ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firms employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com. ABOUT PARAMETRIC Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on whats important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients core holdings. This role is part of Parametrics hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.ABOUT THE TEAMThe Quality Assurance team at Parametric:<ul><li>We work among agile development/delivery teams to test and deliver custom software used by Parametric business users and customers</li><li>We are integral to ensuring software and system quality through understanding business requirements, test planning, test automation, test execution and acceptance testing</li></ul>ABOUT THE ROLEThis position reports to the Director of QA Engineering.  As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be responsible for testing proprietary software solution, design, build and support of Test Automation software.  You will lead the QA effort on Parametric Core Services projects to deliver strategic and tactical enhancements to Parametric’s proprietary software suite.  You’ll also collaborate with other technology teams in the organization as necessary, including Infrastructure, DevOps, InfoSec and Release Management.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES<ul><li>Oversee the QA effort of the QA team within the Core Services project teams.</li><li>Provide thought and practice leadership in Testing excellence among Software Development and Testing peers.</li><li>Design, implement and maintain Test Cases and Test Plans for Parametric’s proprietary software</li><li>Design, implement and maintain Automated Test Suites for Parametric’s proprietary software</li><li>Perform functional, exploratory, user acceptance testing and automated testing as part of Software Development Lifecycle and Release Process</li><li>Strive to develop and conduct software testing with high standards, thinking about engineering excellence.</li><li>Assist and mentor other QA engineers with User Acceptance Testing, which includes answering client questions, tracking all reported issues and identifying whether they are bugs or enhancements</li><li>Learn and contribute to development across the entire stack (backend, DB, front end, UI)</li><li>Engage in a highly collaborative team environment including business partners and product owners</li><li>Contribute to high-velocity delivery with safety; enable agility and iterative changes to the UI and product design</li></ul>JOB REQUIREMENTS<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent field and/or comparable work experience</li><li>5+ years of software testing and test development experience</li><li>Strong communication skills</li><li>Well-versed in all testing methodologies (black box, white box, system, functional, exploratory and automated testing)</li><li>Ability to quickly understand complex business problems</li><li>Experience in one or more Test Automation Frameworks – Appium, Selenium</li><li>Proven experience building high quality and comprehensive test plans and test cases custom software</li><li>Proven experience testing web applications, web apis and data driven applications</li><li>Proven experience designing and implementing automated test suites</li><li>Proven experience with CI/CI pipelines</li><li>Experience in an Agile delivery environment</li><li>Experience with cloud platform services</li><li>Strong SQL coding and debugging skills</li><li>Experience with service oriented architectures a plus</li></ul> Parametric believes each member of our organization makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties and qualifications. It is our expectation that every member of our team will offer his/her/their services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our client services.  WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY: We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 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 whats 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.To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices​ into your browser.Salary range for the position: $70,000 - 150,000/Yr. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business units incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. Morgan Stanley offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually), 10 Paid Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees. Please visit mybenefits.morganstanley.com to learn more about our benefit offerings.Morgan Stanleys 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).