Job Title: QA Analyst
Location: Toronto, ON
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Position Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Day in the life of:
The incumbent will be part of a dynamic team testing a large scale, high-performance market surveillance system to monitor financial exchanges and ATS’s in Canada. Special focus will be on gathering benchmarks, testing system performance, intricate Alerts and Reports, hardware, software and messaging data feeds.
Core Responsibilities:
- Create, prepare and develop test plans, test strategies, ambiguity reviews and test signoffs while adhering to testing standards.
- Assisting in the requirements, design, testing, implementation, and documentation of new enhancements, writing test scripts and performing testing of the solutions
- Work with Business Analysts and internal business units to understand dealer member and surveillance requirements and establish appropriate functional and non-functional testing coverage of real-time alerts and reports.
- Create and develop test cases and suites based on project requirements and testing standards, ensuring sufficient test coverage and traceability
- Design and develop an automation framework to reduce the manual effort of testing
- Identify, document, and track bugs using Azure DevOps. Collaborate with the development team to prioritize and resolve issues, ensuring that all bugs are addressed in a timely manner.
- Develop and maintain test cases within Azure DevOps. Link test cases to corresponding work items to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps. Monitor test results and report any issues or failures.
- Generate and analyze reports on work items and bug status, test coverage, and other key metrics using Azure DevOps dashboards.
- Assists developers in preparation with test data and unit test cases development
- Extensive understanding of all phases of software testing – Functional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance and Release Management
- Designing test strategy and setting the direction for testing to validate environment readiness and help transition solutions into production.
- Interacting with internal and client cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of the test cases during development and successful transition to production
- Assist in testing financial communication protocols between and marketplaces including FIX and news feeds.
Skills and Competencies:
Must-Haves
- Minimum of 3 years of related technical testing, business and project experience.
- Strong technical knowledge in testing methodologies, design and implementation, and comprehensive test case development
- Highly analytical with strong leadership, consulting and problem-solving ability
- Experience with messaging protocols and translation & mapping techniques.
- Experience with databases, data mapping, and query & reporting tools
- Solid analytical, planning, negotiating and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are essential.
- Strong documentation and organizational skills.
- University degree or college certification in Business, Information Systems.
- Extensive knowledge of investment industry/capital markets and regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of market data and trading systems
- Experience with financial communications protocols (FIX 4.2, FIX 4.4 or FIX 5.0)
- Strong knowledge and understanding of Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS and SSRS
- Prior experience testing and maintaining Dynamics CRM/Dynamics NAV or similar CRM/ERP applications
- Strong understanding of Agile methodology, SDLC and STLC principles
- Hands on experience with Azure DevOps.
- Knowledge with Microsoft Office 365, Power BI, Microsoft Azure and Azure Active Directory
- Knowledge of PowerShell, Python, VB, JavaScript and F# programming languages
- Experience and strong knowledge of Red Hat Linux-based systems and shell scripts (Unix, AIX, Linux)
- Good to have – Business Analyst experience
- Good to have – ISTQB or equivalent certified
- Canadian Securities Course and/or equivalent knowledge.
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$45.00 and CA$55.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
Tundra Technical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.
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