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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is an acknowledged leader in institutional investing with $2.0 trillion in assets under management. SSgA is also the investment arm of State Street Corporation, one of the world’s largest custodians.
The Software Tester position is in SSgA Interactive, an SSgA department, whose mission is to help SSgA excel in marketing, client service and internal communications through a well designed and executed information management strategy, tool suite and support.
Position Description:
•The candidate will collaborate with the Software Test Leads, Quality Engineers and Developers in China/Boston and Product Managers, Project Managers, BA/BSA and Performance Engineers in Boston throughout the product cycle to ensure applications function in accordance to the business requirements and functional specifications.
•The candidate will support Client Reporting by designing the test suites, testing of new requirements, enhancements and infrastructure upgrades to identify defects and any other factors that influence correctness, accuracy, usability, system performance, availability, and reliability. Receives business requirements from client via a Product Mangers\Architect\Developers\Test Lead to successfully test applications. Must be detail-oriented, analytical with ability to think through complex testing scenarios. This position requires a highly motivated individual that can adapt the flexibility and quick-learning.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Execution:
•Responsible for the creation and execution of test cases and test date for assigned project.
•Review project documentation as a basis for testing documentation and product understanding.
•Execute test cases and generate high quality bugs and reports based on findings and coverage.
•Execute manual and automated test scripts.
•Create and maintain manual and automate regression test scripts for product area.
•Create and Maintain test data.
Communication:
•Report testing status, issues and risks to Test Lead.
•Ability work in a cohesive team on a project from inception through maintenance.
•Communicates with Test Lead and Business Analysts to clarify ambiguities in functional specification.
•Works closely with developers to assist in root cause analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:
•Have 1+ years of test engineering or development experience.
Skills:
•Solid & effective communication skills and the ability to work independently.
•Working knowledge of Windows and Unix Operating Systems.
•Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
•Testing
o Ability to quickly understand complex applications, how they are designed and how they function.
o Demonstrates a sound understanding of GUI design and usability errors.
o Ability to design test cases based on the functional spec. or requirement docs.
•Technical
o Quality Center / Clear Quest.
o Quick Test Professional.
o Knowledge of object oriented and internet development concepts.
o Basic understanding of SQL and Unix commands.
o Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, VB, Perl, C/C++, Java Script, ASP a plus.
Domain Knowledge:
•Software testing methodologies, concepts required.
•Financial / Investment Industry Knowledge definitely a plus.
Education:
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience. |
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