Quality Assurance Engineer (Tester) - Contract

BCS is NETS’ wholly owned subsidiary, and is an entity within the NETS Group. It manages and operates clearing and payment infrastructure for the Singapore Automated Clearing House, including Fast And Secure Transfers (FAST), Inter-bank GIRO (IBG), Cheque Truncation System (CTS), and provides services for PayNow and SGQR Central Repository.

Team and Position Summary

The Technology Division at BCS is responsible for the operations, maintenance, and support of BCS applications such as FAST, Giro, CTS, PayNow, SGQR, TFR, eGIRO and its critical infrastructure, ensuring its operational stability, regulatory compliance, and service reliability.

The Application Delivery (‘Change’) department is regarded as BCS’ domain experts, overseeing the enhancement, maintenance, and advanced troubleshooting of applications, ensuring its functionality, security, and performance in alignment with set standards.

The Quality Assurance Engineer will work across multiple projects and platforms, with responsibility for the planning, management, execution and delivery of testing capabilities across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The incumbent will develop, review and executes test cases based on technical specifications, business requirements, and project deliverables to ensure quality, reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, execute and monitor the overall project test strategy. Keeping overall track of the scope of testing by measuring the test progress and evaluating the results  
• Ensuring alignment to existing organization processes and project management framework
• Prepare and maintain test specifications and test scripts (test scope, test scenarios, test conditions, test cases, test data and traceability matrix) as per the Functional Specifications and timeline.
• Review test specifications, test scripts and test results. Execute test cases, regression tests and confirmation tests according to test plan.
• Be the single point of contact (internal and external) for all test related matters and issues
• Execute follow-up test to ensure software defects/issues are resolved.
• Manage testing activities i.e. test plan preparation, traceability matrix preparation and update, test cases generation and execution, test results and test report review
• Manage, track and ensure proper closure of defects detected during testing
• Provide regular updates to reporting manager on status of assignments and arising matters
• Update the relevant documentations related to the project/change appropriately.
• Implements and enforces new processes and procedures with an ability to simplify testing through automation and innovation
• Ensuring adherence to all relevant policies and procedures as per the project management framework. Demonstrates a good understanding of risk awareness and compliance issues to minimise project, business, operational and reputational risk.
• Working with cross functional teams like project team, operations, technology/IT partners and adopting a collaborative approach that supports the project and department’s objective
   

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Degree/Diploma in computer science or equivalent area of study
• At least 5 years of experience in testing, preferably within a banking/financial services environment
• Good understanding of test methodology and experience in a SDLC (software development lifecycle) project implementation process
   

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge and hands-on experience on Project Management, Functional and Non-Functional testing and Defect Management
• Strong oral and written communication skills with all key internal and external stakeholder to ensure test plan, strategy and QA plan is understood and implemented as per plan
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to handle tight deadlines
• A team player with positive working attitude
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and within a team

Banking Computer Services Pte Ltd (a subsidiary of Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Pte Ltd)