SENIOR TEST ANALYST - FX TRADING/PRICING SYSTEMS - SYD CBD

Sydney  ‐ Onsite
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Description

The Company

Our client is one of Australia's leading and largest Financial Services Organizations and are expanding its operations beyond the Australian shores. The organization is current investing large sums in Investment Technology (Institutional Banking) and has a large range of financial offerings to both public and private clients across the retail, corporate and institutional banking areas. They have a very large technical footprint that combine a dynamic range of technologies in a complex landscape.

The Team

The team is responsible for improving and support electronic trading systems responsible for FX - Foreign Exchange trading and pricing systems for the organization and includes a wide range of talented technologists including: Developers, Testers, Business Analysts, Environment Engineers and Application Support Analysts. It's essentially a self-sufficient team within the company and they're looking for another Senior Tester to bolster the teams' expertise in this area.

The Role

You will be responsible for complete, end to end testing of FX Trading systems and their related pricing engines in what is a complex and fluid environment. There will be a mix of BAU and project initiatives and you'll employ the full gambit of testing methods including but not limited to: ST, SIT, Regression, Performance and where possible Automation of tasks. There's an array of open source and vender test management tools at your disposal (eg QC - Quality Centre or Rational tool suites) and you'll need to have solid SQL Scripting skills along with experience testing in multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX/Linux etc ).

Requirements of the role:

  • 6 - 8 years testing experience within financial services/banking (essential).
  • Strong, current local market FX/Forex product and pricing knowledge (essential).
  • Experience with: SIT, Regression, UAT, Performance and Test Automation.
  • Multi-platform environment experience (Windows, Linux) and SQL skills.
  • Proficient with SQL Scripting and Test Management tools (eg QC).
  • Strong understanding of both the SDLC and Project life cycle.
  • IT Degree/Diploma or Industry relevant certifications (eg ISTQB).

KEYWORDS: Senior Test Analyst, Testing, QA, Quality Assurance, QC, Quality Centre, SQL, Finance, Trading, Front Office, FX, Forex, Foreign Exchange, Currency, FICC, FX Pricing Engines.

If this position interests you, please submit your Resume via the 'Apply Now' button or email. Or for further information please contact DANIEL NICHOLSON quoting reference FX_EFFECTS.

Unfortunately this opportunity does not offer visa sponsorship so please only apply if you already have full working rights for Australia.

All communications will be treated as confidential and the more we know about you the better we can help you ...

iKas International Finance Technology Specialists

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months
From
iKas International
Published at
19.04.2013
Project ID:
524281
Contract type
Freelance
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