Title:  Quality Assurance Automation Specialist

Requisition ID: 263771 

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Purpose

Accountabilities 

•Champions a customer-focused culture mindset that helps to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge by ensuring testing activities (functional, API, automation, and NFT)
 contribute to enhancing user experience, system reliability, and overall product quality across multiple applications.

•Proactively reviews requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to identify test scope early (functional flows, API validation points, automation candidates, and NFT needs), providing timely and value-added feedback to ensure high-quality and scalable solutions.

•Designs, develops, and oversees the implementation of comprehensive, well-structured (manual and automated) test plans and test cases, ensuring optimal coverage, reliability, and efficiency prior to product release to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client’s needs while being cost-effective.

•Builds, runs, and maintains automated test cases using approved automation frameworks and tools (e.g., BDD with Cucumber, automation IDE workflows such as IntelliJ), ensuring automation assets remain reusable, maintainable, and aligned with automation governance standards.

• Plans and executes API testing to validate service behavior and data integrity, using approved tools and practices (e.g., Postman, SoapUI) and integrating results into overall quality evidence.

• Executes Non-Functional Testing (NFT) activities including performance and load testing following defined phases (analysis, planning, design, execution/results) and using approved tooling such as Apache JMeter; supports evidence-based reporting using NFT metrics and outcomes.

• Leads analysis of test execution outcomes (functional, automation, API, and NFT), monitors debugging results, identifies root causes, and defines corrective/preventive actions in collaboration with development and stakeholders.

•Performs ongoing maintenance of test assets (especially automation scripts and NFT/API suites), proactively addressing failures caused by application changes, tooling updates, and environment configuration changes to ensure stable and continuous execution.

•Defines, tracks, and continuously improves QA metrics (e.g., coverage, execution stability, defect leakage, and NFT measures) to ensure transparency, support release decisions, and drive continuous improvement.

•Continuously evaluates and adopts emerging tools, technologies, and automation strategies, including AI-driven solutions, to optimize testing efficiency and improve overall QA effectiveness.

•Ensures all automation activities align with the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture, proactively identifying risks related to automation frameworks, scripts, and deployments, and implementing mitigation strategies.

•Contributes to maintaining a controlled and efficient operational environment by ensuring adherence to automation governance standards, frameworks, and enterprise policies, day-to-day business controls to meet obligations concerning operational risk, regulatory compliance, AML/ATF, and conduct risk requirements.

•Fosters strong collaboration across QA, development, and project teams, ensuring alignment and consistency in automation approaches across multiple applications and initiatives.

•Actively shares knowledge, promotes best practices, and contributes to building and maintaining reusable automation assets, frameworks, and libraries to increase scalability and efficiency.

Reporting Relationships

Primary Manager:   
Direct Reports:  

Shared Reports  NA

Dimensions NA

Education / Experience / Other Information (include only those that are specific to the role)

•A degree in computer science, IT Business/Management or engineering-related discipline is desirable.
•3-5 years of demonstrable, practical hands-on experience as a Test Automation Engineer.
•English B2
•Automation certification is an asset.
•ISTQB or Scrum certification are considered an asset.

Competencies

                                        
Working Conditions

Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence

Location(s):  Colombia : Bogota : Bogota 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our  Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.