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QA Manager

Location Pasadena
Salary Range $0.00
Job Description

Our client is one of the world's leading fixed income managers with offices in Pasadena, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, São Paulo, Singapore and Tokyo.  By devoting all of its resources to fixed income, our client can provide a full commitment to clients of all types.  Due to increased growth, the company is looking to expand their IT group.  Specifically they are in need of a QA Manager for their LA based office.

 

The QA Manager is responsible for leading the QA group in support of the software development lifecycle process, change management, testing / QA environments and production releases.  The QA Manager will be accountable for worldwide QA practices, testing procedures, meeting IT deadlines and maintaining quality standards.

 

Responsibilities include:

§Manage and oversee QA and Integration Testing Environments

§Establish procedures and QA methodologies

§Establish quality standards / practices to be implemented

§Recruit, train and oversee team members in QA methods and
 practices Manage software code control, testing processes and
 software deployment.

§Develop and integrate QA controls with "Change Management" 
 process and procedures.

§Interface closely with development and operational groups in
 support of software and production releases.

§Manage QA tools, like Quality Center and QuickTest pro.

§Coordinate and execute QA testing, create test plans, scripts,
 bug tracking, etc.

 

The ideal candidate must have:

§5-years+ Software Quality Assurance experience, including 2
 years managing a QA team.

§Experience testing Java web applications, Java Swing
 applications, Web Services and dot Net applications.

§Proficiency in HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, SharePoint,
 etc.

§Experience creating test cases (unit, GUI, UAT and stress),
 scripts, utilizing automated tools, including defect tracking and
 source code control (CVS).

§Formal software development life-cycle experience.

§Experience with SAS 70/SOX audits.

§Knowledge in scripting, perl, Sybase stored procedures.

§Experience in financial services, specifically fixed income is a
 plus.

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