Posted 166 months ago
Tester with development skills ( Contract )
@ system canada technologies
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
SCT resources is hiring a contract tester with development skills for a securities trading platform. The role builds and runs scale, capacity and resiliency testing for the Velocity program across cash and derivatives trade engines. Conditions stated are contract employment; no pay, schedule or location is given.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate test plans with development teams for new features
- Execute testing for all Velocity trade flows
- Develop automation for Linux admin commands in ksh, csh and Perl
- Gather capacity metrics for network, infrastructure and applications
- Document test plans, results and executive summaries
Requirements summary:
- Securities trading plant IT background
- Unix, Linux and scripting in ksh and csh
- C/C++, Perl and Python
- Experience with plant capacity and resilience testing
- Understanding of low-latency trading and multicast environments
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2013-03-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-21
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Job details
| Department | Software development |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Company Description
SCT resources have a broad range of skills in different technologies. The large skill-set has been made possible by a conscious focus on strengthening our skills base. Every person selected for our team brings something new, something that adds to our offerings. We learn continuously, both on the job and through formal training programs.
Job Description
Position Description
This position will work closely with various equities (cash and derivatives) trade engine development teams to create and execute a framework for Scale/Capacity/Resiliency development, architecture, and testing for the Velocity program. Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Coordination of test plans with developement teams as new features and products are scheduled
- Test execution and coordination for all Velocity flows
- Development of automation for linux admin commands (ksh/csh/perl)
- Metrics gathering for network/infrastructure/application capacity for all trade flows
- Architecture of resiliency scenarios for all applications and infrastructure components
- Thorough documentation on test plans, test results, executive summaries for senior management
- Development of scripts for data mining and execution of admins for compiling statistics during test execution
- Ownership of Scale/Resiliency environment
Skills Required
Securities trade plant IT background
Unix/Linux/scripting (ksh/csh)
C/C++
Perl
Python
Experience with plant capacity testing/resilience
Understang of low-latency trading infrastructure and multicast environments
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