Murex Testing Specialist (New York)

Project Description:

DXC Luxoft has one of the world's leading Murex practices. We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.

This is a contractor position.

Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.

Responsibilities:

Testing responsibilities would include, but not limited to:

- contribution to creation of a Test Design Document (TDD) and own testing outcomes at the project level

- Interaction with all up and downstream parties involved in testing

- Knowledge in technical environments such as SQL, XML, Unix, Windows

- Knowledge in CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps and others

- Strong understanding of version control systems such as GIT.

- Experience with automation tools and scripting languages.

- Knowledge in capital market is a plus.

- Experience in the Software Engineering Industry, Software Quality & Testing, Test Management is a plus.

- ISTQB certification or equivalent is a plus.

- Communication and presentation skills

- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

- Teamwork and cross group collaboration

- Drive for excellence

- Eagerness to learn and develop on a broad scope (functional, product, finance, testing and technical)

- Ability to work under pressure in a continuously evolving & challenging environment.

- Build and manage personal Test schedule

- Manage and resolve testing conflicts

- Work closely with the analysis team to ensure clear testable acceptance criteria are part of the defined requirements

- Ensure that we have full traceability of test cases back to requirements

- Ensure that we understand test coverage at each stage

- Plan the project test strategy, within the guidelines + constraints of the program test strategy

- Define the project test environment requirements, and work with the Environments

- Configuration Management team to ensure that those environments are delivered

- Define the project test data strategy, and prepare common test data (working with the program test data lead)

- Ensure that regression and automation tests are delivered along with (or asap after) the code release, and incorporated into future test phases including regression testing

- Participate in Quality Assurance reviews as required

- Interface with governance via the Delivery Management Meeting and Functional Management meeting

- Work with Program Management to plan and flex tester capacity and skills to meet project needs

- Work with program management to ensure the program can supply the necessary capacity and capability to staff and execute the various test cycles

Mandatory Skills Description:

• MXtest knowledge & experience

• MX.3 knowledge & experience

• University degree in Computer science, computer engineering, mechatronics or equivalent

• 0-3 years of experience

• Knowledge in technical environments such as SQL, XML, Unix, Windows

• Knowledge in CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps and others.

• Strong understanding of version control systems such as GIT.

• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages.

• Knowledge in capital market is a plus.

• Experience in the Software Engineering Industry, Software Quality & Testing, Test Management is a plus.

• ISTQB certification or equivalent is a plus.

• Communication and presentation skills

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Teamwork and cross group collaboration

• Drive for excellence

• Eagerness to learn and develop on a broad scope (functional, product, finance, testing and technical)

• Ability to work under pressure in a continuously evolving & challenging environment.