Senior QA Analyst

Overview

Job Purpose

This is a position with ICE Clear Credit (ICC), a subsidiary of ICE Group. ICC is the world’s largest systemically important clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS). ICC is an entrepreneurial and aggressive organization that implements world-class risk management solutions for the CDS marketplace. A successful candidate maintains a hands-on pragmatic approach with an understanding of the dynamics of the financial marketplace.  ICC Systems span:

• OLTP systems for managing business and system workflows
• Distributed batch processing systems for quantitative risk analytics
• Enterprise Integration systems for ETL and Data Feed Management
• Reporting systems for Member, Regulatory and Compliance
• User Interface systems for the external marketplace

Responsibilities 

As a Senior QA Analyst, you will partner with System Analysts, Development and System Operations to ensure business, technical, and operational requirements are satisfied within the required time frame with no adverse impact on existing functionality or operational processes. 

 

This role will be responsible for the design, development and execution of testing of all clearinghouse functionality.   This role is accountable for establishing and evolving test coverage that aligns with existing test strategies.  This is achieved by first understanding the business, technical, and operational requirements and then building comprehensive test scenarios which are reviewed with the project team.  After these scenarios have been reviewed with all stakeholders, you will be expected to develop associated test data, execute test cases, and report any defects encountered.  As a member of the QA team, you are responsible for every line of code delivered into customer-facing environments.

 

Must be results-oriented, self-motivated and can thrive in a fast-paced environment.  This role requires frequent interaction with quantitative analysts, systems analysts and developers.  Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, are essential as this position interfaces with differing Technology roles.  In addition, on-going documentation will be required.

 

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university with a major in computer science or related field; or five to eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years’ experience working in UNIX/Linux and SQL/Oracle environments.
• 5+ years’ experience in software QA/Testing, preferably on one or more large, highly transactional systems deployed and used in production. 
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Prefer knowledge of OTC Credit Derivatives and/or other interest rate or other OTC derivatives – CDS, Structured Products, Interest Rate Products, Options
• Ability to set priorities and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and decision-making ability.
• Reports activities to management through daily stand-up meetings, formal updates, project team meeting and other reports as needed.
• Adheres to corporate and department standards, policies and procedures. Contributes to the development and refinement of department standards, processes and procedures
• Research and recommends technology solutions
• Strong knowledge of Java and object-oriented system technologies
• Solid knowledge of development practices and application architecture
• Business functionality
• High level programming languages
• Operations, Technical Support and Production Control operating environment
• Department standards, guidelines and procedures
• Primary Technologies
  • Core Java
  • Spring (Core, Boot, Cloud, Batch, Security, Integration)
  • Eclipse
  • Source Code Management (git)
  • Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, JUnit, TestNG
  • Oracle, MongoDB
  • Microservice Architecture
  • REST, WebSockets
  • PSQL, JDBC, JPA, Liquibase
  • Sencha(EXT, Touch), AJAX, Electron, Node, Node.js
  • JMS, WebSphere MQ, ActiveMQ

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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.