Kernel Test Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Purpose of the role: To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Creation and execution of automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.
• Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• Collaboration with peers, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and active contribution to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

• Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts for complex web applications using Selenium and Playwright, and for APIs using RestAssured; requires strong knowledge of automation frameworks, object‑oriented programming, and CI/CD integration.
• Build and maintain reusable automation utilities using Java (Maven) and Node.js to validate infrastructure and application migrations (e.g., Active‑Active, RHEL7→8, Tomcat8→9, AMQ6→7, Kafka→AMQ, Oracle19cDB), requiring deep understanding of middleware, databases, and distributed systems.
• Validate authentication and identity management migrations (e.g., TIAA migration to bearer token, BAM migration from LDAP, PACER password remediation) through automated test coverage utilizing RestAssured; requires expertise in authentication protocols, security controls, and password vaulting strategies.
• Automate validation for monitoring and observability systems using Selenium (eSaaS Kibana clusters, AppDynamics migrations, CDT→MOM, AOPM), leveraging strong knowledge of logging, monitoring, and performance tracking frameworks.
• Implement Groovy‑based Jenkins jobs for automated testing of certificate renewals, Akamai onboarding for DDOSL7 protection, and LTM‑level cert updates, requiring a solid understanding of SSL/TLS, networking, and load‑balancing concepts.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and platform engineering teams to integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/Chef/Docker, requiring hands‑on experience with containerization, batch scheduling (TWS), and orchestration of test execution.
• Design automated test strategies for data pipelines, schedulers, and middleware (AMQ, Kafka, AbInitio, TSYS) to ensure reliable system integrations, demanding strong knowledge of enterprise middleware and ETL frameworks.
• Validate enterprise marketing platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and the Marketing Offer Management (MOM) tool, requiring strong knowledge of credit‑card offer management workflows, content validation, and automation of end‑to‑end campaign delivery.
• Develop Kibana/Splunk, TeaLeaf and AppDynamics dashboards and reporting utilities to track automation execution and defect metrics, requiring skill in data visualization and test reporting practices.
• Apply security, compliance, and risk management to automate validation of ORAC vulnerability fixes (TLS versions, ciphers, kernel updates, secrets management, and PII protection) to ensure banking systems meet regulatory and internal standards.

Minimum Salary: $189,592 per year. Maximum Salary: $195K per year. The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of a competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances. This position is eligible for an incentive award.