5.Principal QA Engineer
Role and Responsibilities:
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Design, develop, maintain and execute test cases / test procedures.
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Understand product functionality, data content, and system architecture of the product being tested.
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Understand the customer and how the product will be used by that customer.
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Understand product software development and working within the release cycle to meet the set deadlines.
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Demonstrate strong skills in designing and writing test cases and test procedures for a wide variety of tests including functional, automated, performance, and regression.
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Tracking and managing defects.
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Reporting on testing status and results.
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Understanding new technology and testing methods and being able to integrate those to benefit the team and our projects.
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Act as team liaison between NY and Beijing QA teams.
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Coach and train junior QA engineers.
Qualifications
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BS/BA
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5+ years of Quality Assurance experience.
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Experience designing, developing, maintaining and executing test cases / test procedures.
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Experience with product software development and working within the release cycle and meeting the set deadlines.
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Understanding of or experience with Mercury Quality Centre or similar test management tools.
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Fluent in written and spoken English.
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Good written & oral communication skills are mandatory.
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Experience working in a team environment.
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Experience and the ability to thrive in a cross-cultural / multiple timezone work environment.
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Flexibility with working hours to accommodate multiple timezone work environment (for example adjusting work day hours slightly to be available for meetings with employees in another timezone)
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Desire to share information and train others is essential.
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Honest, open, passionate, positive "can-do" attitude, self-sufficient.
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Ability to rapidly absorb new concepts - either technological, or industry related.
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Ability to establish external/internal resources to aid the team in reaching its goals.
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Ability to read and analyze technical documentation and apply it to testing tasks.
Desired Skills:
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Experience working in the financial information industry.
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Ability to understand and anticipate the needs of our customers is desired.
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Knowledge of Windows OS including Windows batch scripting.
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Basic knowledge of Unix OS.
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Familiarity with databases particularly Sybase.Ability to understand schemas and write basic queries using SQL.
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Additional desired programming and Scripting experience - Web Services using SOAP, Python, HTML, XML, FTP, SFTP
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Experience with Automated Testing Tools (e.g. QTP, SilkPerformer, SilkTest).Formal training in an automated testing tool is a plus.
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