Fidessa QA Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Fidessa QA Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $90K - $105K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: BNRJA7

The High Touch Trading – US Technology group is looking for a QA Automation Analyst to work closely with project mangers, business analyst, and developers to build automation code to efficiently and effectively test system enhancements to the trading applications. 

Job Responsibilities: 
• Perform functional decomposition of software applications to create quality assurance test plans. 
• Determine strategy for test case traceability and test coverage, including the creation of Software Test Specifications for all projects. 
• Develop functional and automated test procedures based on requirement and technical specifications. 
• Execute test cases/procedures and accurately and concisely report both progress and defect status, including gathering and reporting on project quality metrics. 
• Enter issues, maintain issues, and manage the defect tracking system. 
• Pro-actively work with Development and Business Analysis staff in problem analysis, reproduction, and resolution. 
• Perform ad-hoc testing as needed. 
• Resolve test process issues by effectively communicating and cooperating in team-oriented project situations 
• Review / analyze current set of test cases to determine the suitability for automation. 
• Develop automation tests using VB scripts 
• Maintain and modify automation code as a result of business rules / logic change 

Qualifications: 
• Strong background (3 – 5 years) as a QA Analyst specifically in the cash equities technology group working on automation 
• Good written and oral communication skills 
• FIX Protocol - FIX 4.2/4.0 
• Knowledge of US domestic trading flows, including trading flows, compliance rules and regulation (ie ACT, OATS and OTS), and booking (street side and client allocations) 
• Worked with Fidessa trading applications and/or TestPartner (VB Scripts) 

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