Test Engineer

Test Engineer

Randstad Professionals is looking for a Test Engineer to join our banking client in Zurich.

This Test Engineer would be my client's specialist for the functional testing of a Trade Reporting application.

His/her role will be to design, plan, execute and report testing for the Quality Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

-Evaluation of the requirements specifications for the test case design
-Documentation of the design, the test definition and execution for testing the functional requirements
-Generating test cases, creating test data definitions and coordination the test data creation.
-Defects reporting, tracking and coordinating activities for fixing and retesting
-Verifying the entry criteria (tool gate) for system test as defined in the test plan
-Reporting of the test results to provide the necessary basis for evaluation

Tasks

-Analyze the functional requirement specifications and designs test cases and test scenarios for the different tests such as Functional Test, Application Test, User Acceptance Test and Regression Tests in accordance with the test strategy.
-Testing the functionality of the system based on the requirements specification documents
-Executing these test cases and documenting the results.
-Supporting the Test Manager in test planning and test evaluation activities for these specific tests.

PROCESS ACTIVITIES

Planning

-Support the Test Manager to plan and define the test strategy for functional testing (high level test plan and detailed test plan)
-Support the Test Manager to define the specific test infrastructure requirements

Preparation

-Implement the necessary tools as defined in the test plan
-Ensure that the requested infrastructure is setup

Design

-Verify the functional requirements specifications
-Identify high risk areas within the application functionality and design test cases to mitigate these risks.
-Design test cases and test scenarios to verify the implemented business requirements
-Define the test data and requesting the creation of the test data set for each test cycle

Execution

-Check if entry criteria for system test are fulfilled
-Execute the specified tests, document and evaluate the results
-Reporting the test results to the test manager

Required skills

-Degree in Testing methods
-Seven years + in similar roles as test engineer
-Banking knowledge with certain skill in the Trading area (especially the OTC and Derivative business)
-English spoken and writing
-German for the interaction with the teams would be an advantage
-Knowledge of testing methods to validate non-functional requirements
-Design & Execution of Testing
-Knowledge of the tools Quality Center, JIRA, SVN

General

-Microsoft Windows 7 usage
-Microsoft Office 2010 components usage eg Word, Excel, Outlook
-Excel spreadsheet functions for reporting
-Excel spreadsheet source data management

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