Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer

Job ID: 1684
Location: Baltimore, MD
Type: Permanent
Status: Closed
Key Skills: Quality Assurance, QA, automated test scripts, HTML, XML, ASP, ASP.net, Windows servers, IIS, Linux, Tomcat/Apache, Java, C#, PERL, Ruby, Rails, Git

Description:
The Software Test Engineer will work independently and with other developers, departments, customers, and third parties, in a variety of capacities, as required. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required. The Software Test Engineer is considered a top level contributor and must have the flexibility to perform a variety of tasks. This position reports into the Lead Software Testing Engineer.

Responsibilities:

1. Defines test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria for each application.
2. Participates in design and requirements meetings for each project.
3. Works closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retest defects.
4. Performs application, regression, and acceptance testing.
5. Considerable involvement in system test setup and testing.
6. Assists in release windows.
7. Provides release reports and metrics for releases.
8. Defines and creates automated test scripts in conjunction with development resources.
9. Participates in the definition, setup, and orchestration of stress and capacity tests.
10. Works independently to investigate system level bugs/issues to isolate area of failure working with Development resources.
11. Represents QA in software requirements and design review inspections.
12. Research technical advancements to improve testing for new or existing products.
13. Prepares technical and business reports and documentation as required.

Requirements:

1. Must have demonstrated knowledge in product testing, quality assurance methodologies, multiple databases, and programming techniques.
2. Must have demonstrated knowledge in creating automated test scripts.
3. Must have 4-6 years of experience in quality assurance and testing.
4. Proven ability to utilize either currently existing testing tools or to develop proprietary tools to automate testing.
5. Must have considerable involvement/knowledge of multiple subsystems.
6. Working knowledge of HTML, XML, ASP, ASP.net, Windows servers, IIS, Linux, Tomcat/Apache, Java, C#, PERL, and other scripting languages.
7. Experience with Ruby, Rails, Git, Ruby testing frameworks (Test::Unit, RSpec, Cucumber), CruiseControl, Selenium, Soasta.
8. Demonstrated understanding of the full software lifecycle process and Scrum continuous development and testing methodologies.
9. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science required.

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