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Morgan Stanley Hiring for Executive Director -Software Quality Engineering & Automation Job at Mumbai Full Time
Company
profile
Morgan Stanley is
a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment
banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The
Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments
and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our
success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity,
excellence and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior
foundation for building a professional career – a place for people to learn, to
achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives
and needs is an important part of our culture.
Morgan Stanley is
an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive
environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our
skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad
cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a
variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong
commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on
recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and
talents.
Department profile
Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) Technology is the global technology department
responsible for the design, development, delivery and support of the technical
solutions behind the products and services used by the Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management (MSWM) business.
Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management (MSWM) Technology works with large scale databases
such as DB2 and SQL Server, proprietary and non-proprietary messaging software,
a broad variety of vendor products, numerous financial exchanges and regulatory
entities, and programming languages ranging from .Net and Java to Cobol and
VB.Net.
Core
Technology Services (CTS) partners with Wealth Management development teams and
partner technology organizations to enable the delivery of technology solutions
to our business in the most efficient, predictable manner possible
Role Description
As a
Technical Leader in WM CTS you’ll have a chance to be part of Testing COE and
work on a broad set of technologies; Deliver Test Automation solutions, build
and maintain test automation frameworks, maintain KPIs/metrics, perform quality
audits, validate regression penetration and coverage and provide support to
testing across entitlements, workstation and back-office settlement services.
You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with other leaders and teams
supporting testing and nurture them with the valuable offerings developed by
the team.
Responsibilities
- Providing technical and thought leadership to testing teams as Wealth
Management digitally transform to a cloud based, DevOps and Agile technology
solution. - Advising Wealth Management leadership on the technology portfolio, as
well as facilitating the business’s alignment with the wider Digital
Transformation strategy. - Responsible for governing Test Automation tools and frameworks technology stack, with scalable design and best practices for a broad range of
Engineering and Technology disciplines. - Manage Test Automations scripting delivery for a wide range of applications across different platforms such as browser, desktop, mobile,
backend etc. - Establish working partnership and cadence with application delivery
squads and QA teams. - Works with other leaders in the organization and build partnership to drive
adoption of comprehensive test automation tooling strategy for enterprise scale
applications with a long-term vision. - Provide leadership and technical expertise in conducting R&D and POCs, staying up to date on latest tools, technologies, emerging trends with
respect to Test Automation, Software Quality Engineering, Continuous
Integration and Delivery. - Governing the adoption of technologies and associated skills, assist
teams to define quantitative and meaningful metrics to accurately evaluate
their value to the business. - Collaborate with the wider DevOps team to optimize the Dev/Test pipeline
and practices. - Provide guidance to teams on Agile Practices so they seamlessly work as
one team with development to achieve automated testing within a sprint, every
sprint. - Hosts periodic meetings with teams and exchange knowledge and key
business, organizational goals, strategies and vision. - Conduct semi-annual/annual performance review, feedback for the team.
• 18+ years’ of work experience with strong expertise in Devops, Agile, QA and Test automation in a large financial service organization or major consulting organization.
• 10+ years of experience of leading large-scale QA programs. Experience in collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and business groups, across regions, roles, and able to interact effectively with all levels.
• Experience in QA and test automation deliveries for a broad range of application types e.g. Browser, desktop, mobile, APIs, DB etc.
• Must have experience on Test Automation tools and frameworks evaluations, POC and R&D.
• Proven record of execution of QA strategy and unification of QA processes across organization.
• Must have hands-on experience with Java.
• Good to have hand on experience on JavaScript, C#/.NET etc.
• Working knowledge of any Relational Database and DB Queries.
• Exposure and experience working with varied technologies like .NET, Angular, WPF, Mainframe etc.
• Must have working knowledge of DevOps Principles and Practices (CI, CD, Continuous Testing, etc.).
• Working knowledge of tool and technologies like TeamCity, Jenkins, GIT, JIRA, ALM.
• Well versed with approaches like BDD, Keyword Driven and Data Driven test automation.
• Good to have understanding of model-based testing.
• Understanding of Agile/Waterfall development process and is comfortable diving into the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable solutions.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Experience in presenting to diverse audiences and conducting education and training.
• Experience with project management tools & functions & Development background is helpful.