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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 532

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Lead QA Engineer - FS - Back Office - QTP - QC - Load Runner - Marlb

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:22 am (PDT)



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Position Title – WR719231

Lead QA Engineer – FS – Back Office – QTP – QC – Load Runner - Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent $$

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Candidates Local to Mass. Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The QMC team is seeking a Lead QA engineer to be an integral member of the
QA team responsible for leading the testing efforts for the Investment
Administration suite of applications.

Key Responsibilities;

· Develop and execute testing strategy based on the application
requirements, leading to the analysis, design, documentation and execution
of the test cases for the IA suite of applications
· Drive testing automation, scripting and regression testing
projects utilizing offshore test automation engineers
· Provide guidance to the QA teams, and partner with the centralized
QA teams to align the practices with the strategic QA direction of the
enterprise.
· Partner with the business analyst and the develop teams to review
and understand the business requirements and the technical implementations.
· Ensure each release meets well-defined quality standards by
working closely with the development managers
· Partner with Project Managers on estimates, statuses and risks.
Report weekly status to the senior management and escalate issues.
· Stay current with the QA best practices, methodologies and
technologies, and continue to improve the QA processes across the team.

Key to this Position:

1. This individual will need experience managing a QA team of 5 to 10
resources (on and offshore).
2. This individual should have expertise in the QA space, be able to make
recommendations, set direction and define strategy.
3. Domain knowledge: This individual needs to have QA leadership
experience in the back office in one or more of the following areas: Fund
Accounting, Swift, Settlements and/or Performance.
4. Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner

The ideal candidate must have expertise in QA, excellent leadership and
communication skills with a proven ability to manage multiple QA tracks.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Seven plus years experience as a QA engineer and three plus years
experience in leading a QA team on complex projects
· Expertise with all aspects of testing, including functional,
structural, regression, load and performance testing
· Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner
· Experience working on high-volume transaction applications
· Knowledge of the Investment back-office operations required
· Ability to manage a team of offshore and onshore-based vendor QA
teams
· Knowledge of the Agile development and project management
processes
· Ability to diagnose and identify performance and stability issues
in large, complex applications
· Strong knowledge of Linux, Oracle database and SQL
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical application
· Bachelors degree required

Contact Information

Send Resume in Word format only to:

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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