The IT Quality Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.

IT Quality Sr Analyst

Treasury and FP&A Technology is looking for a seasoned senior quality engineer to plan, lead, and execute testing strategy for Global Funds Transfer Pricing Application. This role requires a hands-on senior quality engineer who has architected robust automation frameworks, had sound experience in enhancing testing efficiency, and can ensure seamless software delivery of highest quality. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in automation tools, agile methodologies, and quality engineering best practices to transform and enhance current testing and automation engineering landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, lead, and execute testing automation strategy for CitiFTP. Continuously monitor automation coverage and enhance the existing automation framework to increase the automation coverage.
• Design, Develop, and Implement scalable and maintainable automation frameworks for UI, API, and data validation testing on Big Data/Hadoop platform.
• Collaborate with other testing areas, development teams, product owners, and business partners to integrate automation into the agile SDLC.
• Enhance the efficiency of regression, and end-to-end testing using automation.
• Develop robust test scripts and maintain automation suites to support rapid software releases.
• Improve overall test coverage, defect detection, and release quality through automation.
• Establish and track key QA metrics e.g. defect leakage, test execution efficiency, automation coverage.
• Advocate for best practices in test automation, including code reviews, re-usability and maintainability.
• Drive the adoption of AI/ML-based testing tools and emerging trends in test automation.
• Manage, mentor, and upskill a team of test engineers in automation practices.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the testing community.
• Define career development paths and ensure team members stay up to date with industry advancements.
• Analyze trends at an organizational level to improve processes; follows and analyzes industry trends.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in functional and non-functional software testing
• 3+ years of experience as Test Automation Lead
• Expertise in test automation frameworks / tools like Jenkins, Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, Junit, Cypress.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python or any other programming or scripting language.
• Expertise in SQL.
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured) and performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner)
• Expertise in build tools like Maven / Gradle, continuous integration tools like Jenkins, source management tools like Git/GitHub.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of functional Test tool (JIRA).
• Familiarity with cloud-based test execution – AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with big data testing (Spark, HDFS) and database testing automation (Oracle, SQL).
• Preferred - Experience with AI-driven test automation and advanced test data management strategies
• Preferred – Certifications such as ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, or Selenium WebDriver certification
• Exposure to banking / financial domains, particularly Treasury applications is a plus
• Requires communication and diplomacy skills and an ability to persuade and influence
• Hands on in code review, unit testing and integration testing
• Very Confident, innovative, self-motivated, aggressive and results oriented
• Ideal candidate should be passionate about automation in quality engineering

Education:

Bachelor’s/University degree

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Technology Quality

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Time Type:

Full time

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