**eFX Automation Test Engineer (AVP)**


The Testing Senior Analyst is a developing professional role. Based in London and reporting to the Global FX eTrading QA Lead, the ideal candidate will learn all parts of the FX eTrading business and be responsible for their own area of the FX eTrading landscape, communicating with key business stakeholders and driving testing automation to maintain and improve the quality of our platforms.


**Responsibilities:**


+ Delivering independent testing for major applications belonging to the FX eTrading stack.

+ Test case design & development, manual test case execution, test automation development, reviews of requirements, and other project artifacts.

+ Implementation and execution of automation test frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.

+ Assist the QA lead in the quantification and tracking of automation test coverage, designing testing KPIs, and reporting on corresponding metrics.

+ Acting as a quality gate before software products are delivered to our clients.

+ Identifying and highlighting ways to continuously optimise the way in which QA function operates to create an efficient, scalable team.

+ Work with the business and Production Support to investigate issues and prevent production defects

+ Identifies, recommends and implements process improvements to enhance testing strategies.

+ Exhibits good understanding of concepts and principles in own technical area and a basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.

+ Resolves problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents

+ 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.


**Qualifications:**


+ Experience of Testing within Financial Service industry

+ Experience of developing, extending and executing test automation frameworks.

+ Experience of coding in Java to a working level.

+ Experience of working in Agile development teams and knowledge of BDD / TDD.

+ Experience of both UI and server side testing.

+ Experience in test analysis and manual testing.


In addition, the following would be an advantage:


+ Experience of integrating automation tests into the build process e.g. Hudson, Jenkins.

+ Experience with high-volume low-latency highly available IT systems, understanding of their architecture and SLAs.

+ Business domain knowledge of front office trading in FX, Rates or commodities, e.g. Pricing, Order Execution, and Trading/Auto hedge risk management.


**Personal Characteristics**


+ Effective and confident communicator with a strong passion for testing & quality.

+ Open minded team player, good at building networks and leveraging resources.

+ High attention to detail.

+ Responsible, active, persistent and showing initiative.

+ Proactive, and able to work independently.

+ Excellent analytical skills.

+ Result-oriented and client-focused.

+ The ability to work in a demanding environment.


**Skills Required**


+ Strong test analysis and test case creation skills.

+ Strong knowledge of test methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.

+ Professional experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools for example Atlassian Jira.

+ Unix / Linux skills.


In addition, the following would be an advantage:


+ ISEB or ISTQB certification or equivalent.

+ Working knowledge of acceptance test frameworks (e.g. using Fitnesse, Cucumber) and programming or scripting languages.

+ Working knowledge and demonstrable use of Python.


**Education:**


+ Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience


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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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