First Citizens Bank

Systems Engineer Consultant

First Citizens Bank$148K — $208K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with significant experience in a similar role
  • Expertise in building and maintaining test automation frameworks using tools like Selenium and Jenkins
  • Strong experience in a variety of quality assurance methodologies such as load testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing
  • Proficient in API testing tools such as Swagger and Postman, and familiar with mobile testing environments
  • Experience with Java, Python, and JavaScript, showing a solid foundation in software development
  • Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies and project management tools like JIRA and ALM

Responsibilities

  • Lead and oversee project delivery for organizational transformation and operational goals
  • Provide technical direction and consultations regarding the bank's operating systems and software
  • Streamline testing processes through automation while coordinating with international teams
  • Assist in planning, documentation, and executing test activities for projects of varying sizes
  • Resolve complex technical issues efficiently and automate repetitive tasks for better productivity
  • Develop and implement robust test strategies, plans, and cases effectively
  • Maintain effective communication of technical information across various platforms

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits program designed to meet associate needs
  • Remote work options available across several US markets
  • Access to competitive professional development opportunities
  • Supportive work environment fostering innovation and collaboration
  • Engagement in a company culture that values integrity and customer commitment
Full Job Description
Overview

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the US.

Ensures the successful delivery of organizational transformation and goals across all business verticals, delivering high quality products. Serves as a technical resource in project planning, project management, problem resolution, and production support. Presents technical alternatives and solutions to management that are reliable, adaptable, and cost effective. Serves as the team lead for assigned projects and initiatives. Performs activities fitting to area of expertise, which may include overseeing the day-to-day tasks across multiple project test teams, providing appropriate technical recommendations, long term planning for specific business vertical, and coordinating with teams for global projects working with teams located around the world. Provides consultative direction and technical advice relating to the Bank's operating systems, software, and hardware infrastructure. Supports all areas of Technology and

Operations. Leads strategic designs, initiatives, and contributes to the analysis of new and existing Bank technologies. Understands software internals, debugs problems, and automates repetitive tasks with scripting tools and user-level automation tools. Adheres to the bank's Enterprise Software Delivery Methodology. Streamlines the testing process by introducing automation, leveraging tools and setting goals to reduce time and effort. Assists, develops, monitors and executes test activities for small to large size projects. Assists new technologies spanning applications, different operating systems, and database management systems. Coordinates network communication and application and data integration methods for new technologies. Performs planning and documentation throughout support activities. Assists processes related to strategic designs and implementations, backup, recovery, data security, and

other disaster recovery functions. Resolves complex technical problems and failures and automates tasks for improved efficiencies. Assists assigned technical projects ensuring accurate,

timely, and quality delivery of project objectives. Guides the development and execution of project tasks. Maintains a strong knowledge base in order to effectively create and maintain strategic technology plans and to direct others on technical matters. Communicates effective and clear technical information across platforms. Reviews and understands project or application requirements and conducts an ambiguity review. Prepares robust test strategy, test plan, and test cases. Log defects and produce status reports. Works closely with offshore vendor teams to ensure continued support and test execution in various time zones. This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Management, or related field plus eight (8) years of experience in the job offered or eight (8) years as a Systems Engineer, Quality Engineer, Automation Tester, Technical Support, or related occupation. Alternatively, employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Management, or related field plus six (6) years of experience in the job offered or six (6) years as a Systems Engineer, Quality Engineer, Automation Tester, Technical Support, or related occupation.

Requires experience with building test automation framework, test automation scripting, scheduling and reporting with Selenium and Jenkins. Requires experience with analyzing test scenarios. Requires experience designing and converting to automation scripts. Requires experience maintaining and upgrading existing automation scripts. Requires experience in Automation Tools including Selenium, Eclipse, IntelliJ, and WebDriver. Requires experience with the following quality assurance strategies: mocking, pairwise testing, load testing, sanity testing, performance testing, smoke testing, regression testing, black box testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing. Requires experience in UI, API, and mobile testing. Requires experience in API Tools including Swagger, rest assured and Postman. Requires experience in mobile testing using BrowserStack, Sauce Lab, Android studio and Appium for android, iOS and for Tab. Requires experience in installing APK builds for android/tab and iOS build from test flights. Requires experience in test planning, design, test strategy and test execution of highly complex systems. Requires experience in banking domain. Requires experience designing and planning testing conditions, test scripts, and test data sets. Requires experience with project management and issue tracking tools JIRA and ALM. Requires experience with Confluence, Bitbucket, GitLab, Confluence, Cucumber, Gherkins, TestNG, Kafka,Splunk and Maven. Requires experience with Java, Python, and JavaScript. Requires knowledge of Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development testing methodologies. Requires strong knowledge of software development life cycle and software testing life cycle. Requires experience in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies. This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

The base pay for this position is generally between $148,382 to $208,678 per year. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits

This job posting is expected to remain active for 31 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants. #EJC #LI-DNI

About First Citizens Bank

First Citizens Bank is a regional bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and businesses. The bank offers checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, credit cards, and investment services, as well as online and mobile banking. First Citizens Bank operates more than 500 branches in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The bank was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Learn more about First Citizens Bank
Size
6,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1898

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