Calypso QA Lead/ BA

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At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 51 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.

Role: Calypso QA Lead/ BA

Location: San Jose, CA

Experience: 8+ Years

Job Description:

Purpose:

Acts as a team lead of a Quality Assurance team and supports the QA vision to deliver consistent and value-added testing solutions that align with business needs/goals. Adheres to QA standards, applies QA methodology, develops test strategies, and ensures robust repeatable, maintainable, regression for the Calypso platform. Collaborates with technical and business teams and communicates risks and issues to ensure high quality solutions. Maintains awareness and recommends best industry practices to improve overall QA processes and enhance efficiency.

Major Accountabilities:

Quality Assurance Responsibilities:

• Lead QA efforts on Calypso initiatives and follow scaled Agile best practices.
• Lead in requirement analysis, design and development phases and determine testing approach for the Calypso platform.
• Leverage extensive Calypso Domain expertise to develop test plan and provide direction to the QA team for test case authoring and execution.
• Drive test automation hand-off practice and support the development of test cases in manner designed for automation (e.g. using dynamic data), and thereby significantly reduce if not eliminate manual testing
• Lead the test case peer review process and support the maintenance of authored test cases.
• Lead the test execution of developed solutions and deliver test reports. Types of testing include smoke, system, integration, regression (manual and automated), data/test-driven, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop QA close-out deliverables including requirement traceability matrix and test acceptance report to support go/no-go decision.
• Collaborate with Test Automation team to develop, optimize and enhance automated regression test suites, and coordinate automated test execution.
• Work with Business users to create and maintain test data for functional and regression testing.
• Collaborate with the Calypso development team and test automation team to evaluate new test automation tools and solutions for Calypso API and functional regression testing.
• Support and facilitate user acceptance testing.
• Lead meetings and workstream sessions with team members, cross-functional teams, and business partners to align on business needs and deliver value.
• Lead defect triage and collaborate with business partners, internal, and/or external implementation partners on system failures, root cause analysis, and track defects to closure.

Experience:

Minimum of 8 years of software quality assurance experience in agile development.

environments in a large, regulated financial services (preferably banking) environment is required.

Minimum of 6 years of leading QA staff.

Minimum of 5 years of Calypso test planning and execution experience.

Skills & Knowledge:

General:

• Working knowledge of Financial domain and Capital Markets with Front Office/Back Office operational is required.
• Experience working with Agile/SAFe methodology.
• Experience with test automation and framework tools (e.g. UFT, Selenium, RPA) or equivalent automation skills that proves ability to debug automation code.
• Working knowledge of complex SQL and experience with ETL processes is desired.
• Experience with industry standard testing and defect management tools (e.g. ALM, JIRA, Confluence)
• Proficiency in Atlassian tools (particularly JIRA and Confluence) and Microsoft Office Applications (especially Excel and Visio).
• Critical thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong time management skills and ability to juggle priorities with a history of meeting commitments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated individual who takes the initiative to thoroughly understand existing business processes, system integrations, and dependencies.
• Ability to quickly grasp business concepts, objectives, and processes to establish trust and credibility with stakeholders.

Calypso Specific:

• Extensive experience in a Lead Calypso QA capacity, preferable involved in Calypso Upgrade projects as well as migrating from legacy applications to the Calypso platform from initiation to completion.
• In-depth experience with Fixed Income, Derivatives, Money Markets, Advances, LCs and Equity products in Calypso, including their workings and lifecycle events.
• Experience with Calypso Pricing, Accounting, ERS, Workflows, Reporting, Task Station and Scheduled Task functionality.
• Experience with Calypso versions 16.1 onwards
• Experience with Calypso Hedge Accounting Module.
• Experience with the Calypso Collateral Module with multiple integrations in and out of Calypso with other platforms.

• Services:
• Proficiency in Fixed Income, Derivatives, Advances, LCs and Equity products, with the ability to clearly articulate their workings and lifecycle events.
• Knowledge of Derivatives Clearing affirmation processes.

Good to Have:

• Experience in Finance / Banking industry – some understanding of Securities and Banking products

We can offer you:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
• A multinational organization with 51 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• Laptop and a mobile phone
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
• Maternity & Paternity leave plans
• A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
• Retirement savings plans
• A higher education certification policy
• Commuter benefits (varies by region)
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A flat and approachable organization
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture

SYNE CHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity, and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.