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Company: $9 Billion, Web Services, Pacific Coast
Salary: Up to $100K + Bonus + Options
Reports To: Director
Position Responsibilities:
AGORA Consulting seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer to join the
Engineering organization for our Client, a global web services organization.
In this role, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Driving the full life-cycle quality assurance for a large-scale
enterprise software application, work with the development team,
product management, product architects and documentation to ensure
the requirements and design are translated into efficient test case
design and implementation, as well as make recommendations to improve
product reliability, performance, quality assurance best practices
and processes.
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science with 3+ years experience of applicable
software engineering in a QA and/or software development role
- Working knowledge of testing one or more enterprise software
applications which leverage J2EE and related technologies as well
as application servers such as Jboss, Weblogic and/or Websphere
- 2+ years of RDBMS systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, and/or
DB2
- Experience developing/testing J2EE applications, web based
applications,
and XML
- Strong working knowledge of SQL and web based technologies
- Familiarity ETL, MDX, Stored Procedures, OLAP, are all pluses
- Technical programming background with experience developing
automated api, user interface and load/performance tests using
third party testing tools such as Mercury's QuickTest Professional
and LoadRunner
- Strong experience with QA methodologies and procedures such
as test case management and defect management
- Experience working with defect management tools such as JIRA,
Bugzilla, or Rational ClearQuest
- Direct experience in requirements analysis, use case analysis,
and design analysis to develop test designs and test automation
and procedures
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills including the
ability to define alternatives, make appropriate recommendations
and provide strategies for the resolution of issues at the platform,
tool/utility and software levels
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Exposure to software development lifecycle methodologies such
as RUP (Rational Unified Process) as well as Agile development
methodologies like Scrum and XP
- Proven dedication to quality and a strong commitment to the
customer satisfaction
- Proven ability to be self directed and self sufficient
The major roles and responsibilities of this position include:
- Develop and execute load/performance test scripts against both
Web and
Java APIs
- Design and implementing tests both automated and manual which
provide sufficient coverage to the user requirements
- Work with a defect management system for tracking and logging
defects, verifying fixes, and collecting metrics
- Collaborating with other QA engineers, developers, technical
writers and solution deployment engineers to derive robust test
plans
- Performing functional and systems tests to assess quality software
and readiness of shipment of the software application to the customer
- Defining tasks and work breakdown structure for all QA activities
to support a predictable software release schedule
Interested in this opportunity?
Please respond ONLY IF you have the appropriate background and
experience by sending your resume as a Word attachment to resume@agoraconsulting.com
and listing the job title on the subject line. Do NOT call or send
faxes.
AGORA Consulting Bio:
AGORA Consulting is a Colorado Springs based search firm providing
executive search and selection services to clients locally, nationally
and internationally. We are a boutique firm with an extensive network
in the high tech business community. We have placed executives with
Fortune 500 clients and start-ups from California to New York with
clients in Canada, France and South Africa. Our philosophy is to
partner with an organization to surface and present the best available
talent based on the specifications outlined by an organization's
leadership.
We believe our greatest strength is our involvement with and commitment
to our clients. We strive to provide timely response to client's
needs. We work closely with our clients to build strong relationships
and provide exceptional service that exceed their expectations.
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