Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: New York (Onsite)
Work Mode: Contract
Experience Level: 8+ years
Maximum CTC: 50$/Hr
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business Administration.
- 8+ years of experience supporting operations/settlements projects at a Broker Dealer.
- In-depth understanding of securities lending, repo, fixed income trade settlement, and financing operations.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Experience with Broker/Dealer products, securities processing, and industry-wide initiatives.
- Knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC (Agile and Waterfall), and testing tools such as JIRA and Test Rail.
- Hands-on experience with test planning, execution, and defect management.
- Strong understanding of SQL concepts and experience with Oracle, SQL Server databases.
- Experience with Control M, SSIS, Data warehouse, Data lake (MS Azure preferred).
- Automation experience in Java, Selenium, Maven, IntelliJ Idea is a plus.
- "Go-getter" attitude with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Responsibilities:
- Test front end and back end applications supporting Markets business.
- Provide test strategy, estimation, and execute test cases.
- Work closely with stakeholders, project managers, and developers.
- Utilize functional documentation and technical specifications for manual and automated testing.
- Perform data analysis, create test data, and track and resolve defects.
- Ensure all testing is conducted and documented.
Core Responsibilities:
- Act as a Business Analyst supporting operations, settlements, and regulatory reporting initiatives.
- Gather and document business requirements for new systems related to trading, clearing, settlement, and regulatory reporting.
- Develop functional specifications and test cases for operations-related technology initiatives.
- Facilitate user acceptance testing and identify risks and issues related to operations and settlements.
- Create documentation for project status reporting and develop project plans for operations-focused deliverables.