Senior Functional Test Analyst recruitment
The chosen candidate will work on a project to deliver a Global Multi-Asset Class Derivatives platform that offers Contract for Difference (CFD) instruments and leveraged spot cash accounts to all participants, and Financial Spread Trade (FST) instruments. Its four core underlying asset classes being: Futures, FX, Indices Equities.
The Key Accountabilities for this role are:
Testing:
• Devise test approaches to test the end-to-end functional requirements of the integrated system;
• Identify and document test tool requirements to deliver the approach;
• Utilise test tools developed by other QA team members and developers for testing;
• Competently execute test cases, analyse results, format results for reporting and raise defects;
• Develop test scripts for automation of functional based tests.
Project:
• Communicate status to management;
• Liaise with Developers, Architects and Project Management to achieve the above;
• To ensure the above through the application of approved testing strategies and methodologies
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
A suitable candidate for this role will be expected to work as a hands-on Senior Test Analyst.
Essential:
• Prior experience testing order management systems and / or derivatives trading applications
• Experience testing FIX or FIXML protocol based systems;
• Fundamental understand of derivative markets and instruments;
• Large systems development and integration experience;
• Ability to use SQL for data verification purposes (eg. MSSQL or Oracle preferable);
• Experience testing in UNIX/Linux environments with no graphical user interfaces;
Desirable:
• CFD FST instruments and leveraged spot cash accounts;
• 5 years of working experience in software QA;
• Sound knowledge of approved testing strategies and methodologies
• Experience with middleware message routing systems;
• Large systems development experience;