Qa Analyst Senior
Resume:
Steve Kulaka
Brooklyn, NY 11209
************@*****.***
Cell 917-***-****
Skills:
Automation: Cucumber-Gherkin, Jenkins, VERIFIX, HP-Quality Center ALM
Advanced background in QA testing methodologies and Integration testing for multiple platforms including:
LINUX, CHEF, GITHUB, HPR, JIRA, UNIX, C++, and NT.
Domestic & Foreign financial trading systems both Equities, Options and Futures:
FIDESSA, SONIC, Real-Tick, HP UFT, HP Quality Center. JAVA –BEA: WEBLOGIC, OATS, CAT
Advanced Background in Client Services regarding: Business-to-Technology liaison relationships
and Client Application Support.
Excellent knowledge of: VERIFIX. FIX APPIA and AEGIS Exchange -Client Simulators.
Functional background with regards to MS SQL and MS Visual Studio.
Sound functional and system knowledge of: LINUX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, VAX – ALPHA and VMS,
Rational Clear Quest, and TIBCO-RVD
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project, and Access applications.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Legacy system skills include IBM Mainframe, JESII, TSO, NDM, DCL, (Digital Command Language), VAX-ALPHA, DATATRIEVE OpenVMS, CA7 -AUTOSYS, VAX/VMS, JAVA Visual Basic 6.0, Tandem hardware and utilities I.e. TACL,
Experience:
Bank of America -Merrill Lynch: VP QA Lead: June 2021 to Present
Responsible for all aspects of QA testing for the bank’s High Touch Global Wealth OMS Equity Trading System.
Perform regression tests that ensure the bank’s Titan High Touch OMS trading system is fully functional for traders.
Conduct End-to-End testing with various equity exchanges to ensure stable order flow.
Verify that all FIX message field requirements are met and all orders are flowing correctly to the various exchanges.
Analyze and test all new functional requirements being submitted through JIRA.
Act as level II support for the Linked Financial System QA testers, developers and business unit accessing Titan OMS.
Conduct training on the Titan High Touch OMS for new users that will be conducting UAT testing.
Meet Daily with stakeholders to discuss upcoming projects and production issue resolutions.
Track all defects in JIRA and create new items as issues arise during testing.
Maintain all test artifacts in HP ALM and ensure all application releases for the Titan system has an ALM entry.
Create all new test plans and test cases for electronic FIX connectivity from outside applications.
Add new test scenarios to the Titan High Touch OMS trading UI when new functionality is added.
Update and maintain test cases in HP ALM for audit purposes.
Manage the QA test environment using JENKINS.
Evaluate QA test suite for automation to Cucumber.
Credit-Suisse: QA Lead/Manager: June 2017 to Feb 2021
Responsible for all aspects of testing and management for Credit Suisse MAGIC Low Latency FIX DMA trading system.
Testing covers: Equities, SWAPS, SOR Smart Routing, Connection
Plan automation strategy for the QA LLDMA MAGIC Trading group.
Direct QA automation tester/s daily activities to ensure new test cases are added to the regression suite.
Act as BA for the group by coordinating test projects with the front office and development teams.
Meet weekly in BA capacity to discuss upcoming projects and production issue resolutions.
Review and identify obsolete automated test cases which should be removed from the daily regression run.
Provide QA Automation test metrics to senior management on a quarterly basis.
Maintain the QA Automation test case source grid to ensure new cases reflect the automation being run.
Test, manage and conduct daily FIX protocol testing with regards to the LLDMA trading environments.
Conduct functional, UAT and regression testing for the Capital Market Electronic Trading Systems.
Conduct on-boarding testing with new clients and connection venues trading with the bank’s
MAGIC LLDMA electronic FIX connectivity platform.
Maintain QA test cases and results in HP QC/ALM.
Track all defects and requirements in JIRA.
Perform OATS verifications for FINRA and upcoming CAT requirement.
Implement and Integrate HPR OMNIBOT risk management software into UAT for rollout to clients.
Responsible for the maintenance and auditing of all testing processes.
Ensure all test metrics are accounted for and present in HP ALM.
Represent QA in all development and business face-to-face meetings
Ensure product reliability by using VERIFIX to conduct all testing.
Drive all Credit Suisse VERIFIX automation efforts as it pertains to the bank’s MAGIC FIX DMA
electronic trading platform.
Verify test trades in the bank’s AGORA data warehouse system.
Create test project test plans.
Design comprehensive test scripts for each new release.
Store and track all test artifacts and results for audit review.
Jefferies - Consultant Senior QA Analyst: AUG 2016 to June 2017
Responsible for all aspects of testing the Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System.
Testing covers: Position Trading; Spread Trading, Equities, Options, SWAPS, CONVERTS and Futures
Assist in providing some administration for the HP UFT testing tool.
Conduct functional, UAT and regression testing of Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System.
Conduct exchange certification testing for all connections with outside vendors and markets for the Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System.
Act as level II production support for the Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System. Trading floor.
Act as level II application for the Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System. Trading floor.
Jefferies JDOE Derivative Front-end Trading System.
Create all new test cases and test plans for new projects were applicable.
Maintain, execute, and create all test cases using HP Quality Center.
Maintain, execute, and create all test cases related to trade clearing using HP UFT.
Assist the FIX client on-boarding team by conducting FIX 4.2 certification testing with new clients.
