Sr Automation Tester

Pune, India

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Date live: 09/21/2026

Business Area: Global Payment Services

Area of Expertise: Technology

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000112453

It’s happening at Barclays.

Be a part of a place where challenges are measured in billions, qubits and nanoseconds. Build your career in an environment where we’re advancing machine learning, leveraging blockchains, and harnessing FinTech. Working in Barclays technology, you’ll reimagine possibilities: learning and innovating to solve the challenges ahead, delivering for millions of customers.
We are shaping the future of financial technology.
Why not join us and make it happen here?

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Join us as a Sr Automation Tester at Barclays where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions.

To be successful as a Sr Automation Tester, you should have experience with:

1.Automation Engineering Excellence an

Design and develop scalable automation frameworks (Selenium, BDD/TDD, Cucumber, API automation).
API automation using Rest Assured, Postman, Karate, or similar tools.
Strong programming proficiency in Java, Python, or similar languages.
Build reusable automation assets and accelerate regression execution.
Drive automation-first quality engineering practices.

CI/CD & Engineering Modernization

Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.
Promote shift-left testing and continuous quality practices.
Improve test execution efficiency, reliability, and release confidence.

Drive adoption of modern engineering and AI-assisted testing capabilities

2. Technical Expertise

Strong knowledge of:
- Selenium and BDD frameworks
- SQL/PL-SQL
- API and integration testing
- Unix/Linux
- Jenkins, Git, DevOps tools
- Test management tools such as Jira and Quality Center
Ability to troubleshoot complex testing and environment issues.

3. Test Strategy & Delivery Leadership

Define and own end-to-end test strategy, test plans, and quality approach.
Lead SIT, ST, OAT, UAT support, and regression testing activities.
Ensure quality outcomes across complex business and technology changes.
Provide delivery governance, RAID management, and release readiness assessments.

4. Risk, Controls & Quality Governance

Identify and mitigate testing risks early.
Ensure audit readiness, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
Drive defect prevention and root-cause analysis.
Establish quality metrics and continuous improvement mechanisms.

5. Stakeholder & Program Management

Manage engagements across Development, Business Analysis, Product, Operations, and Testing teams.
Influence decision-making through data-driven quality insights.
Effectively communicate risks, dependencies, and quality status to senior stakeholders.
Coordinate multiple global teams and vendors where required.

6.. Leadership & People Development

Mentor engineers and build automation capability across teams.
Conduct technical interviews and talent assessments.
Promote high-performance engineering culture.
Drive knowledge sharing and organizational capability growth.

7. Business & Domain Knowledge

For Payments/BFSI organizations, AVPs are expected to demonstrate:

Strong payment domain expertise (SWIFT, ISO 20022, XML, payment processing).
Understanding of end-to-end business flows and regulatory requirements.
Ability to translate business requirements into effective automation solutions.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Engineering & Automation

Performance and non-functional testing exposure (JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling).
Service virtualization, stubs, and mock services development.
Containerization and cloud-native testing (Docker, Kubernetes).
Test data management and synthetic data generation.
Familiarity with microservices architecture and event-driven systems.

DevOps & Platform Engineering

Jenkins pipeline development and CI/CD optimization.
GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
Exposure to Azure, AWS, or GCP testing environments.
Monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, or AppDynamics.
Shift-left and shift-right testing practices.

AI & Modern Testing

AI-assisted test case generation.
GenAI tools for automation script creation and test optimization.
Automated defect analysis and intelligent test selection.
Model-based testing and predictive quality analytics.

Data & Technical Skills

Advanced SQL tuning and database validation.
Big Data testing concepts.
ETL and data warehouse testing exposure.
Kafka and messaging platform testing.
Unix shell scripting and Python programming.

Leadership & Organizational Skills

Delivery governance and portfolio oversight.
Budget/resource planning.
Vendor and offshore partner management.
Coaching and developing automation engineers.
Hiring, interviewing, and talent assessment.
Driving organizational quality transformation initiatives.

Payments & Banking Domain Expertise

Particularly valuable in Payments organizations:

ISO 20022 migration knowledge.
SWIFT MT/MX message testing.
SEPA, CHAPS, FPS, BACS, ACH, and cross-border payments.
Regulatory and compliance testing.
Operational resilience and controls awareness.

Professional Certifications

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager / Test Automation Engineer.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
SAFe Agilist.
Cloud Certifications (AWS/Azure).
DevOps certifications.
AI and Data Analytics certifications.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The role is based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, 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.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

This role may be subject to enhanced governance arrangements. If successful, you may be required to comply with additional regulatory and compliance obligations, such as disclosure of personal trading activities and external interest/affiliations.

Further information on these requirements will be provided at a later stage of the process.

Who succeeds in
Tech at Barclays?

For a career with us, you need to be prepared to take big steps forward, curious to face the challenges ahead, and driven to focus on the outcomes. We need people with the Barclays mindset to make it happen here.

What you'll get in return

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Private medical care

Pension contribution

Our technology

Supporting our 48 million customers and clients worldwide takes a lot of forward thinking. It means harnessing technology to support the economy. It means making a difference to people’s lives. And it requires the maintenance and development of a global, technological infrastructure. At Barclays, technology helps us keep transactions moving, manages data, and protects our customers. Join a world where your work creates unique moments of impact. Make it happen here.

This is Barclays Pune

Barclays Pune is the largest campus outside of Barclays’ global headquarters in London. Our aim is to build game-changing technology that supports businesses and functions across the globe, offering the highest quality service to our clients and customers.

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

This is Barclays Pune

An innovative hub

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Working better together

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

A place where you can belong

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

An amazing place to work

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

Working flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.

Hybrid working

We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience. And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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