SwapAgent Senior Test Automation Engineer

London Stock Exchange Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services provider is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to automate functional and integration tests. This role demands strong QA experience and working knowledge in investment banking products. The successful candidate will handle test scenarios, manage connections with various teams, and deliver results under pressure. Key skills include Java automation, JIRA, and Agile methodologies, with an expectation of communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and industry certifications are preferred.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Min 5 years recent experience on QA Java automation - backend.
• Extensive automation testing experience in Investment Banking IT.
• Working knowledge of investment banking products - OTC Derivatives, FX, Equity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion a stream of work in automation testing.
• Contribute to enhancement of the automation packs and test automation framework.
• Develop Test Scenarios and Cases from business requirements.

Skills

QA background

Excellent communication skills

Agile testing delivery

Ability to work under pressure

Teamwork skills

Education

Bachelor degree in Business or Computer Science

ISEB or ISTQB testing qualification

Tools

JIRA

SQL

Cucumber

Git

AWS Cloud

Job description

Looking to hire an Automation Test Engineer, the role spans the automation of low-level business functional tests through to mid-level system integration tests. The successful candidate will have to co‑ordinate with Operations Change Business Analysis team, Development teams, and Project managers, as well as testing teams., The successful candidate will have an excellent QA background with experience of a variety of automation test tools, technologies and have business domain expertise and experience of delivery in complex fast moving environments. Excellent communication skills will be vital in this role. The role will report to the Test Manager and work day to day with the Test Lead.,

• Be able to lead and champion a stream of work.
• Contribute to enhancement of the automation packs and test automation framework.
• Work with QA Engineers and Development Team to enhance testing tools and processes
• Develop Test Scenarios and Cases from business requirements ensuring there is traceability back to all requirements.
• Work with the business and technical sponsors to qualify the requirements and if identified, track and monitor gaps until sign-off.
• Prepare the test data.
• Maintenance and execution of tests, recording of results and undertaking defect fix re‑testing, integration and regression testing.
• Reporting defects and progress in a clear and concise way in accordance with defect standards.
• Working with the technical teams to help resolve issues.
• Performing results analysis.
• Work to agreed timescales.
• Identify risks and escalating issues to the project stakeholders.
• Providing feedback where procedures improvements are suitable.
• Implementing test plans to deliver test phases on time.
  Extensive automation testing experience in Investment Banking IT, preparing and executing automated tests on a Financial platforms.
• Extensive experience of creating automated tests for various layers of applications
• Working knowledge of investment banking products - OTC Derivatives, Listed Derivatives, FX, Equity, Fixed Income
• Experience of requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers and resolving issues.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude
• Min 5 years recent experience on QA Java automation - backend
• Agile testing delivery
• Test execution using GUIs and APIs
• JIRA
• SQL
• Cucumber
• Git
• Zephyr, Executing automated tests on a MUREX platform
• AWS Cloud
• ORQA
• Python, The ideal candidate will have
• Bachelor degree in Business or Computer Science preferred
• ISEB or ISTQB testing qualification preferred
• Test automation using a variety of test automation tools and frameworks
• Test Engineer developing test strategy and process flows, for at least 2 large IT projects
• Test analysis techniques
• Test execution using GUIs and APIs
• Test execution on the Murex Platform
• Investment banking testing
• Results Analysis
• Defect Management
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Ability to work with and interact with other departments throughout the organization
  LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, and how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.