AVP, Senior Quality Engineer
Whippany, New Jersey

Barclays Services Corp.

What will you be doing?

• On behalf of a global financial services organization develop Proof of Concept for automation frameworks.
• Automating Business APIs and Platform services.
• Implement Behavior Driven Development and Test Driven Development.
• Understand requirement specifications, technical design documents, and related artifacts.
• Develop Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test scenarios to support releases for multiple applications.
• Testing and development of Automation database scripts. Develop and test various components of Big Data.
• Work on MapReduce jobs using Hive and Pig.
• Provide testing by leading the development of automation strategies with Developers, Test Engineers, and Team Members to design and code unit, integration, component, service/API and system automated testing.
• Research and implement new technologies in support of CI/CD/Deployment including testability of code, automation strategy, and methodology in the implementation of automated test development on multiple concurrent projects.
• Work on applications using aPaas cloud technology with Multithreading, Serialization, Collection framework and Core JAVA applications developed using Spring Framework.
• Build and ensure code Artifactories are built in CI fashion using build tools such as Jenkins and Docker.
• Engineer reusable automation frameworks and scripts.
• Build resilient and self-healing service-oriented automated architectures to automate applications.
• Support third party infrastructure applications and services.
• Develop automation for load/performance analysis across multiple messaging protocols including HTTP utilizing Agile, CI/CD, AppDynamics, and DevOps.
• Create appropriate documentation in Confluence spanning across multiple teams and business units. Develop automation in Jenkins Pipelines.
• Develop Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test scenarios to support releases for multiple applications.
• Perform verification of data model changes, inbound and outbound file validations, file transmission, and batch processing checks on Unix servers.
• Provide Quality Risk reports for different releases across various application modules. Train internal personal on the capabilities of new product releases, and lead junior test engineers in adherence to Automation norms.

What we’re looking for:

Minimum of a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent, in Applied Computer Science, Computer Applications, or a related technical field and at least two (2) years of experience as a Senior Quality Engineer, or related occupation working for a global financial institution. Must have experience with each of the following required skills: Developing Proof of Concept for automation frameworks using Java, Junit, TestNG and other Continues Integration(CI)/Continuous Delivery(CD) tools, Jenkins, GIThub; Micro Service Testing and rest service automation using tools like Karate Framework and Java with Cucumber; Using ETL Automation to develop stored procedures and ad hoc scripts; Using Big Data Hadoop and Agile Project Management to test Kafka stream for payments, logins, and Agile scrum; Developing and testing components of Big Data for data analytics, Apache HIVE, HUE, HDFS, SOLR, and HUE dashboards for core data applications, automating Hive tables to load huge data and analyze it using hive queries; and Developing Payments, Transactions, and Balance Transfers applications using aPaas cloud technology with Multithreading, Serialization, Collection framework and Core JAVA applications in Spring Framework that use features of IOC, Spring MVC, Spring JDBC, Spring Batch, Kubernetes and OpenShift Private Cloud and TSYS Greenscreens

Where will you be working?

You will be working at our Whippany, New Jersey location at 300/400 Jefferson Park. At Barclays, we are proud to be redefining the future of finance and here at Whippany we are defining the future of the workplace and the future of the way we work and live. We are creating a unique community, one of four strategic tech-enabled hubs that will redefine opportunity for everyone who works here. Whatever you do at Whippany, you’ll have every chance to build a world-class career in this world-class environment.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Our Values

Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Our Diversity

We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

Our Benefits

Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.

This position is eligible for incentives pursuant to Barclays Employee Referral Program.