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Principal Test Engineer

Principal Test Engineer

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Pension / Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role :

Being a member of Enterprise Test Engineering team, you will be responsible for the development, maintenance and execution of Functional Test Scripts. The Principal Test Engineer works closely in the design and development of test automation tools, collaborates with the entire squad in understanding the functional and technical design. Monitors adherence to test management best practices including the usage of JIRA, ALM and BitBucket. Very solid experience in an Agile development environment in a global organization. Work with both business clients and technical teams. Acts in an advisory role to other test engineers. Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Your Primary Responsibilities :

Analyzes and proposes improvements to automated and manual processes
Supports and drives continuous improvement for squad, processes and procedures; applies lessons-learned from previous experiences and assignments
Provides on-the-job training for new staff
Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; calls out appropriately.
Document and clearly articulate the test approach for each sprint/release/project.
Interpret User Stories into Acceptance Criteria and test scenarios.
Identify regression test cases and scripts
Document defects clearly and concisely in JIRA.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

Minimum of 10 years of financial services experience, Derivatives industry a plus
Minimum of 10 years of IT experience
Bachelor's degree preferred

Talents Needed for Success:

Requires knowledge of the software delivery process and Agile methodology.
Experience with Quality tools JIRA, HP ALM
Experience with automation tools Selenium and Jenkins.
Experience with TOAD, SQL, PL/SQL and Java.
Solid grasp of DTCC’s business lines, products/functions and technologies
Business experience with financial services applications
Good communication, organizational, and follow-up skills
Demonstrable understanding of securities industry and systems environment
Ability to perform business process analysis and create efficient solutions
Ability to analyze business trends, identify improvements, and assess impact of actions on customers

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industry’s needs and we’re working to continually improve the world’s most resilient, secure and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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