QA Engineer III

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a QA Engineering III position at Director level, which is part of the job family responsible for devising test strategies, conducting and/or coordinating tests, and identifying defects to maintain high standards of performance and reliability. 

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

Wealth Management and Investment Management Technology (WMIMT) are responsible for the design, development, delivery and support of the technical platform behind the products and services used by the Morgan Stanley Business.

This position is a Lead QA engineering position responsible for devising test strategies, conduction and/or coordinating tests, and identifying defects to maintain high standards of performance and reliability. The candidate will be interfacing with other platform teams, reviewing and conducting gap analysis of functional requirements, create the required testing artifacts, test data setup, defect tracking & test status reporting to ensure overall quality of the applications being tested. The Candidate would play a lead supporting role in the test execution of the program.

What You’ll do in the role:

• Ability to lead key programs and manage entire STLC for regular release and key projects 

• Review business cases, requirements gap analysis and preparation of all the required functional testing documents/ artifacts

• Comprehensive knowledge of Client Reporting systems with focus and experience on testing of documents, confirms & processing

• Drive the automation activities for back to front validations including API, Data and UI

• Experience in handling end to end integration validations across multiple applications

• Ensure guardrails are practised and processes are adhered for stability

• Oversee junior team members and consultants

• Collaborate closely with Tech and business stakeholders

• Maintaining a governance and quality scorecard to monitor ongoing program activities

• Helping to coordinate the completion of testing actions across teams to resolve issues

• Coordinating the tracking defects and test execution to meet release deadlines.

The candidate should be flexible, highly adaptable and an excellent team player. The role requires credibility and confidence interacting with senior management, business unit personnel, branch offices and the technology team across the full lifecycle of a project. The candidate should expect to work with global team along with US and India team members, sometimes across multiple time zones. 

The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated team player committed to delivering on time and should be able to work under minimal supervision.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 5+ years’ experience with performing quality engineering and test automation delivery in a large financial service organization or major consulting organization

• Must have hands-on experience on Test Automation tools and frameworks

• Proven record of execution of QA strategy and unification of QA processes across organization 

• Must have hands-on experience with Java

• Working knowledge of mainframe systems to test for Letters, Statements & Confirms

• 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 GIT, JIRA, XRay

• Well versed with approaches like BDD, Keyword Driven and Data Driven test automation

• Good to have understanding of AI/Copilot

• 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

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $165,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).