Murex Testing Specialist

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

SKILLS

Must have

• 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.

Nice to have

• BS or higher degree in Finance, Mathematics or equivalent
• Murex Test management
• Implementations and upgrades: MXpress; MXplus updates and MX.3 main-branch upgrades
• Trade life cycle management
• Market Data management
• Knowledge in SQL (Oracle and/or Sybase) and Unix commands is a plus