Applications Development Sr Programmer Analyst - C12 - CHENNAI

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. A Quality Assurance Tester performs initiatives related to System Integration Testing (SIT) process. Testing specialists who work with technology project managers, UAT professionals and users to design and implement appropriate scripts/plans for an application testing strategy/approach. Responsibilities also include software quality assurance testing.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and designs standards and procedures; ensures that they are adhered to throughout the software development life cycle.
• Ensures consistency and quality of processes across the organization. Exhibits in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
• Requires in-depth understanding of how own area integrates within IT Quality and has basic commercial awareness.
• Collaborates with local and global stakeholders like development team, UAT team,  etc. to ensure project stability and productivity.
• 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.
• Experience in Software testing lifecycle and methodologies System, Integration testing, Regression testing, Exploratory testing, Ad-hoc testing etc. and their corresponding tools.
• Proficient in SQL
• Setting up, maintaining, and performing test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Web, Database and API and building test scenarios and acceptance tests.
• Experience of integrating the automation scripts with the CICD pipeline and experience of working with CICD tools such as Bitbucket, Jenkins, Maven.
• Liaise with developers and BA's to identify system requirements and communicate testing status.
• Experience of working with Selenium, TestNg, JUnit, Cucumber, SOAP UI, REST-Assured etc.
• Exposure to Performance testing tools such as LoadRunner and JMeter would be a big plus.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Java.
• Experience of working with ALM tools such as JIRA
• Experience in performing API testing using Postman, Jmeter etc.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Experience of Behavior Driven Development.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle, Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience