QA Tester / Analyst in usa

QA Tester / Analyst

• Company

  GMS Advisors

• Location

  USA-NY-New York City

• Compensation

  120,000 + 40% bonus

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  Jan 25, 2013

• eFC Ref no

  1159285

The candidate will be a member of the QA team for our real-time trading platform. This role requires frequent interaction with developers, product managers, and client support analysts in order to ensure that we deliver a quality-trading platform to our users.

Responsibilities

• Strong background in functional testing with the ability to design and develop comprehensive automated test strategy and test cases
• Strong background in reviewing business and functional requirements in order to produce a test strategy and test cases
• Automation of regression test scripts
• Perform manual and automated functional and regression testing on all internally developed applications to certify them for production implementation
• Report and manage software issues and test activities throughout the software development life cycle
• Work closely with other QA department members to create/maintain manual and automated regression scripts

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four year college or university with a major in computer science, finance or mathematics
• Must have minimum 2 Years testing with FIX protocol, proficiency with Verifix application a plus
• Must be proficient in one of the scripting languages. Preferably Perl or Jython
• Must be proficient with SQL
• Knowledge of SQA methodologies and practices
• Extensive knowledge of testing process, testing methodology analysis and defect reporting tools
• Ability to work independently and productively under pressure
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, technical, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and decision making ability

• Knowledge of CDS business and industry is a plus
• Experience in Load/Performance automation testing is a plus

Resumes to cory@gmsadvisors.com / cory @ gmsadvisors.com