Head of Delivery for a large team with PnL $15M USD++

FIC-ET-QA practice area group partners with ISGT development to deliver high quality trading and risk management systems to various ISG trading and sales desks. FIC-QA is particularly concerned with cash traded securities spanning asset classes in the Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates Cash and Equities spaces. Key Highlights:--Managing QA deliveries across FIC ET QA and accountable for delivery SLA’s like Prod Defect Slippage, Defect Rejections, Automation %-Identify [bottoms up… Show more FIC-ET-QA practice area group partners with ISGT development to deliver high quality trading and risk management systems to various ISG trading and sales desks. FIC-QA is particularly concerned with cash traded securities spanning asset classes in the Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates Cash and Equities spaces. Key Highlights:--Managing QA deliveries across FIC ET QA and accountable for delivery SLA’s like Prod Defect Slippage, Defect Rejections, Automation %-Identify [bottoms up approach] and spear head strategic transformation initiatives across FIC ET QA using levers like Automation, Lean QA, Shift Left, Process Optimization, UP Skill & Tooling to bring in efficiencies on Time to Market, Increased Coverage and reduced manual efforts-Co-ordinate and Spear Head QA Activities for Key Regulatory Programs like MiFIDII & BREXIT, define and drive F2B testing stream for Regulatory Programs-Responsible to maintain maximum QA Environment uptime. Setup and Perform daily Environment health checks across FX Cash, Options, Agency , Principal, IR Rates & Equity Cash using Leela, Autosys, App Servers, Solace systems, Message Queues, Heat Maps and Batch Monitors to ensure Strategic Sales & Trading systems are up and running-Accountable for SLA’s around Competency, attrition & backfill fulfilment-Managing Testing Projects on Waterfall and Agile Methodology with hands-on experience on setting up Test Strategies & Test Plans and executing them towards closure-Strong hands-on Unix, Autosys, SQL, Sybase, Mainframes, Messaging systems like IBM MQs and Solace queues, FIX Messaging, Swift Messages etc.-Detailed understanding of end to end Trade Life Cycle across OTC products with hands-on Front Office Sales & Trading systems, Risk Systems, Middle & Back office system like Confirmations, settlement, Payments & Journaling systems-Strategic Hiring for Niche skills and setting up QA Teams from scratch-Accountable for PnL/Revenue at FIC ET QA Silo level comprising team size of 100+ Show less

Market Risk Projects Team is responsible for managing several business critical complicated systems which are integral part of Barclays risk management. As a Senior Analyst in Market Risk IT team working on Basel III (Third Basel Accord) projects I'm responsible for testing Risk engines and the risking model logic, etc.Key Highlights:--Extensive use of Mind Maps in various phases within Project lifecycle creating Visual Test Strategies, Knowledge documents and integrating them with… Show more Market Risk Projects Team is responsible for managing several business critical complicated systems which are integral part of Barclays risk management. As a Senior Analyst in Market Risk IT team working on Basel III (Third Basel Accord) projects I'm responsible for testing Risk engines and the risking model logic, etc.Key Highlights:--Extensive use of Mind Maps in various phases within Project lifecycle creating Visual Test Strategies, Knowledge documents and integrating them with Knowledge repositories like WIKI pages and SharePoint sites-Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Test Estimation, Test Data Generation, Test Execution, Defect Management, Stake Holder Reporting-Extensive hands on SQL Server 2008 and SQL data compare 10 for comparing DB objects and data across different DB servers-Good exposure to Solace messaging systems, Autosys, IBM message Queues, App servers-Setting up and managing the Test environment and Data as well as assisting UAT and MRP teams with queries and assisting UAT cycles-Involved in L1 and L2 interviews for identified testing roles within the Project and providing feedback to the HR teams Show less

As a QA Lead for FX Post Trade Technology team I partnered with the development teams to run the QA service for FX Cash and Options systems. Good hands-on different trade booking applications, trade flow through Middle Office and Back Office systems involving pre settlements, confirmation and Payments Systems. Key highlights:--Built teams and managed them on several critical and complex projects-Part of the organizations recruitment team - hiring resources for other domains and… Show more As a QA Lead for FX Post Trade Technology team I partnered with the development teams to run the QA service for FX Cash and Options systems. Good hands-on different trade booking applications, trade flow through Middle Office and Back Office systems involving pre settlements, confirmation and Payments Systems. Key highlights:--Built teams and managed them on several critical and complex projects-Part of the organizations recruitment team - hiring resources for other domains and projects-Managed testing for projects on Waterfall and Agile methodology-Setting up and managing the Test environment as well as assisting UAT teams with UAT cycles-Built tools and utilities using shell scripts to improve productivity and efficiency of testing-Good knowledge on SWIFT messaging standards mainly MT300, MT305 and MT306-Working knowledge with good hands on Autosys, SQL Server and Sybase Databases, Mainframes, IBM Message Queue, Unix Commands and Shell Scripting Show less