Primary Responsibilities: • Ability to work with QA and development team leaders to develop a priority list of manual test cases where targeted automation would most benefit the QA Process by allowing more focus on enhancements versus regression. • Ability to develop Automated testing tools for use by the QA Team in a standardized approach to minimize ongoing support once released. • Provide Automation support and training to other Team members to expand Team’s ability to develop Automated testing Suites. • Analyse application requirements and Design & Execute Test scenarios and UAT Test cases and provides feedback on functional documentation. • Ability to persuade and influence others at all levels in the organization to ensure deliverables are met. • Ability to quickly adapt and act to support change by advocating innovative solutions and new ways of thinking. • Ability to Work Independently with minimal direction. • Create and execute test plans and testing strategies. Desired Experience/ Skills: • Strong experience (5+ years) automating manual test cases for C#/.NET/C++ applications. • Strong hands-on development experience with UFT (Unified Functional Test) or any other UI/ front end test automation tool required. • Strong experience in scripting language like Power shell, VB Script and SQL. • Hands on experience in working on tools like JIRA, HP ALM and QTest • Desirable experience in Devops integration tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Bit Bucket, Sonar Cube and BDD test frameworks • Experience and in-depth understanding of the Software Testing principles. • Experience with FIX protocol and messaging platform like MQ/Kafka. • Good knowledge of SDLC & QA processes. • Strong Domain skills - Must have working experience in Capital Markets across modules and instruments especially Derivatives (Bonds, Options, Futures, Swaps) • Experience in testing BFSI (Banking and Financial Industry) Domain applications with a proper understanding of the Trade Lifecycle. • Hands-on expertise in manual functional testing. • Working experience with Microsoft TFS and/or Microsoft SQL Server is a big plus