Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

·    Assist in scoping, planning and scheduling QA activities for various projects

·    Develop and execute testing strategies and plans for multiple products and projects

·    Assist the Development team in assessing and improving testability of the system

·    Work with developers and support personnel to identify and correct defects

·    Utilize various functional and load testing tools as appropriate, in order to automate
     the execution of complex test cases

·    Write and track Bug Reports as problems are found and corrected

·    Participate in periodic release activities

·    Provide QA expertise for more junior members of the QA team

·    Work with the Engineering team to brainstorm and test new ideas

·    Investigate and assess emerging web and software technologies

Knowledge of Industry, Product & Technology

·         Minimum of 5-8 years QA experience in a fast-paced, commercial software environment
          emphasizing Windows

·         Experience in manual and automated testing of back-end systems

·         Experience in testing data feeds and data transformations on large data sets

·         Experience in testing database applications, particularly Oracle and SQL Server

·         Experience with XML

·         Experience in the financial services sector a plus

Education & Other Qualifications:

·    Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field

·    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

·    Excellent oral and written communication skills

·    Strong time management skills

·    Strong interpersonal skills

·    Ability to work independently as well as contribute in a team environment

·    Creative problem-solving skills