GENERAL SUMMARY: The primary area of responsibility is of quality acceptance testing and monitoring of CRSP indexes and related processes, financial research data, and software products. A high degree of proficiency working with complex data is required as well as experience with industry standard Quality Assurance tools for test case development, test execution, and defect management. This position should have strong quantitative and analytical skills and be able to understand complicated corporate actions and analyze the impact to CRSP Index Systems. A finance background, including familiarity with indexing and an understanding of corporate actions and their impact on securities and their indexes is key to success.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Analyze, understand, and clarify requirements, devise a test strategy to adequately cover the requirements, develop high-level test scenarios that implement the strategy, elaborate scenarios into detailed test cases.Effectively troubleshoot problems reported both internally and by subscribers, and report clearly and accurately to appropriate parties.Own the QA role by consuming requirements, writing and executing tests (manual and automated), monitoring testing progress, reporting status, logging defects, tracking and testing defect fixes, choosing when and what to re-test, collaborating with team members, monitoring project progress, incorporating schedule and scope changes, shepherding the product to delivery, and assuming overall responsibility for quality of product.Evaluate, Document, and Test software to verify functionality and performance according to specifications and requirements.Design, Build, Execute and maintain automated testing suites as appropriate.Develop processes that ensure changes being made to the Production footprint are done using a consistent and repeatable processValidate production code releasesMaintain subject matter expertise for the systems under test and use that expertise to create, maintain, and extend the test case library.Engage with the project team to understand requirements and contribute to project definitionCollaborate and work effectively with PMs, CRSP developers, Business Analysts, QAs, and other stakeholders to strike the balance between ideal testing and available resources, and establishing long-term quality targets.Present effectively to superiors in areas of responsibility (ie. Progress reports).Other duties as assigned.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree required. Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Computer Science preferred.Master’s degree in relevant field or MBA, preferred.At least four (4) years of quality assurance or other relevant experience required. Experience creating test plans, test cases, and test data required.Working knowledge of financial research and investment concepts and terminology required.Working knowledge of SQL required.Working knowledge of statistical software packages - SAS, Python or other 3rd party software preferred.Experience with automated testing software preferred.Exposure to PowerShell scripts or other shell script writing preferred.Experience with GIT, JIRA and TestRail preferred.Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.Excellent interpersonal skills required.Strong familiarity with the basic concepts of agile software development preferred.Attention to detail, strong problem solving and organizational skills required.Strong organization skills with the ability to coordinate multiple activities required.Mastery of MS Office applications required.Resume, Current Illinois Residency, and cover letter required.LOCATION: 105 West Adams Street, 17TH Floor, Chicago, IL
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
Associate Director, Quality Assurance
WORK SCHEDULE:
Index Team modification: Hours of operation are approximately 7: AM – 6:00 PM Must be able to start either early morning (as early as 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM) or late morning (as late as 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM) at times to provide production coverage for the team. Some flexibility may be required. Extended hours may be required for applications support in the event of a production problem.
