Calypso Test Automation Consultant

Project Description

Luxoft has one of the world's leading Calypso practices.

We are a top-tier Calypso Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration.

We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered Calypso projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.

Compensation for NYC: 100000 - 180000 USD Gross per year based on your interview results.

Responsibilities

A functional testing role — no development or scripting required. The CATT Analyst designs, executes, and validates automated test suites within the Calypso platform across regression, integration, message, and report testing phases. The analyst works alongside a CATT Architect and Developer but owns the functional test layer end-to-end.

Test Case Creation

• Write structured test cases from functional specs and business requirements

• Cover the full trade lifecycle: booking, amendment (economic/non-economic), cancellation, termination, roll-over, fixings, corporate actions

• Define expected results and acceptance criteria per test case

• Maintain and version-control test case libraries across all project phases

• Collaborate with the CATT Architect to map test cases to CATT scripts and execution schedules

Regression Testing

• Execute CATT regression packs comparing PROD baseline against Calypso release environments

• Validate trade lifecycle events across 12 in-scope products (Bonds, Repos, T-Bills, FX, FX Fwd/Swap, Structured Deposits/Loans, Call Notice, Corporate Actions, Transfers)

• Perform trade comparison, transfer comparison, and BO object reconciliation

Integration Testing

• Execute integration test suites against live external systems (IMS, SWIFT)

• Validate downstream system behaviour and Trades/Actions outputs

• Run on-demand per interface change or prior to major Calypso releases

Message & Report Testing

• Validate outgoing SWIFT messages (MT103, MT202, MT300, MT320, MT518, MT541, MT543, MT900, MT910, MT940) per product

• Reconcile message content between PROD and Release environments

• Execute EOD report reconciliation: Nostro, Payment Matching, BA Returns, Banking Flow, FWD Ladder

Test Management

• Produce result frameworks, test packs, and defect documentation per phase

• Deliver demos and test results to stakeholders after each phase

• Support go-live and post-go-live stabilisation; participate in CATT training delivery

Skills Description:

• 7+ years Calypso technical experience

Essential

• Hands-on Calypso experience — trade booking, UAT, system workflows

• Proven test case writing from functional specifications

• Knowledge of capital markets trade lifecycles (FX, Fixed Income, Money Market, Repos)

• SWIFT messaging standards (MT1xx, MT2xx, MT3xx, MT5xx, MT9xx)

• Reconciliation concepts — trade comparison, BO object processing, transfer matching

• Structured test delivery: design, scripting, validation, go-live, support

Desirable

• Direct CATT experience — regression or integration modules

• Calypso version upgrade project experience

• IMS or SWIFT interface testing in a Calypso context