Key Responsibilities of the role
Leads the offshore test engineering resources and directs their activities when required,
Supports the development of junior test engineers, providing training and knowledge transfers session,
Performs and leads all quality assurance activities for one of our scrum teams,
Ensures all quality control tests are carried out accurately and documented in full by the team,
Assists with continuous improvements of the automation process to minimise manual testing efforts,
Enhances our existing test automation framework and test coverage,
Develops new tests and tools for our collateral components, APIs and services, test related CI/CD pipelines,
Investigate testing failures, with the ability to debug code and effectively communicate the underlying issues,
Develop working knowledge of the collateral application stack including tests at all levels -junit, component tests and end-to-end.
Collaborate with the Business users, Scrum leads and the test engineering team to understand how new features should be tested and to contribute to automated tests for these new features.
Collaborate with other application engineers to define and implement mechanisms to inject automation testing earlier into the software development process (TDD or BDD),
Configure automated tests to execute reliably and efficiently in CI/CD environments.
Track and communicate test results in a timely, effective, and automated manner,
Assist the application support team in resolving production issues where necessary,
Ensure cross-team coordination, between onshore and offshore teams,
Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile centre of excellence. Actively contribute to our continuous improvement culture.
Skills Required
Ability to demonstrate leadership skills is a must,
Preferrable experience in test automation using Calypso & CATT (Calypso automated testing tool).
Knowledge of different phases of testing e.g. SIT, UAT, Regression, Performance, Load,
Understanding of test management tools such as JIRA/Zephyr,
Ability to work with engineers to investigate test failures beneficial,
Knowledge in a programming language e.g. Java / Python is a must,
Database and SQL skills to write and execute queries,
Ability to manage various stakeholders’ expectations (Business Leads, Technical Leads).
Experience of implementing and testing Back-office and Collateral management solutions,
Preferrable Fixed Income and Repo asset classes and their associated life cycle events,
Expert on standard back-office processing Cash and Security Settlement (Swift), messages (confirmation, advices and statements), Operation (Task Station), Corporate Action, Accounting (General Ledger, P&L Accounting, etc and Collateral Management (GMRA, CSA and Triparty),
Workflow, Exception Management & Static Data (SSI, Entities, Contacts, etc.),
Previous experience testing using a batch scheduler e.g. Control-M an advantage,
Knowledge of Cloud & Container based solution is not a must but will be a differentiator.
Personal Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills / stakeholder management – effectively able to communicate with colleagues in QA, Development, BA teams and Business users
Proactive, motivated individual, committed to excellence,
Attention to detail, disciplined and reliable,
Result oriented,
Strong Problem Solving / Analytical skills
Excellent skills in English (written and spoken)
Good analytical skills capacity to think outside the box/get creative to solve issues,
Team first mentality with the capacity to fit into a multicultural team across a minimum of 4 entities (London, NY, Paris, Bengaluru)
Experience
At least 5+ years’ experience as a Calypso Test Engineer, in below particular areas:
Significant experience in software testing, with some experience as a Quality Assurance Lead, preferably in testing multi-tiered applications,
Experience of latest Calypso versions (v167 and v17),
Experience in CATT Automation Framework will be a differentiator,
Significant experience in designing and writing test automation scripts,
Techno-Functional experience - preferrable,
Delivering externally facing projects with multiple stakeholders,
Working in agile scrum environments and in an onshore - offshore model,
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent,
Good understanding of SDLC software development lifecycle and software testing processes and methodologies,
Advanced or mid-level professional qualification relating to software testing or quality assurance.
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