Principal Test Engineer chez Information Technology

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? 

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. 

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:
 

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of IT CSS WRAFT Delivery team, you will be responsible for independently leading Test Engineering teams. You will be developing test plans and implementing those plans against the corresponding test procedures. You will be accountable for the development, release, and maintenance of test procedures. 

The Enterprise Test Engineering ("ETE") family is responsible for ensuring that all applications and systems meet defined quality standards. The ETE family encompasses three major areas including (a) functional testing, (b) non-functional testing, and (c) test architecture and enablement. Other key focuses include regression testing, browser testing, performance testing, capacity and stress testing, resiliency testing, environment management services, and infrastructure testing. Develops, conducts, and evaluates testing processes, working closely with developers to remediate identified system defects. In-depth knowledge of automated testing tools, and quality control and assurance approaches including the creation of reusable foundational test automation framework for the entire organization.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for system integration testing, including automation, of newly developed or enhanced applications.
• Play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete results.
• Lead, develop, and advise on test automation strategies and provide critical feedback in requirements, design, implementation and execution phases.
• Partner with collaborators - Product Management, Application Development, DevOps and other technical teams.
• Track test execution achievements and report on issues and risks with the potential to affect project timelines.
• Construct appropriate end-2-end business scenarios through the application of a broad understanding of business objectives and goals.
• Responsible for Delivery Pipeline adoption
• Identify dependencies for environmental and data requirements.
• Contribute to standard framework of reusable functions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the product(s) being delivered.
• Responsible for process compliance & associated documentation
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; raises concerns appropriately.
• Works closely with business and AD domain experts, to continually improve depth and breadth of knowledge for assigned applications/systems.
• Responsible for Project Coordination and Technical Management tasks.

**NOTE:  The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of related experience in delivering software solutions with hands on automated testing.
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Experience in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes).
• Experience with Test Engineering methodologies and Test Automation Frameworks
• Proficient in automation at all software layers (e.g. UI, services, APIs, etc.) as well as CI/CD technologies (e.g. Cloudbees, Jenkins, Cucumber, Git, JUnit, Jira, etc.).
• Sophisticated Java / Selenium development skills with significant experience applying those skills in test environments.
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
• Proven expertise in frontend test automation using Selenium Webdriver.
• Expert and hands on with backend test automation using Rest Assured/Karate for API testing. JDBC/JPA for database testing (Oracle/ DB2/ Snowflake).
• Experience in writing sophisticated SQL queries.
• Experience with JIRA, ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins.
• Requires the ability to work with both business clients and technical team and the ability to work independently, both individually and as part of a team.
• Experience in mentoring junior test engineers, verifying work products and providing mentorship, as needed.
• Unix, Python and AWS experience in a plus.
• Accountable for process compliance & associated documentation
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and written and verbal communication skills.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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