SmartTrade Tester,
Johannesburg

Project Description

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The candidate will be expected to join a newly created Luxoft practice which is experiencing significant growth and be assigned to work with well known banks and brokerage houses to carry out a front to back review of how FX trades feed in from brokers and institutional clients via emarkets platforms and industry liquidity providers including Bloomberg and Reuters together with understanding all systems the current implementation connects to (limit management, pre trade checks, good to trade and KYC) as well as downstream consumers with a view to replace and update the FX trading system by integration of a new liquidity trading system provider.

Responsibilities

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• Draft and maintain relevant test plans
• Monitor progress against plans and effect mitigation actions
• Evaluate emerging defects and recommend solutions
• Ensure compliance to governance processes
• Design relevant test scripts/ test cases to best determine system readiness and usability

Skills

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Must have

In depth knowledge of:
• Relevant product/applications/service
• Test methodologies including quality assurance
• Documentation and requirement gathering
• Agile/DevOps principles and applications
• Knowledge of Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange would be advantageous
• Good understanding of Test Management Tool ie. Quality Center
Experience
• Systemic and integrated approach to testing so that up-stream and down-stream impacts are considered
• Testing automation (preferred)

Nice to have

Experience of working in a front office demanding environment where perseverance and determination is valued
Someone with a resilient attitude who is flexible in how projects are approached
Knowledge of working with technology vendors and outsourced teams as well would be of interest

Languages

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English: C2 Proficient

Seniority

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Senior

Relocation package

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