Quality Assurance Specialist Sr

** Position Overview*
* At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success.

As a Quality Assurance Specialist Sr within PNC's Technology - Digital Retail organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Strongsville, OH, Dallas, TX, or Birmingham, AL.

As as Quality Assurance Specialist your job responsivities will include, but are not limited to:

- Reviewing upcoming stories and features to ensure requirements and acceptance criteria are testable and complete.

- Designing and owning test strategy and coverage for complex business flows spanning UI, APIs, fraud checks, and downstream systems.

- Creating and executing test cases in Jira/Xray and ensuring execution evidence meets enterprise standards.

- Performing functional, integration, regression, accessibility, and cross browser testing based on release risk.

- Leading SIT and Regression planning, including sequencing, dependencies, environments, and test data readiness.

- Logging, tracking, and validating defects through closure in partnership with development teams.

- Taking ownership of release level documentation (e.g., test plan or test strategy, test summary or release report), ensuring accuracy, traceability, and alignment with test execution and risk posture.

- Reviewing automation coverage and collaborating to improve reliability, reduce flakiness, and support CI/CD.

- Communicating clear testing status, risks, and release readiness to stakeholders and leadership.

- Mentoring QEs on test design quality, governance expectations, and tooling best practices.

Candidates must the following proficiencies:

- Hands‑on experience with Jira/Xray for test management and execution

- Familiarity with Confluence or SharePoint for test documentation

- Experience testing customer‑facing, enterprise web applications

- Test automation experience (Karate, Cucumber/Gherkin, Selenium)

- API testing experience (Postman, Rest Assured, SoapUI)

- Working knowledge of Git/Bitbucket and CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins)

- Ability to assess and improve automation quality

- Basic SQL skills to validate test data (read‑only)

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

** Job Description*
* + Leads and reports on reviews and tests of software systems and products to verify compliance with applicable specifications and standards.

+ Leads the effort to work with software developers to resolves issues of incompliance through system modification, reconfiguration or workarounds. Establishes objectives for testing cycles. Develops test scenarios for unit, process, function, integration and acceptance testing .

+ Leads the team in planning and estimating quality assurance support requirements for new products, new functions and new components. Leads audits and reviews .

+ Oversees and leads the efforts to monitor adherence to quality standards in the development, implementation and upkeep of software products. Monitors effectiveness of the assurance process and tools .

+ Oversees the tracking of quality assurance metrics such as defect density and open defect counts. Oversees team members responsible for testing and inspection of products to determine compliance with specifications .

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

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** Customer Focused**  - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

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** Managing Risk**  - Assessing and effectively managing all…