Title:       Sr. Quality Assurance with Trade Clearing Domain knowledgeSkills:     6 years of Quality Assurance in the Financial Sector with domain knowledge of the "Trade Clearing Process", Mercury Suite of tools including QTPDate:     5-12-2009Location:     Chicago, ILArea code:     312Tax term:     CON_CORP CON_IND CON_W2Pay rate:     DOE: Market RateLength:     6 month Position ID:     6063Needed: Senior QA (Quality Assurance) Analyst with domain knowledge of the Financial Clearing processes for: Securities, Futures, Commodities and OTC markets.Horizon Technology Partners has an immediate opening for a Sr. Quality Assurance Analyst with domain knowledge of the trade clearing process. Your skills are needed to assist a direct client located in downtown Chicago, IL with testing their new clearing infrastructure. We are only interested in Senior QA Analyst with strong QA background in the financial clearing sector. To qualify, candidates must have knowledge in all stages of the software development life cycle: Requirement gathering, design, development and implementation. You must also have solid interpersonal skills and be resourceful in order to participate in the software development process.Activities will include:- Work with business teams to clarify requirements and business needs.- Develop system test plans, ensure that software quality assurance (SQA) standards are met and validate that business goals are accomplished.- Create and maintains test plans, testing schedule.- Design, develop, execute and maintain automated test scripts using Mercury Interactive Quick Test Professional- Work with development and user community to define and develop testing requirements to validate software solutions were built to specifications.- Review functional requirements and design specifications and create testable requirements to ensure testability- Provide on the job training to coworkers on test automation tools and utilities.- Complete projects/tasks on a timely basis, according to commitments made to stakeholders and management.Qualifications:- 6 years of Quality Assurance in the Financial Sector with domain knowledge of the "Trade Clearing Process"- Solid understanding of QA/test processes and automation frameworks.- Through knowledge of descriptive programming using QuickTest Professional (QTP)- 3 years in automation development using QuickTest Pro.- Must possess a self-starter, self-motivated mindset -Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with problem-solving ability.- Excellent team player.- Experience with system development life-cycle methodologies.- Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment.- Defect tracking system Experience.- Testing experience in a Java environment- Candidate must have business application software testing experience in a Web based environmentInterested candidates should forward their resumes to: (see below) Shaun KirkwoodHorizon Technology Partners, Inc1250 W Northwest HighwaySuite 200Palatine, IL 60067Phone:      202-3242 ext: 106Web:      To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here