Murex Testing Specialist

DXC Luxoft has one of the world's leading Murex practices. We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance.
This is a contractor position.
Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.

Responsibilities

Testing responsibilities would include, but not limited to:

contribution to creation of a Test Design Document (TDD) and own testing outcomes at the project level

Interaction with all up and downstream parties involved in testing

Knowledge in technical environments such as SQL, XML, Unix, Windows

Knowledge in CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps and others

Strong understanding of version control systems such as GIT.

Experience with automation tools and scripting languages.

Knowledge in capital market is a plus.

Experience in the Software Engineering Industry, Software Quality & Testing, Test Management is a plus.

ISTQB certification or equivalent is a plus.

Communication and presentation skills

Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Teamwork and cross group collaboration

Drive for excellence

Eagerness to learn and develop on a broad scope (functional, product, finance, testing and technical)

Ability to work under pressure in a continuously evolving & challenging environment.

Build and manage personal Test schedule

Manage and resolve testing conflicts

Work closely with the analysis team to ensure clear testable acceptance criteria are part of the defined requirements

Ensure that we have full traceability of test cases back to requirements

Ensure that we understand test coverage at each stage

Plan the project test strategy, within the guidelines + constraints of the program test strategy

Define the project test environment requirements, and work with the Environments

Configuration Management team to ensure that those environments are delivered

Define the project test data strategy, and prepare common test data (working with the program test data lead)

Ensure that regression and automation tests are delivered along with (or asap after) the code release, and incorporated into future test phases including regression testing

Participate in Quality Assurance reviews as required

Interface with governance via the Delivery Management Meeting and Functional Management meeting

Work with Program Management to plan and flex tester capacity and skills to meet project needs

Work with program management to ensure the program can supply the necessary capacity and capability to staff and execute the various test cycles

Skills

Must have

MXtest knowledge & experience

MX.3 knowledge & experience

University degree in Computer science, computer engineering, mechatronics or equivalent

0-3 years of experience

Knowledge in technical environments such as SQL, XML, Unix, Windows

Knowledge in CI tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps and others.

Strong understanding of version control systems such as GIT.

Experience with automation tools and scripting languages.

Knowledge in capital market is a plus.

Experience in the Software Engineering Industry, Software Quality & Testing, Test Management is a plus.

ISTQB certification or equivalent is a plus.

Communication and presentation skills

Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Teamwork and cross group collaboration

Drive for excellence

Eagerness to learn and develop on a broad scope (functional, product, finance, testing and technical)

Ability to work under pressure in a continuously evolving & challenging environment.

Nice to have

BS or higher degree in Finance, Mathematics or equivalent

Murex Test management

Implementations and upgrades: MXpress; MXplus updates and MX.3 main-branch upgrades

Trade life cycle management

Market Data management

Knowledge in SQL (Oracle and/or Sybase) and Unix commands is a plus

Other

Languages

English: C2 Proficient

Seniority

Regular