Senior QA Analyst

Company Description

WELCOME TO MARS CAPITAL

Mars Capital is part of Arrow Global Group Limited, which is one of Europe’s leading integrated asset managers with €70bn Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and 2,000 employees across five jurisdictions.

Mars Capital was established in 2015 and is a Regulated Credit Servicing Firm, authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and located in Dublin 2. Mars Capital has the capacity and regulatory authority to service loans secured against properties and has €8bn AUM, experiencing significant growth in recent years. We provide services that span the full lifecycle of a loan post origination, from drawdown through to loan administration, asset management, enforcement as well as syndication, securitisation, and standby servicing.

We value our relationship with our clients and believe that our deployment of dedicated, Dublin-based project and asset management teams give us a competitive advantage over other competitors who operate a shared services model across their portfolios. Placing the customer first in a simple and efficient manner in line with our regulatory obligation is our number one priority.

Our local strategic ambition is to provide value accretive services to institutional clients, while building better financial futures for our customers, clients, communities and colleagues.

Our Culture and Way of Working

We’re entrepreneurial, fast-paced and decisive, working together safely and supportively. We trust our colleagues to make the right decisions and are brave enough to acknowledge mistakes and to learn from them. Celebrating success, we reward those who help us to achieve exceptional long-term results. 

We’re inclusive and encourage our colleagues to be themselves. Our culture supports the difference that makes each of us unique.  We’re open and eager to embrace new ways of working and have a diverse community, enriched by local identities that works collaboratively to build a unified and dynamic organisation.

We believe that a supported flexible working approach helps us to retain valued colleagues, enhance wellbeing, increase motivation and encourage a healthy work/life balance.  If you’re interviewed, ask about the flexibility involved in this role.

Our Values

Our stakeholders expect us to act in an ethical and responsible way and this is at the heart of how we conduct our business. Our values support this philosophy, and we seek out and reward behaviours that will make us more sustainable, responsible and successful. Our values are- we succeed together; we do the right thing; we’re trusted and valued; and we’re brave and creative. Hear more about these through the interview process.

Our STAR Awards provide a fantastic platform to send a special thank you to a colleague who may have gone above and beyond to help you and the business succeed, or someone who has been brave and creative with their own approach to how they work. Values orientated, our Recognition Scheme plays a pivotal role in aligning and celebrating our culture, and simply wouldn’t exist without colleague participation and input.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Commitment

We’re committed to investing responsibly and supporting our local communities and charitable organisations.  Every colleague is encouraged to take a paid day each calendar year to volunteer for our nominated charities. Internally we are very proud of our four colleague-led engagement groups, who run events/initiatives, that promote our culture and values which is a key part of the life blood of this business.

Job Description

As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality of the Deimos application, which is built on .NET technologies and hosted on AWS. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and report defects, develop and execute test plans, and implement process improvements.

What will you be doing?

• Test Planning: Working with BAs to plan and document test cases for the Deimos application using Azure DevOps as the primary tool, and with clients to review planning approach for functional changes.
• Defect Identification and Reporting: Identifying defects in the application and report them to the development team using Azure DevOps Work Items (e.g., Bugs, Tasks).
• Test Case Execution: Executing manual and automated tests on the Deimos application to ensure it meets the required quality standards.
• Integration Testing: Collaborating with other teams to ensure seamless integration of AWS-based services with Deimos.
• Test Environment Management: Assisting in ensuring that test environments are set up, configured, and maintained properly for both manual and automated testing.
• Collaboration: Working closely with Agile team members and other stakeholders, including external client SMEs, to understand requirements and provide feedback on application quality.
• Documentation: Maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation of test cases, test results, and defects reported.
• Communication: Communicating testing status, defects, and issues to stakeholders, including external client SMEs, through regular reports and meetings.

Other Activities

• Performing routine inspections and quality tests, including security and performance testing
• Identifying and resolving workflow and production issues.
• Rapidly addressing and discussing issues and proposed solutions with Team Leads.
• Making recommendations for improvement.

Creating training materials and operating manuals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in QA testing in the financial services industry.
• Experience working on large data programmes
• Strong understanding of financial services & regulated environments.
• Experience in testing financial applications, such as trading platforms, payment systems, or banking software
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of .NET technologies and Azure DevOps
• Familiarity with integration testing tools and methodologies
• Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing.
• Experience working in an agile development environment, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git)
• Familiarity with Testing Automation (e.g. Selenium)
• Datawarehouse experience
• Experience with AWS-based services is a plus

Proficiency in programming languages like C#, Java, or Python would be helpful

The systems against which the candidate will be expected to develop are complex in their level of interconnectivity and design.  Architectural and logical decisions often need thorough refinement before any implementation.

The candidate must have excellent inter-personal skills as they will be required to attend meetings with users at different levels across the business, to discuss new work and participate in reviews of code releases where database development requirements were in-scope.

The candidate will join an Agile delivery team, part of a wider Programme team with a vast knowledge and skill in varying disciplines.

The candidate will be expected to liaise with other team members to ensure testing can be completed effectively.

Additional Information

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