Hybrid

Chicago, IL

Direct Hire

Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Software Development Test (SDET)

What You'll Do:

We are looking for an individual to join the Renaissance Integration and Testing team as Lead, Software Engineering: Software Development Test (SDET), to lead the manual and automated integration testing at the program level.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Specific duties and responsibilities include creating, maintaining and executing automation test plans, writing code against software platforms, estimating testing efforts, analyzing and communicating test results, defect tracking and participation in day to day test activities (functional, regression and integration), and contribute to the company’s performance and scalability testing efforts
• Contribute to our long-term vision and strategy for improved quality via automation
• Develop, enhance and extend automation frameworks
• Identify quality tasks during team sprint cycle and implement automation for new features
• Analyze and communicate test results and defect tracking
• Participate in performance and load test efforts
• Assist in the planning, creation and control of the test environments and test data
• Define test strategy, conduct requirements analysis for testability, identify scope, conduct risk and mitigation planning, configuration management planning, write master and detailed test plans for test planning and design
• Participate in the review of test procedures and processes and provide recommendations for improvements to eliminate redundancies in testing and improve efficiency.
• Support regression testing and introduction of required changes as new releases are introduced
• Provide support for the Ovations systems including, but not limited to, research and resolution of system issues, user support, and scheduled activities
• Build upon/maintain professional relationships with key colleagues and vendors

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• [Required] Experience working in an Agile environment
• [Required] Hands-on experience with design, develop and maintain testcases by utilizing leading industry standards tools and automation frameworks that can simulate complex multi-system scenarios
• [Required]Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software systems development, security software development, public-cloud platforms
• [Required] Strong testing experience which includes developing test plans, automate test cases, and working with test frameworks
• [Required] Understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC), including proven experience in implementing software applications

Technical Skills:

• [Required] Proficiency in any test management tool, test automation tools
• [Required] Java based software development experience, fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, and architecture principles
• [Required] Strong Automated testing framework experience using cucumber
• [Required] API and high-volume data testing experience
• [Preferred] Basic understanding of SQL DB , CDB using IBM DB2 and TRINO
• [Preferred] Basic understanding of Kafka event
• [Preferred]Streaming and event driven system experience a plus.
• [Preferred]Message queuing and event sourcing tools like IBM MQ, AWS s3
• [Preferred]Clearing systems functional expertise and familiarity with technical offerings such as integrations and Core Connectors is preferred

Education and/or Experience:

• Required] BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• [Required]Minimum of seven (3-7) years’ experience working with manual and automation technologies as an expert with a clear understanding of core practices, processes, and terminology
• [Preferred] Previous experience testing in Financial Services, Derivatives Clearing systems