Act as the Business-Development liaison for new clients who have issues during the FIX client on-boarding process.
Deploy new software changes to the QA test systems as needed by developers during production outages.
Goldman Sachs – REDI Technologies: Consultant Senior QA Analyst: May 2015 to June 2016
Responsible for all aspects of testing the REDI PLUS front-end Trading System.
Testing covers: Position Trading; Spread Trading, Equities, Options, and Futures
Assist in providing system administration for the AEGIS Exchange simulation
Conduct functional, UAT and regression testing of REDI Technologies REDI PLUS OMS trading application
for Equities, Options and Futures.
Conduct functional, UAT and regression testing of REDI Technologies REDI PLUS OMS for foreign
markets such as ASIA and Europe.
Create all new test cases and test plans for new projects were applicable.
Assist the QA Administration team in managing the AEGIS EXCHANGE and CLIENT simulator environment...
Manage and track all new defects using SharePoint and JIRA.
Use GITHUB’s CHEF to deploy version changes in REDI’s LINUX QA environment.
Work with the REDI Product Sales team to implement and test new design feature for REDI Plus users.
ConvergEx: Senior QA Analyst: January 2010 to February 2015
Responsible for creating and executing all Functional, Unit and Regression test plans in an Agile development environment. Testing covered multiple Trading Platforms including: ConvergEx Smart Order Router, Algorithmic Trading Strategies, Fixed Income Transition Management Trading Application and Trade Inquiry Clearing & Allocation Product.
Conduct FIX protocol 4.2 certification and on-board testing for all equity Exchanges and
Dark Pools that ConvergEx submits orders to.
Conduct FIX protocol 4.2 order entry testing for all the ConvergEx equity trading products
utilizing both AEGIS and VERIFIX FIX simulation tools.
Worked alongside the FIX connectivity group with new client and exchange FIX certification testing.
Conduct end-to-end trade clearing tests using the Thompson OMEGEO/OASYS Trade Allocation
system in conjunction with the ConvergEx Trade Inquiry product.
Responsible for testing FIX Protocol APPIA FIX Engine plug-in changes.
Responsible for all testing and release coordination for the CONVERGEX front end Trade Allocation System.
Fidelity Investments Capital Markets: Consultant - Senior QA Lead: June 2009 to January 2010
Reviewed all functional specification changes and prepared detailed test scripts and test plan procedures.
Responsible for performing Functional, Regression and Unit testing on Fidelity’s Algorithmic Trading OMS, Smart Order Routing Application and CROSS Dark Pool
Conduct FIX protocol 4.2 testing for all Fidelity’s equity products using VERIFIX.
Convey recommendations to the business unit regarding software release worthiness.
Perform Black Box testing using the VERIFIX software FIX protocol tool.
Act as Liaison between development and the business unit.
Created “How To” manuals while documenting all testing scenarios
Compare Active and Wombat high level market data tics for Fidelity’s carrier conversion project.
JP Morgan Chase Senior Associate - QA Manager: Sept. 2007 to May 2009
Manage and conduct all manual and automated testing for the GTW Investment Bank Trading System.
Performed Functional, Unit and Regression testing as well as all Equity Trading System end to end QA cycles.
Key team member for JP Morgan’s Investment Bank Equity Global Trader Workstation product.
Lead QA resource testing with the JP Morgan Fidessa Enterprise team to assist in the migration of all equity trading
onto the FIDESSA Trading platform.
Worked closely with the Fidessa management team and business unit to ensure seamless
migration of all equity trading to Fidessa
Provide management with weekly detailed progress reports and test metrics.
Manage defects and application test cases in Test Director.
Designed new test cases around the analysis of all new Business Requirements.
Assist in troubleshooting FIX production trade issues.
Perform FIX exchange certification testing with NYSE DOT.
Perform BBSS regression testing from exchange floor handheld to the Invest Bank Equity Trading System.
Perform FIX 4.2 order entry testing using the Aegis Client Simulator Product.
Merrill Lynch Assistant Vice President: FIX Client on Boarding: June 2004 to Sept. 2007
Defined and implemented FIX Client on Boarding Process for the Direct Market Access team.
Managed Fix all FIX Client On-Boarding for Merrill Direct Markets as well as conduct all FIX QA testing.
Winner of the 2005 Merrill Lynch Special Achievement Award for outstanding service.
Provided onsite training to new clients and perform DMA product demonstrations on the Merrill Lynch MLX Trade OMS.
Attended multiple new client sales meetings with sales trading to explain the FIX on boarding process and
products that are available for Direct Markets.
Conducted “FIX on Board” business meetings to give updates and ETA’s for new client status.
Managed daily activities for FIX on Board team of 4 engineers consisting of two employees and two consultants.
Perform FIX 4.2 order entry testing and product application certification with equities/options for
Merrill’s DMA ML X TRADE product using FIX Aegis Client Simulator.
Conduct exchange certification testing with Instinet, NASDAQ etc…
Assist the SME team from Business Edge in User Acceptance Testing by running test scripts provided.
Created full set of completely new GUI/Functionality test cases for the new product.
Ensured all defects found were addressed by development with an estimated completion date for target close.
Chair meetings with development to discuss and address testing and implementation of new requirements.
Education:
New York City Technical College – Brooklyn, N.Y. Currently in last 9 months of attendance.
Major: Information System Mgmt.
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