QA Technology Specialist

Company: Michael Page
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: May 30, 2021

Job Description:

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

*Description*

The candidate should have a good understanding of Market and/or Market Risk concepts including FRTB, VaR, Stress Testing, Back Testing and Market Exposures. As well as demonstrate sufficient technical background to be able to understand the current technical implementation and work closely with design teams in testing for new requirements.

* 6 - 8 years of "hands-on" Quality Assurance experience in Investment Banking domain, within a structured software development environment, with proven knowledge and application of structured testing concepts, methodologies and tools.

* Strong knowledge of Financial Products (Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX)

* Strong hands-on structured approach towards automation and all aspects of non-functional testing

* Strong experience in large data testing in a Java, C++, C#, .NET, Unix environments

* Knowledge of Market Risk, Credit Risk and Operational Risk in Capital Markets

* Familiarity of Financial Products and Market Data. Specifically Equities, Fixed Income, and Derivative instruments.

* Technically proficient in Microsoft Office products, MS Project and Visio.

* Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to facilitate discussions

* Willingness to ask questions, challenge the process and seek out answers

* Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of the project

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills

The client is a leader within Financial Services and operates on a global scale, the firm offers a broad range of innovative services which are tailored to each individual, institutional, corporate or government clients. The client has offices in over 30 countries and is constantly expanding.

* Contract or Full Time available

* Remote until labor day before a safe rotational office return

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