Senior Analyst QA Automation

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Founded in Chicago in 1889 Northern Trust is one of the worlds leading financial institutions. We specialise in providing asset servicing solutions and asset management to both institutional and personal clients. The delivery of products and services to this client base is supported through a network of offices around the globe.

Role

The Senior Analyst Testing & Automation is responsible for executing functional and regression testing creating automationready test cases and supporting automation development and execution across OPMI applications. The role requires a strong foundation in testing fundamentals structured thinking and close collaboration with automation engineers BAs and developers to ensure highquality reliable releases.

Major DuTIES

Functional & Regression Testing

• Perform functional regression rollback and release signoff testing across assigned applications and workstreams.
• Analyze business requirements user stories and acceptance criteria to design effective test scenarios.
• Create review and maintain clear detailed and automationready manual test cases with validations and reusable test data.
• Execute endtoend regression cycles and report test status risks and outcomes.

Automation development and Support

• Provide strong functional inputs edge cases and validation logic to automation developers.
• Review automation coverage against manual regression scope to ensure completeness.
• Support development and maintenance of automated regression test suites for web and nonweb applications as per release roadmap.
• Support automation execution by:
  • Analyzing failures
  • Identifying root cause (script issue vs. functional defect)
  • Logging and tracking defects accurately
• Reduce automation rework through accurate upfront test design and validation support.

Defect Management & Reporting

• Log triage and track defects with clear reproduction steps and expected vs. actual results.
• Work closely with developers and BAs to validate fixes and ensure timely closure.
• Provide regular testing and automation status updates during scrums and review forums.

Process & Documentation

• Maintain test documentation test evidence and execution reports in approved tools (e.g. ADO/JIRA).
• Participate in KT sessions related to application functionality regression scope and automation strategy.
• Adhere to release governance testing standards and audit requirements.

ACCountabilities

• Employees are required to comply with the regulatory regime in which Northern Trust operates as appropriate to the above role
• Employees are expected to exercise due care and diligence ensuring the areas the incumbent is responsible for are organised and controlled
• Employees are required to observe proper standards of market business and personal conduct demonstrating integrity in the execution of duties
• Generating efficiencies within the team and effective utilization of resources
• Demonstrate high ethical standards.

Skills

• Testing Skills (Required)

• Strong understanding of:
  • SDLC & STLC
  • Manual testing methodologies
  • Functional regression and UAT testing
• Experience writing structured test cases with clear validations.
• Handson experience with defect management tools (JIRA / ADO or equivalent).

• Automation Exposure (Required / Foundational)

• Understanding or and exposure to automation concepts:
  • Web automation (Selenium / Playwright or similar)
  • API testing (Postman or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of automation scripting using Python for test automation
• Proficiency in identifying and interacting with web elements using:
  • Dynamic XPath
  • CSS selectors
• Ability to review automation scripts from a functional perspective.
• Familiarity with test data validation execution results and failure analysis.

• API Automation Skills

• Experience or foundational knowledge of API automation and validation using tools such as Postman or APIbased automation frameworks.
• Ability to parse and validate JSON / XML responses including data comparisons and assertion logic.
• Understanding of endtoend workflow automaton involving backend services and integrations

• Technical & Tooling (Good to Have)

• Understanding of JSON API request/response validation.

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated regression execution.
• Basic SQL or database validation knowledge.

• strong experience in test automation frameworks (Selenium Playwright Cypress etc.)
• Proficiency in programming languages:
• Python (preferred in your setup)
• Java / JavaScript (secondary)
• Experience in API automation testing (Postman Rest Assured PyTest etc.)
• Understanding of test script optimization reusability and scalability

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related field
• Around 2 years of work experience related to Regression Testing Quality Assurance and/or Quality Control of software development projects. 1 years of experience in test automation is a plus
• Experience working on projects under Scrum/Agile methodology
• Experience with Hedge Funds Investment Management and/or Financial Services a plus
• Exposure to API testing is a plus
• Should be flexible for shifts and extended working hours

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

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We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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