Test Lead/Engineer - SQL - Banking

TEST LEAD/ENGINEER

Our client, a major Financial Services company, is currently looking for an experienced Tester WITH EXTENSIVE BANKING BACKGROUND AND VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF SECURITIES (EQUITIES, DEBTS, DERIVATIVES). This is a fantastic contract opportunity to work within a dynamic business environment on a mission critical project.

TASKS:

- Test Plan incl. test strategy and approach
- Effort estimations
- Create test plans and executing test cases
- Tracking and monitoring of testing activities
- Preparation of reviews of test relevant documentation
- Defect Tracking, Involvement of stakeholders (Business contacts, solution engineers, requirements engineers, etc.)
- Monitoring of test execution
- Creation of Test Reports on progress, defects, risks and issues according to the bank`s guidelines
- Coordination of UAT with Business and Release Management

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

- Several years of experience within Test Lead/Engineer
- MUST HAVE AN EXTENSIVE BANKING BUSINESS BACKGROUND, IDEALLY IN SECURITIES (EQUITIES, DEBTS, DERIVATIVES)
- ISTQB Certification
- HP Quality Center
- SQL know-how
- Good knowledge of the testing life cycle
- Project coordination skills
- Project language is English (German = nice to have)

PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES LIVING WITHIN A DAILY COMMUTABLE DISTANCE TO ZURICH.

If you think that you are the ideal candidate for this position please send a copy of your CV as a Word Document and a daytime contact telephone number.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR A WORK PERMIT IN THE SPECIFIED LOCATION.