QA OMS

Job Summary :

The Senior Software QA Specialist will execute manual and automated test plans in development projects related to the implementation of an Order Management System (OMS) and related trading technologies. In this capacity, the Senior QA Specialist will act as an essential link in the project development lifecycle and will work closely with the QA Manager,developers, business analysts and other QA staff to ensure that business requirements are testable and verifiable as identified by project teams in order to ensure requirements traceability and delivery of expected functionality.

Principal Responsibilities :

Create comprehensive test plans with well defined, reusable test cases from business requirements and functional specifications documents to support the successful implementation and enhancements of the OMS.

Execute software testing to include functional testing,system testing, regression testing, and performance testing.

Work with the automation engineers to record and maintain automated test script libraries for functional regression testing for assigned applications.

Document software defects in an issues tracking system and proactively communicate issues with developers and business analysts.

Participate in business requirements and functional specifications reviews early in the software development lifecycle process.

Assist with the development, integration and coordination of cross-organization test projects.

Manage scheduling to ensure efficient and effective product testing; identifies and reports risks to project schedule and product quality and proposes new methods to control and / or mitigate risks.

Generate effective status and progress reports to the QA Manager and project team managers.

Test implementation procedures.

Provide testing leadership for the projects in which he or she is assigned to.

Qualifications :

Specific Job Skills :

Minimum of five years of experience in manual software testing in a process driven technology environment. Recent experience must include hands-on testing of OMS or trading systems.

Advanced SQL / database query skills.

Demonstrated experience with investment software testing required.

Experience in knowledge of industry standard best practices as related to software testing.

Experience in all phases of software application design, development and testing.

Ability to translate from business requirements to technical testing solutions.

Experience with full cycle testing including functional testing, system testing, integration testing, performance and stress testing.

Additional Skills and Abilities :

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong partnership and relationship building skills.

Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.

Strong problem solving abilities.

Minimum BA or BS Degree.