Position Title: Capital Markets FX QA Test Manager
Contract/Perm: Contract – Initial duration will go through November 2025. If the resource is doing well, then there is potential for her to convert them after the first 6 months, or to extend beyond November 2025.
Location: 333 S Wabash Chicago, IL, MUST be onsite 3 days per week
Start Date: 11/12/2024
Qualifying
Is the role approved for agency spend? Currently in approval stage – does not anticipate any issues in getting it approved
Reason for Opening? They are currently working on a remediation project for the Capital Markets back office. They have work needing to be done by June 2025, so big push to onboard this resource ASAP.
Why is this role important to your team/the project/the company? The work they will be focused on is extremely important to the bank and they are on a time crunch.
Details
Work Authorization Required: Does this role allow us to utilize visa holders? Yes!
Preferred industries or clients you have had success hiring from in the past? Must have financial/capital market specific experience
Description:
We are looking for an Global QA Lead who is self-motivated, creative and proactive, to work successfully in a fast-paced environment including multiple platforms and architectures, diverse technologies and Cloud environments. The individual will work closely with various stakeholders throughout the SDLC, executing automated test iterations, tracking & reporting test results, troubleshooting and coordinating the bug fixes. The individual should have a strong understanding of agile processes and the related Quality lifecycle and automation methodology.
Day to Day
Advance product quality via testing innovations and process improvement.
• Collaborate with BAs, Architects & Developers in designing testable applications.
• Technical roadmaps & plans for implementing enterprise/program test strategies.
• Design & manage technical proof-of-concept and feasibility studies.
• Resolve technical issues, anticipate risks and ensure timely management escalation.
• Utilize analytical skills in determining the root cause of defects & issues.
• Influence and communicate effectively with both technical & non-technical audiences.
• Analysis, optimization, improvement & maintenance of current test automation suites.
• Master enterprise/program high-level business workflows.
• Guarantee compliance to automation framework, standards & best practices.
• Facilitate automated, on-demand test automation metrics.
• Ensure automated tests are run early & often providing quick feedback to the team.
• Seek stakeholder feedback via test automation demos.
• Recruiting and building high-performance teams, and dealing with multiple staffing needs.
• Resource management – devising DEV Plans, defining goals for team, performance feedback, year-end discussions, recommending promotions etc.
• Monitoring & reporting – goal based; execution Status & delivery reports on weekly, monthly & quarterly basis.
• Devising & implementing plans for leveraging & enhancing Automation – for regression, and system testing on release basis.
Must Have
• 14+ years of relevant experience
• Expert in writing automated scripts using scripting languages like SQL, Java, Python and JavaScript
• Expert in designing and building automated testing framework using Behavior Driven Development and Test Driven development tools like Cucumber, JBehave, Jasmine, Selenium.
• Expert in building and implementing CI/CD automation strategies for testing using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, Azure DevOps
• Expert in designing automated test scripts testing Operational/Relational/OLAP databases and data warehouses.
• Expert in designing automated test scripts and validations for ETL/ELT solutions for multiple parallel processing pipelines.
• Expert in testing APIs and Micro-services for both UI layer and data layer for data extraction, preparations and consumption modules.
• Good Understanding and familiarity with SQL databases (Azure SQL DB, Azure DW) , ETL tools like (talend, Azure Data Factory) and Cloud Storage tools like Azure Data Lake, Blob Storage.
• Expert is Data Testing covering all Data Dimensions and Data Flows.
• Strong Analytical skills to understand complex business logic and calculations.
• Expert in Performance Testing at program level
• Expert in QA process, techniques & Methodologies.
• Expert in Forecasting, estimation & ROI analysis.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Both attention to detail & ability to rise above details to see broader implications & recommend strategic solutions.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with technical & business partners.
• Self-starter; Positive & adaptable; Multi-task in a continually changing environment.
Notes:
- Exposure to financial domain is really a must – need to be familiar with trades and how they work.
- This person will not be managing people per say, but more of a lead position. They will be in the weeds doing the work hands on, so need someone highly technical (NOT just a high level lead or manager).
- There are about 15 people on this team that they will be leading. Will be working with other leads on the team, as well.
- Database experience is very important
Plusses:
• Azure Certification would be preferred.
Current Landscape:
How long has the req been open? Not officially open in the system yet, but should be by end of week
How many interviews have been done? Has done a couple of interviews, but wasn’t excited about any of the candidates.
- What were those candidates missing?
- Technical knowledge was weak and ownership over responsibilities was not demonstrated in their answers.
- Really need to be able to solve problems and demonstrate their ability to think through how to go about testing.
- If they are given a use case, can they talk through that and problem solve or do they need to be “spoon fed”?
- Need them to take ownership and responsibility and be self motivated. She doesn't like to micro manage.
How close are your active candidates to offer? Not close – hasn’t liked any candidates thus far
How many candidates need to interview before you can make an offer? If they find the right candidate they will offer right away
Has this been called out to any other vendors? Yes, 3 other vendors
Closing (Delete Closing portion when sending Req Receipt)
Sell Interview Process (Sell 2 Rounds) – Due to the time crunch she is thinking she will need to do 1 round interview: 1 hour in length with herself and her team. Mostly technical questions and some behavioral.
What are 3 Interview questions we can ask on your behalf to enhance the quality of candidates we submit? Did not provide any
Hiring Manager & Team Interview Availability: Are you the final decision maker? Yes, she is final decision maker. Set up time to review resumes.
Next Steps (Delete Next Steps portion when sending Req Receipt)
Get Interview Times & Next Meeting: Next meeting is Wednesday, 10/23, at 1pm CST to review resumes.
