DTCC

Associate Director Test Engineering

DTCC$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant experience required
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
  • In-depth knowledge of automated testing tools
  • Strong quality control and assurance knowledge
  • Experience with creating reusable test automation frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Support a culture aligning employee efforts with business strategy
  • Manage resource planning and future project demands
  • Evaluate project testing status and escalate critical risks
  • Ensure timely delivery of projects through progress tracking
  • Influence design towards reusable IT components
  • Drive end-to-end and automated test planning execution
  • Provide testing expertise and troubleshoot with development teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and life insurance
  • Retirement benefits including pension plans
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Flexible hybrid work model with 3 days onsite and 2 remote
  • Support for personal and family well-being through various leaves
Full Job Description
Job Description

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:

The Enterprise Test Engineering ("ETE") family is responsible for ensuring that all applications and systems meet defined quality standards. The ETE family encompasses three major areas including (a) functional testing, (b) non-functional testing, and (c) test architecture and enablement. Other key focuses include: regression testing, browser testing, performance testing, capacity and stress testing, resiliency testing, environment management services, and infrastructure testing. Develops, conducts, and evaluates testing processes, working closely with developers to remediate identified system defects. In-depth knowledge of automated testing tools, and quality control and assurance approaches including the creation of reusable foundational test automation framework for the entire organization. The Test Engineering role is responsible for ensuring that all applications, system products, projects, and solutions meet defined enterprise quality standards. Provide centralized, independent quality assurance services across the firm, including functional and non-functional testing for all products, services, and applications across businesses. Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions, providing testing expertise, oversight, and direction to ensure the functionality of solutions and that design specifications are met.

Your Primary Responsibilities:
  • Support an environment that ensures employees understand how their efforts contribute to overall business strategy
  • Manage the team's book of work, partnering with leadership to plan the future supply and demand of resources required
  • Evaluate the testing status of projects while identifying and escalating critical risks
  • Ensure on-time delivery of work including; monitoring dependencies, tracking progress and project milestone completion
  • Influence designs towards re-usable IT components and services keeping in mind test validation and test automation principles
  • Maintain a high degree of cross-team and cross-application coordination to ensure end-to-end testing meets intended objectives
  • Drives the preparation and execution of end-to-end and automated test planning and execution activities
  • Provide testing expertise to project teams; partner with Development team to troubleshoot application issues
  • Interact with senior management to share and present future automation strategy
  • Ensure team's adherence to departmental and organizational policy and procedures
  • Review test strategy with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive coverage and obtain feedback
  • Responsible for the provisioning of test environments for the team, and assist with coordination to resolve issues
  • Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.


Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience


Talents Needed for Success:
  • Highlights the expected benefits of new actions and strategies to help others overcome fears of change.
  • Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
  • Proactively seeks feedback from others on his/her own performance; Ensures that regular feedback is given in a constructive and behaviorally oriented manner.
  • Supports an environment where individuals are respected for their contributions.
  • Acts as a role model for respect and inclusion by showing consideration for people's different needs; Integrates people of different backgrounds within and across teams; Encourages others in the department to gain a deeper appreciation for different customs and beliefs.


The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

About DTCC

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company that provides clearing, settlement, and information services for the global financial industry. DTCC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City. The company operates through subsidiaries that provide services such as trade matching, risk management, and asset servicing. DTCC is owned by its users, which include broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions. The company is committed to reducing risk and increasing efficiency in the financial markets.
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