US-CA-LosAngeles: Senior Quality Engineer-IT

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Date: 08-Sep-2011

Senior Quality Engineer-IT

* Quality assurance best practices, test methodologies and techniques such as TMap, RUP or Agile * Knowledge of Fixed Income instruments and industry experience is highly preferred. * Demonstrated skills in dealing with ambiguity, systems specification analysis, test plan formulation, test scripts and test case creation * Developing re-usable manual test cases to adequately test applications * Estimating the testing impact of new requirements * Executing test activities that span from requirements to the testing stage of the SDLC * Demonstrated leadership for multiple project test management, design, issues tracking and resolution, creation and execution of test cases/scripts * Preparation and proactive communication of status reports to project teams and stakeholders including system changes, issues and potential impact analysis * Excellent verbal and written communication skills that non-technical end users can understand * Excellent problem solving and analytical skills * Excellent business acumen with desired to drive for results * System testing techniques including functional, integration, regression and UAT testing * Batch cycle testing techniques through various data feeds * Web based and client/server applications experience * Test management tools (Quality Center preferred) * Defect tracking tools (Clear Quest preferred) * Creating and maintaining automated test cases (a plus) * Administration of test automation, management and defect tracking tools

* Minimum 5 - 10 years QA experience for a critical business application. We are looking for candidates with strong batch and front-end testing experience. * Experience with Fixed Income applications is highly preferred * Experience mentoring team members and leading teams * Experience managing test projects * Preferred experience working with offshore teams * Prior development experience and knowledge of software development methodologies is preferred. * QA automation using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Pro or Winrunner is helpful. * Experience with relational databases and SQL * Knowledge of SQL scripting and SQL services SSIS * In-depth knowledge of software testing methodologies * Test management and defect tracking tools * Unix skills are a plus * Strong written and verbal communication skills; must be able to work effectively within a collaborative environment

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Team SQAFYI - Software QA Resource FYI
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