Technical support (onsite), England, London

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Posted: January 11, 2007

Job title: Technical support

Company name: Top tier Investment Bank

Location: England, London

Pay rate: £500 per day

Travel: 0-25%

Terms of employment: Independent contractor (hourly)

Length of employment: 6 Months

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
The Equities technology department requires a hands-on technical tester who
can manage a complex Test Lab and execute sophisticated load and
performance tests.

The successful applicant will have a technical background and will work
with multiple technologies and tools related to technical testing,
particularly performance testing.  They will use and develop test harnesses
using Perl, Unix scripting and Java.  They will possess strong technical
knowledge of Windows and Unix.

They will across many areas of Equities Front Office Technology, including:
Cash, Program Trading, Algorithmic Trading and Client Connectivity.

The successful candidate will require strong communication skills and
directly report into Equities Technology Senior Management Team.

They will also have the opportunity to assist in the management of offshore
staff working on other QA initiatives


Required skills:
Knowledge, Skill, Experience Required:
 
•	Ideally 3 years experience working with systems supporting the
Front Office; with a proven track record of delivering technology change to
Front Office users. Preferably working on the Equities side.
•	Strong inter-personal skills 
•	Experience of full project lifecycle (requirements, design,
development, testing and deployment)
•	Strong technical skills and systems knowledge.
•	Load and Performance Testing ideally bespoke test harnesses.


Desired skills:
Beneficial:
•	Royalblue Fidessa
•	ISEB certified
•	A background in application development (preferably on Equity Front
Office applications)
Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include: 
•	Liase with departments managers, business analysts and developers
to elicit QA requirements
•	Coordinating testing across multiple areas
•	Writing and Reviewing Test Plans and Test Cases to Lehman standards

•	Administrate a complex test environment, track and approve
technical changes.
•	Monitor releases and application migration
•	Managing and Executing Load and Performance Testing.
•	Managing Automation of Regression Testing.

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/5177#contact
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