Quality Engineer I - Mainframe

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $69,700 - $98,400 CAD

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Job Description:

Perform hands on more complex testing activities: test design, test creation and/or process support within a well-defined functional area to support the delivery of quality solutions by designing and automating tests and/or creating/enhancing automation frameworks.

Accountabilities

• Hands on role focused on Mainframe and API testing. Mainframe testing (COBOL, DB2, IMS, CICS screens is a must) and API is good to have.

• As a Test engineer for small complexity initiatives, accountable for implementing effective test strategies and plans, test design / development test case automation and test execution to achieve business outcomes.

• Provides QE leadership, direction and feedback throughout the development and design process; provides test development / automation support to ensure that the quality of the intended solution is met.

• Leverage strong knowledge to understand technical solutions to build optimized test approaches, inclusive of the tooling strategy

• Strong knowledge of test data management to reuse automated test data provisioning capabilities

• Effectively engineer and leverage tools and Engineering practices (DevOps tools and processes, source code management, Service Virtualization, monitoring tools, etc.)

• Implement functional and/or non-functional automation frameworks (performance, readiness / reliability testing (ORT), accessibility, security) including script development and execution, and ensure automated tests are integrated into the Continuous Integration (CI), delivery, and testing (CI/CD/CT) pipelines

• Play a key role in developing, documenting, and proactively identifying end-to-end test solution designs and early automation opportunities

• Work collaboratively with the development team to define and validate user stories, acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD) / Ready (DoR)

• Apply the principles of behavior / Test Driven Development (BDD / TDD) and focus on value driven outcomes

• Leads Proof of Concepts (POCs) to evaluate new technologies geared towards better, faster, more secure testing activities (such as Service Virtualization, DevOps, BDD, Test Data Management)

• Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to quality engineering activities

• Ensure respective programs/ policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities

• Collaboratively engage with relevant stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external, to shift from finding defects to proactively preventing defects

• Actively seek and support continuous improvement and automation opportunities within the quality engineering practice

• Conduct meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using data to draw conclusions, make recommendations, assess the effectiveness of programs/ policies/ practices

• Identify opportunities to minimize cost, provide recommendations and/or deliver corresponding strategic solutions to support cost effectiveness and to enhance stakeholder experience

• Conduct test assets reviews to ensure adherence to quality, standards compliance, reusability, and ease of maintenance

• Monitor service, productivity and assess efficiency levels within own function and implement continuous process / performance improvements where opportunities exist

• Lead / facilitate and/or implement actions / remediation plans to address performance / risk /governance issues

• Actively manage relationships within and across various business lines, corporate and/or control functions and ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements

• Protect the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalate nonstandard, high-risk activities as necessary

• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts

• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

• Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest

• Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for quality engineering best practices and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit

• Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools, and techniques

• Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team

• Keep others informed and up to date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities

• Actively mentors and enables team members by sharing knowledge and leveraging engineering best practices. • Supports the team by providing guidance and proactively identifying and resolving issues • Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships

• Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce

• Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

Experience and/or Education

• BS degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience

• 3-5 years of relevant experience

Additional Information

• Advanced knowledge of specific domain and quality engineering frameworks, technology, tools, processes, and procedures

• Advanced knowledge of coding practices, testing, and debugging to develop and maintain resilient automated test scripts; hands on experience writing automated scripts using industry standard frameworks

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; investigates and analyzes potential solutions to problems

• Perform complex testing automation autonomously

• Deep knowledge of in scope TD business and systems, practices, business / organization, Bank standards

• Strong knowledge in new / advanced techniques and approaches in testing and automation (e.g., BDD, Machine Learning, etc.)

• Future focused- foresee issues and gaps and identifies industry trends

• Collaborative team player and ability to play a leadership role in the team

• Report to a Practice lead

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