Project descriptionSupport an iconic Australian brand as they seek to replace and modernise core trading and clearing platforms. You will be working on the latest technologies (AWS, Java Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka) in a greenfield project building out new digital experiences and core trading capability for this major financial institution.Responsibilities This role is a hands-on QA automation engineer role who will create/modify automation suite/frameworks for back-end API/Kafka services integrating with the existing Clearing platform. You will be acting as the single point of contact for that team, managing requirements and coordinating the work of the automation team. You will also act as the automation SME for the team ensuring the best possible outcome for the underlying projects. SKILLS Must have Experience in banking/financial services industryExcellent communication skills and stakeholder management skillsAt least 8-10 years of automation experience in Selenium Framework, and API testing tools like Rest Assured and PostmanExperience testing Java applications, microservices (e.g., Java Spring Boot / Node.js), data streaming (Kafka) capabilities.Basic DevOps Integration and Kafka knowledgeIn-depth knowledge of popular Java frameworks like JSF, Spring Boot & Spring MVCExperience in testing RESTful APIsExperience with Object-Oriented Design (OOD)Sound level understanding of object-oriented programming.In-depth testing and automation experience in a structured environment.Experience in system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, & parallel testing.Experience with common CI/CD tools - working with as well as setting up pipelines.Experience in test environment and test data setup.Worked as part of medium to large sized project teams.Experience with test management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.Ability to multi-task and be comfortable with frequently changing priorities.Experienced in BDD and implementation of Cucumber based automation frameworks. Nice to have Knowledge of Financial markets including products and transaction lifecyclesWorked in a regulated environment. Conversant with Test processesExposure to non-functional testing, such as performance and load testingKnowledge of messaging protocols, such as FpML, SWIFT or FIXContinuous improvement mindsetISTQB Testing Certification#J-18808-Ljbffr