Test Lead Banking / Financial Services

Request ID: 105025-1
Title: Test Lead Banking / Financial Services
Locations: Naperville, IL
Duration: 6 Months
Pay Range: $35 - $40/Hour on W2/C2C (All inclusive)

We are seeking an experienced Test Lead with a minimum of 3 years of Test Lead experience in Banking or Financial Services projects. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in test management, functional testing, QA processes, and banking applications, with hands-on experience using industry-standard testing and collaboration tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage testing activities for banking and financial applications throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Define test strategies, test plans, objectives, scope, schedules, and measurement plans aligned with business requirements.
• Lead functional, system, integration, regression, and peripheral testing activities.
• Coordinate with business analysts, developers, project managers, and other stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables.
• Monitor testing progress, risks, defects, dependencies, and overall quality metrics.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret testing reports and communicate status to project stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, automation, and overall software quality.
• Review requirements and assess application functionality to identify potential risks and test scenarios.
• Troubleshoot application issues and work closely with development teams to ensure timely defect resolution.
• Manage defects using JIRA and Client ALM/Quality Center.
• Support test automation initiatives and integrate testing activities with CI/CD and development processes.
• Ensure adherence to established QA processes, testing methodologies, and industry standards.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to QA engineers and testing teams.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Test Lead, preferably on Banking or Financial Services projects.
• Strong Banking/Financial Services domain knowledge is mandatory.
• Strong experience in Test Management and QA.
• Hands-on experience with functional testing and IT QA processes.
• Strong understanding of:
  • SDLC and testing life cycle
  • Testing concepts and methodologies
  • Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Test metrics and reporting
  • Test automation frameworks
  • Industry testing standards
• Peripheral testing experience is mandatory.
• Experience with Branch applications is a plus.
• Strong experience in system analysis, application assessment, programming concepts, and software troubleshooting.
• Ability to define software quality goals and measurement plans in alignment with business objectives.
• Strong reporting and analytical skills.

Tools & Technologies

• JIRA
• Client ALM / Quality Center
• Confluence
• Git / Bitbucket
• Maven
• Postman
• SoapUI or similar API testing tools
• Test automation frameworks
• Functional and integration testing tools

Top 3 Required Skills

1. Test Management
2. JIRA
3. Banking Domain Knowledge

Top 3 Preferred Skills

1. Client ALM / Quality Center
2. Test Automation
3. Branch Application / Peripheral Testing