Position: Lead QA Engineer
Location: Marlboro, MA Area

Details:
Lead QA Engineer - FS - Back Office - QTP - QC - Load Runner - Marlboro, MA Area - Excellent $$
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Candidates Local to Mass. Only - No Sponsorship

Company:
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:
The QMC team is seeking a Lead QA engineer to be an integral member of the
QA team responsible for leading the testing efforts for the Investment
Administration suite of applications.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute testing strategy based on the application
requirements, leading to the analysis, design, documentation and execution
of the test cases for the IA suite of applications
- Drive testing automation, scripting and regression testing
projects utilizing offshore test automation engineers
- Provide guidance to the QA teams, and partner with the centralized
QA teams to align the practices with the strategic QA direction of the
enterprise.
- Partner with the business analyst and the develop teams to review
and understand the business requirements and the technical implementations.
- Ensure each release meets well-defined quality standards by
working closely with the development managers
- Partner with Project Managers on estimates, statuses and risks.
Report weekly status to the senior management and escalate issues.
- Stay current with the QA best practices, methodologies and
technologies, and continue to improve the QA processes across the team.

Key to this Position:
1.  This individual will need experience managing a QA team of 5 to 10
resources (on and offshore).
2.  This individual should have expertise in the QA space, be able to make
recommendations, set direction and define strategy.
3.  Domain knowledge:  This individual needs to have QA leadership
experience in the back office in one or more of the following areas:  Fund
Accounting, Swift, Settlements and/or Performance.
4.  Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner

The ideal candidate must have expertise in QA, excellent leadership and
communication skills with a proven ability to manage multiple QA tracks.

Required Skills and Competencies:
- Seven plus years experience as a QA engineer and three plus years
experience in leading a QA team on complex projects
- Expertise with all aspects of testing, including functional,
structural, regression, load and performance testing
- Expertise with QA tools such as QC, QTP and Load runner
- Experience working on high-volume transaction applications
- Knowledge of the Investment back-office operations required
- Ability to manage a team of offshore and onshore-based vendor QA
teams
- Knowledge of the Agile development and project management
processes
- Ability to diagnose and identify performance and stability issues
in large, complex applications
- Strong knowledge of Linux, Oracle database and SQL
- Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical application
- Bachelors degree required

Contact Information:
Send Resume in Word format only to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates AT verizon DOT net
WEB Site - www.wrightassociates.org