**ð Position Overview/ Role Description**:
**Posit i on Overview**:
**ð Responsibilities**:
**Role Description**:
Planning and implementation of Test Plans for functional and non functional testing.
Will be actively involved in hands on test case design & development, test case execution, test automation development, reviews of requirements, and other project artifacts.
Quantify and track test coverage.
Help design Automation KPIs, track and report on corresponding metrics.
Making the QA team the quality gate before software products are delivered to our clients.
Assist in the designing and implementation of automation frameworks
Providing training and guidance to existing members of the team and new hires on established test automation process and methodologies.
Identify and highlight ways to continuously optimise the way in which QA function operates to create an efficient, scalable team.
Work with the business and Production Support to capture requirements, investigate issues and trap defects with regression tests

**ð Requirements**:
**Experience/Background**:
Hands on, Senior Testing / QA experience, proven experience of test cycle and release management
Strong technical skills e.g, Java, Ruby or any other programming language to a good level
Strong knowledge of test automation methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.
Experience of working within a global functional QA Test team within the financial sector or for major bank or client.
Experience of working in Agile development teams
Knowledge of BDD / TDD
Experience of developing, extending and excuting test automation frameworks for both functional and non functional tests
Business domain knowledge of FX, Rates and Commodity Trading e.g. Pricing, Order Execution, and Trading/Auto hedge risk management will be a significant advantage
Experience with high-volume low-latency highly available IT systems, understanding of their architecture and SLAs
Experience of non functional testing including latency and performance testing

**Personal Characteristics**:
Effective and confident communicator with a strong passion for testing & quality
Open minded, team player, good at building networks and leveraging resources
Attention to detail
Highly responsible
Active and persistent
Excellent analytical skills
Proactive, and able to work independently
Result-oriented and client-focused
Proactive in problems-solving
The ability to work in a demanding environment
The ability to deliver top focus projects

**Skills Required**:
ISEB or ISTQB certification preferable
Strong knowledge of test methodologies and experience of implementing best practices
Professional experience with QA tools like HP ALM, requirements management tools, issue tracking tools e.g Jira
Demonstrable knowledge of Java, Ruby, Unix, Unix scripting, SQL, Python (desirable)
Experience with test automation tools. Proven track record in successful automation of the testing for large platforms
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- **Job Family Group**: Technology
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- **Job Family**: Applications Development
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- **Time Type**:

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