What you'll be doing

You'll be joining CIBC's Enterprise Technology team within CIBC, you'll be hands on with all aspects of the systems testing process and provide suggestions that will ensure client needs are met with the highest quality. As a Consultant, IT Quality Engineering, you'll be a team lead on CIBC's Technology team, assigning and overseeing the execution of test cases and providing coaching to your team members. You'll create test plans, develop strategies, and provide estimates that will help create the bank of the future.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How you'll succeed

• Testing Expertise: Lead investigation and translation of business and technical requirements into comprehensive test cases. Design, manage, and execute end-to-end testing activities for various projects, ensuring alignment with project timelines and quality standards. Develop and maintain detailed test plans, schedules, and resource allocations. Develop, execute, and maintain automated test cases and test suites using automation tools. Track, report, and manage defects throughout the testing lifecycle, ensuring prompt resolution. Prepare and present regular status reports, test metrics, and risk assessments to project leadership. Ensure all testing activities comply with organizational policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Defect & Compliance Management: Manage defects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and documentation. Identify, manage, and implement remediation for any noncompliance items and deviations. Ensure adherence to QA/QE standards and support the implementation of new standards. Recognize and identify areas for process, policy, or tool improvement.
• Automation Expertise: Design and implement automation strategies, tools, and frameworks to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness. Integrate automated testing scripts and strategies with DevOps tools.
• Leadership Skills: Coach and mentor testing team members in business domain, functional testing, automation, and non-functional testing. Ensure compliance with CIBC's test methodologies and industry best practices. Proactively identify potential issues throughout all test phases and suggest improvements. Proactively Identify opportunities to enhance testing processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Project Coordination: Lead and coordinate internal and external testing teams to ensure timely completion of test phases. Proactively identify and communicate obstacles or risks that may impact project timelines or success. Maintain open communication with stakeholders, provide regular status updates and escalate issues when necessary. Ensure all test deliverables are received, approved, and aligned to project timelines, budgets, and goals.
• CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Serves as the primary point of contact for all testing-related communications among project stakeholders. Collaborates with business stakeholders and technology partners to define and execute testing strategies. Coordinates with project managers, developers, and external vendors to ensure timely completion of testing phases and alignment with project objectives. Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate: 7+ years QA/QE experience, minimum 3~5 years of experience in a Test Coordination role, with proficient knowledge of Testing Life Cycle, SDLC, and Defect Management. 3~5 years of experience in automation or equivalent technical role. You must have strong Banking Applications knowledge and experiences or equivalent. Strong Mainframe and/or Hyperion Essbase (Cubes) knowledge and testing experience. Strong MS Excel experience and ability to build and use complex templates using advanced features, formulas and functions. Experience in data warehouse and ETL testing using Oracle, TOAD, PL/SQL. Experience in working with AI LLM's - GTP/Claude/GitHub Pilot/Databricks Genie. It's nice if you have: Experience in Finance or equivalent ERP systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, SAP). Experience with automation using Tosca DI and/or Azure Databricks Notebooks. Planning and Budgeting, Sales Performance and Incentives calculation system experience. Experience with Power BI.
• You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.
• You're goal oriented. You're motivated by accomplishing your goals and delivering your best to make a difference.
• You love to learn. You're passionate about growing your knowledge. You have a strong sense of curiosity.
• You're a certified professional. Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Technical discipline.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

Job Location
Toronto-81 Bay, 27th Floor

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
37.5

Skills
Analytical Thinking, Application Testing, Automation Testing, Defects Management, Essbase Reporting, Hyperion Software, Mainframe Technologies, Quality Assurance (QA), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Process, Test Case Design, Testing Strategies, Test Plans, Test Scripts