Fx IT Testing Analyst

Job description

Position Overview

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the build out of automated testing.
• Execution of automated testing for functional and nonfunctional testing.
• Test case design & development, test case execution, reviews of requirements and other project artifacts.
• Assist the QA lead in the quantification and tracking of automation test coverage, designing testing KPIs, and reporting on corresponding metrics.
• Acting as a quality gate before software products are delivered to our clients.
• Identifying and highlighting ways to continuously optimise the way in which QA function operates to create an efficient, scalable team.
• Work with the business and Production Support to investigate issues and trap defects with regression tests.
• Identifies, recommends and implements process improvements to enhance testing strategies.
  Requirements:

  Experience / Background

  • Experience of working within a global functional QA Test team within the financial sector or for a major bank or client.
  • Knowledge of test automation methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.
  • Experience of front to back testing of complex systems
  • Experience of integrating automation tests into the build process e.g. Hudson, Jenkins.
  • Experience of developing stubs and drivers.
  • Experience of coding in Java to a working level.
  • Experience of developing, extending and executing test automation frameworks for both functional and nonfunctional tests.
  • Business domain knowledge of FX, Rates and Commodity Trading e.g. Pricing, Order Execution, and Trading/Auto hedge risk management, along with an understanding of highvolume lowlatency systems will be a significant advantage.
    In addition, the following would be an advantage:
    • Experience with middleware communication layers such as tibjms, solace, ems
    • Experience with FIX messaging protocol and KDB databases
      Personal Characteristics
      • Effective and confident communicator with a strong passion for testing & quality
      • Open minded, team player, good at building networks and leveraging resources
      • Attention to detail
      • Highly responsible
      • Active and persistent
      • Excellent analytical skills
      • Proactive, and able to work independently
      • Resultoriented and clientfocused
      • Proactive in problemssolving
      • The ability to work in a demanding environment
        Skills Required:
        • Strong test analysis and test case creation skills.
        • Strong knowledge of test methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.
        • Knowledge of test automation tools and exchange simulators.
        • Professional experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools for example Atlassian Jira.
        • Demonstrable knowledge of acceptance test frameworks (e.g. Fitnesse, Cucumber) and programming or scripting languages such as Java, Python-
          Job Family Group:

          Technology

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          Job Family:

          Technology Quality

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          Time Type:

          Full time

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