Senior Test Specialist
India
Job Description
Senior Test Specialist
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Job Summary

  • Banking domain knowledge (solid understanding of core banking processes and channels)
  • Broad technology understanding across all layers (client/browser, APIs, services, databases, network, IAM, proxies/WAF)
  • Strong hands-on non-functional testing experience across multiple dimensions, including:
    • Performance & load testing (load/stress/soak, capacity, latency/throughput, scalability, bottleneck analysis)
    • Resilience & availability testing (failure scenarios, timeouts, retries, fault-injection approaches)
    • Security testing (test-focused) (OWASP Top 10 understanding, authN/authZ checks, config/header checks, basic DAST/SAST interpretation)
    • Usability & accessibility quality checks (basic WCAG understanding, accessibility tree awareness, user-flow quality)
    • Operability & observability fitness (logging/metrics/tracing requirements, alerting fitness, basic SLI/SLO understanding)
  • Automation capability (mandatory, not primary focus):
    • Java or TypeScript (Python optional) for utilities, checks, harnesses
    • Test as Code: versioned, reproducible NFR checks and assets
    • CI/CD experience integrating NFR checks into pipelines (thresholds, gates, trends)
  • NFR engineering / requirements analysis: measurable criteria, test design, measurement points, evidence and traceability
  • Root cause analysis for NFR failures using logs/metrics/traces and code-level reasoning
  • Jira (Xray) test definition/execution and evidence linking for NFR validation

Key Responsibilities

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Skill Requirements

  • Temenos (or comparable core banking platforms)
  • Tools: K6, JMeter (or Gatling), basic OWASP ZAP/Burp; Selenium/Playwright for synthetic checks
  • Monitoring & observability: Prometheus/Grafana, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, Tempo/Loki, Splunk, Tableau
  • Accessibility tooling: axe, Lighthouse; screen reader basics
  • Regulatory/standards awareness (e.g., DORA/FINMA principles: auditability, resilience, evidence)
  • Test data management knowledge (anonymized/synthetic, environment constraints)

 

Soft Skills (Must-Have)

  • Strong collaboration with Dev, Ops/SRE, Security, Architecture, Product and Test Management
  • Analytical thinking for measurement, debugging and optimization
  • Initiative and ownership to drive NFR strategy and standards (templates, gates, reporting)
  • Clear communication for technical deep-dives and management-level summaries (risk/impact/trends)
  • Ability to handle critical situations (incident/task-force involvement)

Other Requirements

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Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 226,300 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending December 2025 totaled $14.5 billion.

23 Benefits At HCLTech, we believe in empowering our employees with comprehensive benefits that support their professional growth and enhance their well-being. When you sign up for a career with us, you gain access to: https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/a701dca9-f32d-4fc9-9447-6.svg Industry-benchmarked compensation https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/b0c54381-ddcc-4a33-9b35-9.svg Best-in-class healthcare benefits https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/b73027be-7aae-4d36-a090-4.svg Personal time off https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/d5b4fdfd-2e99-4e26-9878-9.svg Maternity and paternity benefits https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/3d42b0fc-4652-435a-9ece-c.svg Access to skills / higher education programs/resources https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/aeddeaf2-9e25-4584-ad11-d.svg Discounts on products and services via Benefit Box https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/a9609a3b-2700-4b3c-9d90-a.svg Participate in CSR programs and live life with a purpose https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/147eb21f/c6e33851-710f-4634-bd69-f.svg Opportunities to grow and advance your career Note: The benefits listed above vary depending on the nature of your employment and the country where you work. Some benefits may be available in some countries but not in all.