Driven development methods.
• Build CI/CD pipelines, execute end-to-end automated test suites, and manage source code in Git repositories.
• Perform integration and end-to-end testing involving Integration Broker, Security Console, batch processes developed with Application Engine through Process Scheduler, workflows, PS Query, and Tree Manager.
• Perform PeopleSoft product automation testing using PeopleSoft Test Framework.
• Use Automation Anywhere enterprise RPA tools to build bots that automate business processes and improve efficiency for stakeholders.
• Perform API testing for integrations with upstream and downstream systems.
• Validate backend databases by writing complex SQL queries using SQL Developer and MS SQL Server.
• Build automated database test suites using ODBC connection jars.
• Create DDL/DML scripts for production support activities.
• Participate in daily standups and sprint planning to provide QA status and gather inputs.
• Apply QA best practices, including risk-based testing and Shift Left, to perform system testing efficiently.
• Follow enterprise Change Management and Incident Management processes.
• Establish traceability between requirements and test cases to ensure test coverage.
• Manage test plans, test cases, test results, and defects in Azure DevOps and JIRA.
• Capture QA metrics and Objectives and Key Results to support continuous improvement of QA processes.

Benefits

• The employer describes a competitive benefits program for associates; further details are available through the company benefits page.
• Total compensation for some roles may include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior