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Job Order:
0732-002-711

Job Type:
Permanent

Title:
Quality Assurance Manager / Hedge Fund

Location:
NYC Tri-State Area

Description:
Summary/Responsibilities:
Global Investment Management firm seeks an experienced QA Manager to define and drive the QA vision for the Trading department. The individual must possess a thorough understanding of QA Principles, techniques, & technologies and various software development methodologies including Agile principles.
Manage team of QA Leads/Engineers for all application portfolios
Analyzing if the applications meet the goal of trading excellently
Ensure the quality of our applications/processes
Manage the QA Strategy, Planning and Execution for all application portfolios
Identify existing and new risks to the applications
Constantly optimizing systems/operations
Design/drive the roadmap of Test Automation and Coverage
Management of QA infrastructure
Engage stakeholders to understand business objective/technology requirements
Knowledgeable of modern Quality Assurance theories, practices and methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM, TDD, risk-based testing, etc.
Experience in building a QA team, working with development teams and business users
Ability to coordinate work across multiple teams to develop, update, and implement contingencies to meet changing project or service needs
Can establish a program of initiatives to achieve necessary QA evolution
Ability to manage third party vendors in order to leverage their resources for QA projects

Requirements:
BS/MS in Computer Science or related field of education
10+ years of Software Application development and/or testing experience
5+ years experience in Software QA/Testing Management and Team Leadership
2+ years experience in designing and implementing test automation frameworks
Experience with all stages of SDLC
Knowledge of QA Best practices and industry standards
Extensive experience in writing Test Plans and test cases
Experience in Black box and white box testing techniques
Hands on coding experience in one or more scripting languages e.g. Perl, VBScript, Power Shell, etc.
Experience in designing and implementing test harnesses in any one or more programming languages like C#, Java, C++, etc.
Experience in designing test frameworks using test automation tools like QTP, WinRunner, Load Runner, etc
Good knowledge of SQL and Database concepts
Exposure to unit testing frameworks like NUnit, JUnit, etc preferred
Investment Banking/Hedge Fund business knowledge preferred
Knowledge of Front office Trading and Market Data Systems preferred


Category:
Alternative Investments // Information Technology

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