Description
Job Title: QA Analyst - Capital Markets - 6 Month Contract
Company: Direct IT Recruiting Inc.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Contract: 6 months
Job Category: Quality Assurance
Career Level: Senior
Work Experience:
5+ years of QA, SQL, Oracle, Tibco, SSIS, HP ALM, QTP, Capital Markets, Equities, Securities, Foreign Exchange, Charles River, Bloomberg, Murex
Industry: Financial
DESCRIPTION:
Responsible for developing and executing QA and Testing processes, deliverables and activities for Charles River FX Replacement initiative across the enterprise comprising of both business and technical stakeholders The incumbent will write business test scenarios and test conditions, SQL scripts and will execute test cases in test environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Develop Project Quality Goals
- Assist in the development of project quality goals with project stakeholders
- Participate in requirements reviews
- Produce test reports and other management related test artifacts for assigned projects
2. Participate in Core Testing Activities
- Analyze requirements for testability
- Design and develop test cases and suites based on project requirements and testing standards
- Write SQL/Back End scripts
- Develop test scripts and with UFT(QTP)
- Execute manual and automated test cases
- Identify, analyze, and document all the system errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated (and implied) requirements and design specifications
- Record and track defects throughout the defect life cycle
- Collect, analyze, and communicate test results
3. User Assistance
- Assist developers with test data and unit test case development
- Assist in the planning and execution of UAT and quality assessments
4. Other
- Participate in other Investments QA and Testing activities, as assigned
- Attend to details and manage repetitive works
- Mentor Associate Investment Technical QA Analysts and Co-op students
- Escalate issues and concerns to management
- Other duties as assigned
SKILLS:
- A university degree
- Minimum5 years of working experience with software testing in Investment Business area preferably Capital Markets
- Product knowledge of Capital Markets instruments and asset classes ie FX and Equities
- Working knowledge of Securities
- In-depth experience in SQL preferably Oracle PL/SQL and MS SQL SSIS; and Excel macro and VBA script
- Strong verbal and written communication/negotiation skills
- Good logical, analytical and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of industry standard SDLC and Testing Methodologies
- Ability to review requirements for testability and clarity without ambiguity
- Ability to design and develop test cases base on business and functional requirements to ensure adequate test coverage
- Ability to create precise and concise testing artifacts that include test execution and defect status reports
- Ability to work independently in a fast changing environment.
- Details and results oriented
- Must be a team player
Skills (Nice to have):
- Knowledge/experience in Charles River
- Knowledge/experience in FX
- Knowledge/experience in HP ALM (QC Center) and UFT(QTP)
- Knowledge/experience in financial investment systems (eg SimCorp) and market data system (eg Bloomberg)
- Knowledgeable of applying current QA and Testing methodologies
- Knowledge of Financial Modeling