Lead Automation QA Engineer (Calypso)

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and execute the master test strategy, test plans, quality gates, schedules, scope, objectives, dependencies, and entry and exit criteria.
• Design, build, optimize, and execute automated test frameworks and reusable suites using Calypso Automated Testing Tool, Selenium, JUnit, and Cucumber.
• Lead system integration, regression, performance, security, position-conversion, and User Acceptance Testing activities across Calypso workflows.
• Validate trade capture, pricing, risk, settlements, collateral, SWIFT messaging, accounting postings, and complex financial data.
• Coordinate test environments, configurations, availability, maintenance, test-data planning, provisioning, validation, and refresh activities.
• Manage test cases, defects, triage, prioritization, escalation, resolution tracking, and test execution through Jira and Xray.
• Oversee load, stress, batch, and performance testing and coordinate security testing and vulnerability assessments.
• Maintain requirements-to-test traceability, complete test coverage, execution metrics, readiness assessments, quality reporting, test summaries, and final sign-offs.
• Communicate testing risks, dependencies, blockers, and recommendations to project leadership and coordinate with technical teams, functional leads, and business testers.

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading QA and testing for complex Calypso implementations and large financial-services transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of Calypso front-to-back workflows, including trade capture, pricing, risk, settlements, collateral, SWIFT messaging, and accounting postings.
• Hands-on experience with the Calypso Automated Testing Tool, Selenium, JUnit, and Cucumber.
• Experience integrating automated test frameworks into CI/CD pipelines and leading system integration, regression, and UAT support.
• Strong knowledge of test-environment coordination, test-data management, position conversions, and complex financial data validation.
• Hands-on experience with JMeter or LoadRunner for performance testing.
• Knowledge of security-testing practices and OWASP vulnerability-assessment principles.
• Advanced experience with Jira and Xray for test and defect management.
• Experience producing test metrics, traceability reports, evidence packages, and release-readiness assessments.
• Strong defect-management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, leadership, stakeholder-management, and communication skills.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Benefits

• Onsite/hybrid work arrangement in Washington, DC.
• US-based employees may be eligible for health, dental, and vision coverage; life and disability insurance; retirement savings programs; paid time off; paid holidays; and wellness or voluntary benefits, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• The role is open to candidates residing in the United States, and US work experience is not required.