SSUSA Job #568: Senior QA Engineer

Job Description

 

SENIOR QA ENGINEER

 

 

 

PRIMARY:

„h Conduct the entire Application certification effort for a project with minimal supervision

„h Serve as the principal Application Test Engineer for major test efforts, leading the various testing efforts during the SDLC

„h Represent the group in requirement, specification, and design review meetings and contribute constructive feedback to the presenters in the group’s area of expertise

„h Create test plan, test inventories and maintain in Quality Center

„h Create status and test result reports for management and represent the group in status meetings

„h Conduct GUI, Database and API tests

„h Estimate certification effort for projects and ad-hoc testing requests

„h Create, modify and execute test plans and cases to verify published business requirements and functional specifications

„h Troubleshoot issues encountered during testing and assist groups in problem analysis

„h Perform research and development in response to business or technical needs of projects

 

SECONDARY:

„h Certify operational deployment and end-user documentation

„h Certify industry-standard and company proprietary input and output feeds of the system

„h Produce distribution media and ensure successful turnover of media and documentation to Operations

„h Support operations personnel for critical production issues as needed

„h Write advanced tools and scripts to aid certification efforts and simplify operations procedures

„h Assist in training other personnel as necessary

„h Assist other groups in areas of expertise (company or commercial products)

 

Competencies

„h Strong analytical and problem solving skills – thinks in a logical and ordered way

„h Good verbal and written English skills – can communicate clearly with colleagues

„h Ability to work with rapidly changing schedules and priorities

„h Able to work independently

„h Knowledge of foreign exchange/banking and market data industries a plus

„h Ability to take ownership and pride in ensuring high-quality products for our customers

„h Completes tasks and leads a team with minimum supervision

„h Evaluates all possibilities and able to be quick and decisive on solutions to issues

„h Ability to build consensus and facilitate communications among groups on issues encountered

„h Takes initiative to learn about all of the systems that the company has and how they interact

„h Ability to rapidly familiarize themselves with the operation of the products under testing, as well as a desire to create complex testing solutions from the ground up

 

Professional/Technical Skills

„h Knowledge of testing process and methodologies

„h Experience testing with Client Server and web based environments

„h Strong QTP or VB background

„h Perform basic database queries

„h Able to define scope and objectives of all levels of QA testing

„h Track and report defects using appropriate tools such as HP Quality Center

„h Experience creating scripts for automating processes

„h Familiar with Windows and Linux environments

„h Initiate change of direction when problems are detected and provide possible solutions

„h Knowledge of Mercury Interactive suite of automated testing tools (QTP and Quality Center)

„h Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products

„h Working knowledge of SQL – can create ad-hoc queries to verify test results or troubleshoot issues

„h Working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies

„h Knowledge of software methodologies (Agile and Scrum)

„h Working knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems

„h Working knowledge of OpenVMS is a plus

 

 

Qualifications & Experience

„h Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science

„h 4 years + in testing or development

„h Familiar with TCP/IP a plus

„h Familiar with a scripting language (BASH, Perl, etc) a plus

„h At least 4 years relevant experience on Systems and/or manual and API testing

„h Knowledge of foreign exchange/banking and market data industries a plus

„h Working knowledge of de facto industry standard software (Oracle, HP OpenView, etc.) a plus

 

 

 

SEND YOUR RESUME IN CONFIDENCE TO CLIFF@SSUSA.COM

 

Job Location
Parsippany, NJ/New York City

Position Type
Permanent

Salary Range
TBD