Quality Assurance Test Engineer - Manager

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Job Description

Who we are looking for

Market Data Reference team for ACD Asset Control is seeking an enthusiastic, talented and motivated candidate to join us as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer(SDET). You will be responsible for testing the software in a Waterfall / Kanban environment. We are looking for a candidate who can comprehend new technologies, come up to speed quickly and adapt to changing business requirements.

What you will be responsible for

As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer you will:

• Collaborate with product managers,analysts,developers, and other SQA members to identify & refine functional/regression test cases as per business requirements and solutioning approach.
• Identify business test scenarios during analysis / preplanning. Partner with Business,Dev and SQA members to capture test scope -from both functional & business perspective. 
• Create testing-related documentation, including test plans, test cases/scripts, and bug reports assessing quality and associated risk.
• Create defects timely & track them using internal tools/processes like XRAY/JIRA.
• Attend daily/weekly meetings to communicate key issues, Jira Items & any impediments.
• Participate in team demos for new Functionality/Tools & present Jira items being worked on .
• Maintain Regression testing suite as per Release requirements.
• Prepare release tollgates for upcoming releases & request relevant stakeholder approvals.
• Lead test automation initiatives for better regression coverage & efficient checkouts.
• Run automated tests on a daily basis to identify any new issues.
• Follow up regularly to ensure defects are either fixed or deferred .
• Actively participate in Joint Integration testing(JIT) , end to end testing & defect fixes by collaborating with upstream and downstream teams.
• Analyze business user’s feedback on developed modules & discuss potential action items with analysts & PO.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Test Data Mgmt (TDM) Data Modelling.
• SQL queries.
• UFT Automation
• XRAY/Jira Tools
• Github or any equivalent version control.
• Knowledge of Bloomberg, PSDL Feeds, Upgrades.
• Excellent communication skills .
• Willingness to learn new business processes/knowledge.
• Thinking from an overall product perspective/impact & not just small part of the product.
• Education & Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of professional software testing experience including test planning, test case design, test automation and test methodologies.
• Strong knowledge and experience in SQL Database testing & Java.

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