Description

Application Deadline: 09/01/2025

Address: 33 Dundas Street West

Job Family Group: Technology

This is a hybrid role. The ideal candidate is passionate about software testing, has strong automation skills, and thrives in a collaborative environment offering exciting technical learning opportunities and challenges.

The QE Lead/Manager will work with the various testing and IT leads of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems. The QE lead/Manager will oversee a team of both Quality Assurance Analyst and Quality Engineering resources throughout all phases of testing, including SIT and end to end testing. Ensures the quality of the products that technology delivers, working closely with all applications, common services/middleware, and infrastructure teams throughout the development/engineering lifecycle.

• Provides guidance on  reviewing, evaluating and driving requirements for testability to ensure review processes are adhered to.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Leads initiatives. Able to coordinate resources and manage problems to resolution when necessary.
• Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitors and tracks performance, and addresses any issues.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Manages and leads the development and implementation of complete test strategies.
• Designs and supports the implementation of best-in-class testing strategies for complex solutions, across multiple platforms and businesses/groups.
• Verifies analysis of test results and comprehensive subsystem and/or system level evaluation reports which verify and validate system performance by testing team.
• Creates discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes to software, components, subsystems and systems.
• Provides guidance to team member with the designs, development, execution of testing strategies and plans
• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes and systems in the organization to improve overall efficiency and improve the bank.
• Ensures the accuracy and consistency of test results through documentation processes. Follows BMO’s SDLC process.
• Participates and Leads in programs/projects across the portfolio
• Ensures development teams’ testing practices are in place and confirms core criteria met prior to integrated testing delivery.
• Proactively provides improvement opportunities to the team to enhance the customer experience.
• Drives the testing automation capabilities.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the quality assurance capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.
• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Typically, 7+ years of work experience in IT or business environment and/or BS/BA or MBA/MS in computer science, engineering, information systems.
• Experience in Credit Card, Banking and Every Day Banking products.
• 7+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts.
• Experience with Waterfall testing methodologies. Agile & DEVOPS methodologies an asset.
• Extensive experience with test automation tools including Selenium, Python, Apache, and Cucumber.
• Expertise in building Automation frameworks of Desktop/Web-based software’s (Python, UFT, etc.) with the ability to code and debug scripts.
• Expertise in building API automation framework, Web Services testing using SOAP, Postman or Ready API.
• Proficiency in setting up Continuous build integration of automated testing into a CI/CD framework (Bitbucket/Jenkins).
• Strong background in automation using object-oriented programming language (C# and/or Java).
• Strong programming skills in Java
• Strong with API testing methodologies and tools
• Experience with mainframe tools such as TS2
• Experience using tools such as HPALM, ServiceNow and Jira.
• Thorough understanding of software QE methodologies and best practices
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to various stakeholders
• Able to analyze data and use testing metrics to highlight improvement opportunities.
• Data driven decision making
• Proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
• Team player who collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills