Job Title: Associate Director | Automation | Bengaluru | Engineering | Quality Engineering
Associate Director | Automation | Bengaluru | Engineering | Quality Engineering
• Job requisition ID : 106719
• Location: Bengaluru
• Entity: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
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We are looking for a seasoned Automation Testing Leader with deep expertise in the Financial Services domain and strong experience in RFPs, solutioning, and pre-sales/sales support. This role will drive quality engineering transformation, design scalable automation strategies, and collaborate with sales and business teams to win and deliver strategic deals.
Key Skills Required
Quality Engineering & Automation Leadership
- Define enterprise-wide test automation strategy, frameworks, and best practices.
- Lead large-scale QA transformation initiatives including shift-left, continuous testing, and DevOps integration.
- Establish automation across UI, API, data, microservices, and end-to-end business flows.
- Drive innovation using modern tools, AI-based testing, and intelligent automation.
Financial Services Domain Expertise
- Leverage deep domain knowledge in:
- Banking (Core Banking, Lending, Digital Banking)
- Payments (SWIFT, ISO 20022, ACH, SEPA, Cards)
- Capital Markets (Trading, Asset Management, Risk)
- Insurance & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure validation of complex financial transactions, settlement processes, and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR).
RFP, Solutioning & Pre-Sales
- Lead and contribute to RFP/RFI responses, including solution design, estimation, and effort sizing.
- Collaborate with sales teams to define winning QA strategies and value propositions.
- Create solution architectures, test strategies, and transformation roadmaps for client engagements.
- Participate in client presentations, technical discussions, and proposal defense.
- Develop reusable assets, accelerators, and differentiated QA offerings.
Client Engagement & Delivery
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, driving QA strategy and governance.
- Manage end-to-end test lifecycle (planning, execution, reporting, and quality metrics).
- Lead distributed QA teams and ensure successful delivery across programs.
- Establish KPIs, dashboards, and continuous improvement frameworks.
Technology & Tools
- Programming: Java / Python / C#
- Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright
- API Testing: RestAssured, Karate, Postman
- BDD: Cucumber, SpecFlow
- Performance Testing: JMeter, LoadRunner
- CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
- Cloud: AWS / Azure / GCP
- DevOps & Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
- Test Management: JIRA, ALM, TestRail
Required Qualifications
- 14+ years of experience in software testing & quality engineering, with strong automation expertise.
- Demonstrated experience in test architecture, framework development, and QA transformation.
- Strong domain expertise in Financial Services (Banking/Payments/Capital Markets/Insurance).
- Proven experience in RFP responses, solutioning, estimation, and pre-sales/sales support.
- Hands-on coding experience and strong understanding of modern automation tools.
