Software QA Engineer -Galway Job in Galway, Galway Ireland
This individual contributor role requires strong attention-to-detail, analytical skills, organizational skills, and a demonstrated ability to work effectively with a variety of technical and business personnel.
Responsibilities:
· Creation of test plans and corresponding test cases to ensure thorough testing of business requirements in a fast-paced Agile environment
· Test case execution, defect documentation and tracking, and regression through all system tiers
· Proactive communication with developers and other team members to resolve issues
· Identification and documentation of a suite of test cases suitable for an automated regression test suite
· Accurate and timely status reporting with Manager, including issues prohibiting progress when appropriate
Qualifications:
· 3-5 years experience with the full spectrum of functional Quality Assurance testing and systems development lifecycles
· Experience with test management utilizing HP’s Quality Center including defect tracking, reporting and metrics
· Knowledge of the Financial Services and Mutual Fund industry would be ideal
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Skill with SQL as a data mining tool
· Experience working with Unix
· Collaborative working style
· Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fluid organization where priorities shift to respond to changing business needs
· Understanding of service oriented architecture (SOA)
Additional skills desired, but not required:
· Experience with functional test execution utilizing an Agile development methodology
· Detailed knowledge of investing concepts and various investment vehicles
· Experience working within a distributed team
· Experience in the following areas: XML, Java, .Net, Web Services and familiarity with general database concepts
· Experience developing automated test cases