Automation Testing Associate

Testing Associate

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a global leader in investment and wealth management, serving institutions, high-net-worth individuals, and retail investors worldwide.

As a Automation Testing Associate within Asset & Wealth Management Operations, you develop and scale automated QA practices that strengthen end-to-end delivery quality. You partner across technology and operations to embed automation from requirements through test planning/design, execution, defect management, and final product delivery. Based in Columbus, US, you hold global ownership for delivering innovative automation solutions aligned to increasing business demand and a dynamic technology environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Negotiate ongoing purpose and deliverables of the test effort.
• Guide automation testers on frameworks and automation standards.
• Collaborate with technology on BDD implementation and develop CI models and build pipelines using IntelliJ/Eclipse, Jenkins/Jules, Maven, and Bitbucket/Git.
• Automate test design with appropriate testing tools and manage test data using SQL.
• Manage stakeholders and conduct automation feasibility studies.
• Derive ROI and report on automation execution.
• Review code and provide timely feedback.

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities 

• Expertise in Selenium, Cucumber, and Java with demonstrable test automation delivery; strong experience with BDD and TDD.
• Proficiency testing web services (REST, SOAP) and managing test data with SQL.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks (Keyword, Data-driven, Hybrid).
• Knowledge of Agile practices and cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, Google services, Kubernetes, ZooKeeper, and Docker.

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities

• 6+ years of experience in automation and manual testing, with knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Knowledge about regression testing and fund accounting.
• Excellent negotiation and decision-making with the ability to multitask and test multiple applications per release.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with knowledge of one or more automation tools.