Quality Assurance (a/k/a Software QA Testing Engineer)

Quality Assurance (a/k/a Software QA Testing Engineer) ( State Street Bank and Trust Company; Princeton, NJ): The Software Quality Assurance Testing Engineer will play a key role in the quality assurance of Anti-Money Laundering ("AML"), Sanctions Screening, AML Transaction Monitoring, and Know Your Customer ("KYC") suite of applications. This role will be responsible for defining and maintaining an acceptance testing cycle that is common in an Agile process including automation. Candidate will be expected to attend daily agile ceremonies and attend meetings with onshore and offshore resources/teams to discuss/resolve impediments. Specific duties include: Drive testing and test automation across Compliance Technology products; Work with users and developers to define new projects to extend and enhance the company's proprietary financial applications; Create test scenarios and implement functional test cases (automated and otherwise) that will serve as acceptance test criteria for enhancements and new applications; Work closely with developers and quality assurance members to run test suites and research errors; Work with the support group to reproduce production problems and identify gaps in the regression test suite; Work with developers to utilize and extend custom test harnesses for applications; Find ways to enhance the testing process with new tools, strategies, and techniques; Drive testing and automation for Compliance Technology; and Willingness to learn new technologies and push the boundaries of test automation to achieve measurable efficiencies. Hybrid telecommuting permitted pursuant to Company policy.

Minimum requirements are: Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or related field; and 7 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or any occupation/title providing experience in QA testing. Alternatively, the Employer will accept a Master's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or related field; and 5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or any occupation/title providing experience in QA testing.

Must have: Proven knowledge in STLC process - creating, maintaining and executing automation/functional test plans, writing test scripts against software platforms, communicating test results, tracking defects and participating in day to day QA activities; Proven ability to create objects and methods, and hand-code test scripts using automated testing tools; Proven knowledge of reusable coding patterns and object-oriented paradigms as applied to automated testing tools; Ability to quickly troubleshoot and diagnose issues within the quality assurance environment and communicate that knowledge to a varied audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders; Proven understanding and hands on experience in ETL/DWH testing; Hands on experience on SQL (Analytical Functions and complex queries), SQL developer and TOAD; Experience with Selenium, Python, Java, Visual Basic/VB Script, Test NG, and/or BDD framework for test automation; Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools including JIRA,X-Ray, HP ALM or RTC; Demonstrated understanding of Agile methodology and Agile Ceremonies; Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Must have hands on experience on Selenium Web driver or Python for test automation framework; Must have knowledge on writing Spark SQL queries for data analysis; Experience in Financial domain and knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (Sanctions, or Transaction Monitoring, or Know Your Customer), financial securities, or trading principles; and Understanding of core banking payment systems such as BESS, PEP+, GPP, ACI, MTS etc. or experience with Global Banking Modernization. (Unless otherwise indicated, State Street is seeking the ability in the skills listed above with no specific number of years of experience required. All experience can be gained concurrently).

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Salary Range:
$128 606 - $160 000 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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