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Melbourne, Australia

• The FX Trade Processing Team is responsible for the delivery of Foreign Exchange technology solutions for Projects and Business as Usual initiatives and to assist in the analysis, development and testing of changes as.
• Implemented test management tool (Zephr) to streamline testing and allow automated requirement trace-ability.
• Designed and implemented JIRA Testing Dashboard to provide visibility on testing status.
• Identification of opportunities to implement solutions to perform more effective and efficient testing.
• Ownership and enforcement of testing standards and practices so that Software quality is guaranteed.
• Provide thought leadership in QA practices and lead and execute testing strategies and process improvements.

Melbourne, Australia

• The HKEX Phase NDF initiative implemented technology to provide ANZ HK with the ability to clear Non Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) through the Hong Kong Exchange. This assisted the ANZ Business in Counterparty risk limit.
• Created Master Test Plan and Test Strategy from Business Requirements and Design Specifications for System Integration Test and UAT.
• Contributed to the implementation of quality processes and on-going development of test standards and best practices to the organisation.
• Creation of Test Cases from Business Requirements and Design Specifications.
• Execution of System, Integration and End to End Testing.
• Coordinated System, End to End and UAT testing activities.

• The FX Trade Processing Team is responsible for the delivery of Foreign Exchange technology solutions for Projects and Business as Usual initiatives and to assist in the analysis, development and testing of changes as.
• Managed a team of 4 onshore testers and 2 offshore testers including the developmental needs and aspirations of individual Test Team members and providing support, motivation and encouragement.
• Designed, developed and implemented a Perl script to manipulate and batch load Foreign Exchange trades via XML through WallStreet vendor Application API to identify cause of a performance issue in Production. Due to.
• Worked with the Delivery and Release Manager to continuously develop and improve testing capabilities throughout the life of the project.
• SME for in-house automated testing framework and harness for regression testing.
• Reviewed test deliverables to ensure they adhere to software quality assurance standards and making recommendations for improvement.

Melbourne, Australia

• The FX Trade Processing Team is responsible for the delivery of Foreign Exchange technology solutions for Projects and Business as Usual initiatives and to assist in the analysis, development and testing of changes as.
• Liaised and working closely with Solution Designers, Developers, Business Analysts and Technical Analysts to assess the cause of defects and subsequent steps for their resolution.
• Analysis of Technical Specifications to ensure they contribute to solution as dictated by Business Requirements.
• Configured and maintained testing environments. Proposed and was successful in bid for Testers to deploy software to test environments, resulting in time savings of over half a day where this was previously conducted.
• Assisted in replication, analysis and testing of fixes for Production issues.
• Analysis of database information to determine root cause of defects.

Melbourne, Australia

A short term break between finishing a contract role and commencing a full time position due to the sale of the family home and renovation of the newly acquired one.

Melbourne, Australia

• In support of ANZ Global Market’s growth objectives, Markets Technology implemented a Vanilla FX processing and true global risk management platform to improve risk management capability and to display single risk view.
• Created and reviewed automated framework and tests with XML templates and properties and utilising LISA ITKO to verify data/XML message transformation sent to the WallStreet vendor application.
• Designed and created automated test scripts using Javascript.
• Wrote Test Plans from Functional Requirements and Design Specifications.
• Liaised and worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts and Technical Analysts to assess the cause of defects and subsequent steps for their resolution.
• Assisted the Test Manager in estimation of time to complete Test Plans.

Melbourne

• The acquisition of Aviva by National Australia Bank/MLC has resulted in two competing full service investment platforms in the market, Masterkey Custom and Navigator. Both are supported by separate IT solutions and.
• Managed a team of seven automation testers and providing support, motivation and encouragement to an additional fifteen testers.
• Raised Change Requests to ensure sufficient budget and resources are available to complete work resulting from increased project scope.
• Tracked estimated costs vs actual costs to ensure sufficient budget is available to complete testing work.
• Managed and coordinated System, End to End and Production Readiness testing activities.
• Managed and coordinated resources from external vendors, UAT, Finance, Production Support, and external Test Teams.

Melbourne, Australia

• The Reference Data Program is a major component in the National Australia Bank Wholesale division and provides a centralised Transactional Data Management solution by supporting the applications that perform.
• Overall accountability and ownership of testing processes and quality for all phases of the project.
• Development and definition of the standards for the Test Strategy and Test Plans.
• Contribution to the implementation of quality processes and ongoing development of test standards and best practices to the organisation.
• Working with the Project Manager, Development Manager and Implementation Manager to continuously develop and improve testing capabilities throughout the life of the project.
• Management of project issues and risks, ensuring escalation to Project Manager as and when required.

Melbourne, Australia

• The purpose of the Efx Replacement Project was to complete the replacement of the existing Reuters RTS-AD application with RET-AD and to perform simplification of the middleware components. This project was completed.
• Developed a Perl script to identify if components on a server were running. This utility was implemented in Production.
• Configured and maintained testing environments which included liaising with the Configuration Team and Oracle Developers.
• Promoted packages to be deployed to production
• Analysed log file output to identify the cause of a defect.
• Assisted the Test Manager in estimation of time and resources to complete Test Plans.

Melbourne, Australia

• The Hansen Technologies Group is an information technology systems and services provider. It develops, integrates and supports billing systems software for the utilities (electricity, gas and water) and.
• Developed and executed test conditions for both the network and retail operations of a system for Scottish Power Gas and Electricity.
• Developed and executed test conditions for the financial functional areas including payment plans, refunds, payment reversals, write-offs and debt collection.
• Assisted the Project Manager and Test Manager in estimation of time and resources to complete Test Plans.
• Created automated test scripts using TestComplete for regression testing.
• Wrote Test Plans from the Functional Requirements and Design Specifications.

Melbourne, Australia

• Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions provides products and services, open technology, data integration, and partners and people to enable successful implementation of GIS and geospatial information-based.
• Identified test scenarios based upon the functional specifications.Wrote Test Plans from the Functional Requirements and Design Specifications.
• Developed, maintained and executed test cases.Identified and logged software defects.
• Liaised with customer to resolve discrepancies between their requirements and the Functional Specifications.
• Liaised with customer to resolve issues before they are escalated as a defect.
• Liaised with Developers to inform them of discrepancies between current functionality of the system and the Functional Specifications.

Melbourne, Australia