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Leading Investment Bank seek a FIX Tester £55 - 60,000 + Bonus and Benefits - Call Kamal Jain 02071876332 Kamal.Jain@hudson.com
Duties & Responsibilities:The primary responsibility of the role is to keep the Client Connectivity Testing (CCT) system in step with the production system. Every time a release to production is performed, the change will have to be evaluated and applied to the CCT system. This may be as simple as applying static data changes or as complicated as releasing a new version of the position keeping system. Candidate must participate in the QA process for all CC releases, writing and executing test plans and scripts and co-ordianting the QA effort.The successful candidate will:· resynchronise production static data (users, books, counterparties, instruments, charge rules, etc) on a regular basis to ensure the system remains a valid representation of the production environment. · monitor the test systems and consolidate and publish an exchange and system testing calendar. · swing shared exchange connectivity between testing environments. · write tools to empower the connectivity help desk with the information that they require to support their business. · act as a focal point and investigate Client Connectivity (CC) issues thereby returning development staff to more beneficial activities. · coordinate any IT related activities associated with the migration of clients between Autobahn environments as well as set up new client profiles. · provide CC MIS and develop CC specific enhancements.· coordinate stress testing activities in the testing lab as well as undertaking UAT work. · Define test plans to cover testing activities of all new functional and maintenance releases and help drive the QA process from unit testing to user acceptance testing·Prepare and maintain detailed test scripts for regression, performance and capacity testing of all connectivity systems
Knowledge, Skill, Experience Required: Thorough understanding of the royalblue server product range. Support, QA and development skills. Good planning and communication skills. Good trouble shooting skills.The resource would need at least 1 years worth of royalBlue implementation knowledge. Good understanding of FIX.Good understanding of UNIX – including writing shell scripts.Cognisant with software lifecycles, particularly the QA process