The Quality Assurance Analyst will write and execute test cases based on client requirements, internal specifications and use cases from business analysts. He/She will also assist in diagnosing issues and creating reproducible scenarios and solutions for defects.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to understand commodity trading and scheduling
Must have the technical skills to understand the software development life-cycle
Excess great problem solving skills
Employ great communication skills
Must be able to pay careful attention to detail, and good organization that will be employed when documenting defects and reporting progress.
Bachelors degree or experience commensurate with degree
Must be technical savvy
Have some experience with financial markets
Location: Nassau County, LI
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
You will be working with a small, internationally distributed team to develop cutting edge, very high volume and extreme scalability data grid solutions for our client’s customers. Design, development, testing, maintenance, delivery and support of active data services (ADS) solutions to their clients in the US and (potentially) abroad, using Java and C# languages. This role may involve occasional travel to customer sites or to our client’s other international offices. This role may involve interfacing with customers to develop or customize according to their specifications.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related subject
6 years commercial experience with Java development
Solid software development life cycle experience, and a proven record of designing, coding, and delivering applications
Hands-on design/architecture experience with good understanding of design patterns
Experience with other data grids, such as Gemfire, Infinspan, Gigaspaces, Oracle or other RDMS
Ant knowledge
Core Java
Experience with OO design and analysis, tools and processes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Willing to occasionally travel domestically and/or internationally
PREFERRED SKILLS:
Client facing skills
Knowledge of C#, SQL, JMX, JDBC, or JMS
Hands-on experience with Oracle Coherence
FIT testing and test-driven development
Knowledge of or interest in Commodities, Capital markets, or treasury
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: $70,000 – $115,000
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
The QA Analyst will be responsible for maintaining automated test scripts to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements and other quality assurance considerations. Responsibilities will include the maintenance of baseline databases which require importing and exporting of database tables for the purposes of the automation and manual test execution. Work with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance. Write, maintain and execute manual test scripts through software product upgrades. Document, report and failure analyze test results related to energy and financial markets. Work closely with the development team on various projects to ensure issues are dealt with in a timely and professional matter. Follow up on outstanding defects to determine the impact on maintenance releases of code.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, or finance or business
3 years experience working as a manual QA tester; or entry level financial experience/exposure
MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word), Defect tracking systems, and some exposure to SQL
Exposure to software release/build process/SDLC is required
Required be self motivated, firm and capable of learning our software products and related technologies
Previous experience in a client/server testing environment is a plus
Knowledge of financial or energy related products are also a plus
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
