PURPOSE   • This role sits at the intersection of CASH trading and development to make sure CASH Desk production releases comply with functional, regulatory and compliance requirements which are applicable to front office business activities   • Proactively should identify requirement gaps, operational risks, control defects getting in to production   • Testing & Certifying Fidessa CASH Desk QA Releases for production readiness. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES   • Strong understanding of trading business and technology, Equities markets, Equity Trade life cycle, Market Risks, Exchanges, Market Data, Regulatory and Compliance Requirements.   • Strong understanding of Fidessa front office Trading platform and related components.   • Review business requirements, creation and execution of functional, regression and integrated testing; positive and negative testing; develop test bed, test harness; test execution, pass/fail metrics.   • Strong knowledge of FIX protocol, SQL Queries, UNIX, QA tools and QA processes   • Background in automation strategies and solutions   • Ability to understand complex application architectures for integrating systems and environments   • Comprehensive review of test plan and test cases of Fidessa Custom components to ensure adherence to business, regulatory, and operations requirements and performance.   • Review end to end functional and integration test results with developers, Support, product management, compliance, and business.   • Promptly escalate an issue, which affects product delivery and quality of production release. AUTHORITIES, IMPACT, RISK   • Pay high attention to details in all work. Quality, on time delivery of agreed deliverables.   • Obsession for details and edge/corner cases, with a the ability to maintain a big picture perspective   • Accurate time accounting and reporting of his/her own work.   • Good ability to anticipate issues and formulate remedial actions.   • Escalate issues about project requirements to Manager.   • Contribute to the company knowledge base and process improvements.   • Excellent communication skills, interpersonal and team working skills.   • Extremely organized, focused and disciplined, structured and critical thinker KEY RELATIONSHIPS   • Interaction with CASH Trading front office traders, Product management and production support teams   • Work closely with lead programmers, business, compliance, and operations representatives.   • No direct reports for this position. JOB SPECIFICATIONS   • Fidessa Trading platform   • FIX Protocol   • UNIX   • SQL Queries   • JIRA   • MQC   • Knowledge of automation solutions   • Written communication skills   • Interaction with business/ production support & Team Player Required:   • Bachelor’s degree - equivalent in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.   • Minimum five years of software testing experience required at capital markets / investment bank. *LI-AS2 Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status or any other legally-protected factors. Join Our Talent Community Want to be in-the-know about great career opportunities at Company? It's easy! Join our Talent Community and get the inside scoop on jobs, career paths, recruitment events, and more!