Applications Development Sr Programmer Analyst - Quality- C12 - CHENNAI/PUNE

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst ( Quality) is an intermediate level position responsible for quality testing the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team in the capacity of a Quality functional and automation analyst. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and testing activities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas.
• Build and enhance scalable test automation frameworks that support efficient test execution and maintenance.
• Write , execute and run manual/automated test cases regularly and analyze test results, logging any defects and providing detailed reports.
• Integrate automated tests within the CI/CD pipeline ensuring that tests run continuously with each deployment.
• Work closely with development, manual QA, and product teams to understand requirements, features, and testing needs in Agile environments.
• Utilize tools like JIRA to identify, log and prioritize defects; collaborate with developers to resolve issues promptly.
• Perform manual testing for areas not covered by automation, including exploratory and regression testing.
• Create and manage test data and ensure proper configuration of test environments for effective test execution.
• Develop test scripts and/or test frameworks using Java and JavaScript to execute RESTful API calls and SQL queries for test data setup/teardown and results validation.
• Document automated tests, processes, and test results, while adhering to QA best practices and promoting quality across the development cycle.
• Works collaboratively across product lines and department boundaries to enable functional testing and work closely with the engineering team to help build out the tooling and automation.
• Deeply understands test methodologies - such as agile; functional, integration and regression testing
• Manage and run the QA cycle as part of the agile development cycle and work towards taking the sprints to closure.
• Build reliable automated test suites that run as part of the project CI and/or nightly build system.
• Have extensive experience in test automation and perform functional, test automation, regression and end-end testing. Test automation is essential for this role.
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• 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:

• 10-12 years of relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience as functional tester and as an automation tester.
• Experience in designing and implementing automation test frameworks, test scripting, test suite execution and test reporting. Experience in selenium (Java) or Cypress automation framework (javascript) and database testing is a key expectation for this role.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience