Quality Specialist II
Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Position Summary:
This job is responsible for testing and delivering complex software to accomplish business outcomes. The job establishes testing scope and coordinates test execution. Key responsibilities of the job include overseeing testing practices ensuring that software is tested to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, conditioning and generating test data, building and executing both manual and automated test suites, recording and communicating the test results, triage defects, and ensuring regression test suites are maintained and well designed.
Responsibilities:
- Develops detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases based on functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements
- Leads test planning at the team level; ensures user stories are refined with clear acceptance criteria
- Leads test case reviews and collaborates with subject matter experts and stakeholders to ensure adequate test coverage and alignment
- Identifies automation opportunities and develops automated tests where applicable
- Executes manual and automated test cases and records results
- Designs and manages test data, ensuring data compliance across all test environments
- Defines and drives testing and automation strategies, including frameworks, processes, defect management, and reporting, across teams and cross-functional efforts
- Builds quality into the SDLC by optimizing test processes and implementing best practices and tools across the application stack (UI, API, Backend)
- Develops and enhances test automation frameworks and tools, and leads test planning for complex, cross-team or platform-wide features
- Optimizes test suites using techniques such as risk-based testing; manages execution and escalates issues impacting test plans
- Reports, triages, and helps resolve or escalate defects with appropriate context
- Maintains traceability across the development lifecycle, linking requirements to test cases and supporting code promotion across environments
Required Qualifications:
- 8 or more years of hands on experience in reference data space, especially for Client Onboarding highly preferred
- Proven experience with ALM, JIRA, qTest and Automation Tools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems
- Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to convey message to a broad audience
- Ability to work in a cross functional, collaborative team environment
- Seeks out best practices to find opportunities for improvements in test execution process
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong ETL and Database Query building skills
- Experience with Test Automation, scripting and Regression testing.
- Experience with defect management systems such as JIRA.
- Waterfall and Agile methodologies
Skills:
- Analytical Thinking
- Application Development
- Automation
- Business Acumen
- Test Engineering
- Influence
- Solution Delivery Process
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Strategy Development
- User Experience Design
- Agile Practices
- Architecture
- Collaboration
- DevOps Practices
- Solution Design
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
40Pay Transparency details
US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)Pay and benefits informationPay range$89,700.00 - $128,500.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.BenefitsThis role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.