Location/Office Policy:  AIB Technology – Central Park (Dublin) & Hybrid

• Are you comfortable leading a technical team of QA and automation experts?
• Are you interested in analysing complex issues?
• Are you ready to provide insights and expertise to ensure max productivity?

What is the Role:

Reporting to the Core Tribe Technology Lead, the successful candidate will be expected to lead a technical team of QA and Automation experts within the Core Banking domain, taking responsibility for implementing best in class technology solutions and providing oversight on technical direction for automated QA and Engineering pipelines as well as providing strategic direction for the modernisation and automation of the delivery of Core Banking change. You will be a recognised Engineering and QA Lead providing insight and expertise in directing others and ensuring maximum productivity by constantly monitoring and improving quality. You will be analysing complex issues and understanding business opportunities or issues in order to build solutions over a multi-year timeline.

Key accountabilities;

• Lead a technical team of QA and automation experts.
• Provide technical direction to your team.
• Provide strategic direction for modernization and automation.
• Build solutions over multi-year timeline.

What you Will Bring ;

• At least 10+ years’ experience in software development and QA, with at least 5 years in a lead role.
• Deep technical knowledge of the following : Core Banking applications across multiple technology architectures including Mainframe and Java/Linux.
• Experienced in QA automation tooling including the deployment and ongoing modernisation of automated pipelines across multiple business domains.
• Experience of Agile Methodologies.
• Experience of producing technical strategy papers and mobilising initiatives to implement them.
• Be a strong and committed team player with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.
• An excellent customer service attitude and the ability to interact with people

Why Work for AIB:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Market leading Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options
• Two volunteer days per year

Please click here for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.

Key Capabilities

• Customer Focus: Gains insight into customer needs. Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer. Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations. Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.

• Technical Leadership: Provides thought leadership and direction while managing, reviewing and conducting the day-to-day work in a specific technical domain area; applies domain knowledge to develop solutions to problems.

• Leadership of Others : Drives vision and purpose within team. Develops talent via coaching , recognition and provision of opportunities.

• Collaboration: Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives. Represents own interests while being fair to others and their areas. Partners with others to get work done. Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments. Gains trust and support of others.

• Application Design and Development: Designs, delivers, tests and maintains software applications; demonstrates creativity and innovation, and knowledge of design techniques and tools using available software development tools and following design requirements

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role, Tim Stokes, at careers@aib.ie  for a conversation. 

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at careers@aib.ie

Application deadline : Friday the 7th of March 2025