COO & Functions
Location
Pune | India
Job description
Job Title: Automation Test Developer
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Hybrid Working
Structured hybrid role:
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
Introduction:
The Application Developer supports the Markets Pre-Trade Tech in the APAC region to accelerate the product development by developing the automated framework and tests in order to achieve Continuous Delivery of product. The successful candidate would have hands-on automation experience in building and maintaining the proprietary Barclays Test Automation Harness, which is a test automation framework written in Java, as well in delivering automated test scenarios for Electronic/Algorithm Trading to accomplish a testing excellence service for Barclays.
What will you be doing?
• Overall accountability for the delivery of the Automation Test Scripts for Electronic/Algorithm Trading Systems.
• Interaction with Compliance, Operations, Business analysts, Development team and QA engineers to gather delivery requirements for building the test automation framework and facilitate flawless product deliveries.
• Management of the test automation effort including the roadmap, task assignments, evaluation, reporting to senior management etc.
• Close collaboration with development teams to achieve continuous delivery.
• Ensuring that manual and automated testing efforts are delivered within established strategy and overall maintenance of programs/applications to verify that the program functions according to requirements and established guidelines.
• The position requires an understanding of best practices in testing processes and standards, and an ability to architect manual and automation tests
• Solve complex technical problems within and between various technology stacks
• Support of Test automation effort across QA, UAT phases of new releases SUT (System Under Test)
• Continuous improvement on stability of test environments by close collaboration with Development and Support team.
• Recommending new technology or practices that will add value to the bank in terms of performance and cost
What we’re looking for:
Candidate should hold BE/Btech degree
• Previous experience in the creation, maintenance, and execution of automated frameworks/tests.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g. Python, Perl, ksh, bash or sh).
• Experience with Unix log file analysis with de-bugging, Messaging and SQL as part of Server side testing.
• Experience gained in Equities Algorithm Trading Systems/Market Connectivity Systems and Investment banking experience.
• Skills that will Familiarity with continuous integration systems such as TeamCity.
• Experience with version control systems such as GIT
• Familiarity with build automation tools such as Maven.
• A working knowledge of JIRA.
Where will you be working?
Pune
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
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