American Express - Quality Engineer - Automation/Manual Testing (5-9 Yrs) Bangalore (Others)

Job Description : Information Security - Identity and Access Management - Testing Vision: To be considered a leading Testing organization that provides centralized, flexible, and efficient testing services. As well as, ensuring high-quality technical solution delivery for the Identity and Access Management Program. Mission : - To coordinate, execute, document, and report-out for all testing and post-install validation activities in support of the overall Identity and Access Management Programs Quality Assurance process.
-Drive down operational expense through delivery of test and validation processes this position is part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team within Information Security.
-Position will act as a member of the testing team reporting to the Director of IAM Testing. Specific responsibilities include : - Works with engineers to drive improvements in code quality via manual and automation testing - Involved in the review of the user story backlog and requirements specifications for completeness and weaknesses in function, performance, reliability, scalability, testability and security and compliance testing, and provides recommendations - Plans and defines testing approach, providing advice on prioritization of testing activity in support of identified risks in project schedules or test scenarios.
-Develops test plans, testing resource requirements, and overall scheduling of testing activity.
-Develops manual and test cases and configurations needed to meet testing of business requirements.
-Executes test cases/scripts to ensure delivery of quality software applications, including Systems Integration and User Acceptance Testing.
-Generates test data to support the requirements and test case for various test phases.
-Responsible for managing the definition, implementation, and integration of quality principles into the design and development of software and IT processes for the team.
-Monitors and tracks resolution of defects.
-Designs, monitors, and analyzes quality assurance metrics such as defect, defect counts, test results, and test status.
-Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative testing technologies and techniques - Looks beyond the obvious for continuous changes or improvement : - Bachelors Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred - 5 years of experience in Technology, with an emphasis on QA, and proven ability in writing test cases, running functional or performance tests, and managing defects.
-Solid experience in test-driven development, unit testing, functional testing, system integration testing, regression testing, GUI testing, web service testing, and browser compatibility testing.
-Experience with Agile, other rapid application development methods, and Waterfall SDLC.
-Experience with coding skills across a variety of platforms is a plus.
-Any of the following test certifications - QAI, ASQ, IIST, ISEB and ISTQB - are a plus - Prior experience with Compliance and/or Identity and Access Management (IAM) projects would be a plus, Schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) :

Required Skills : English