US-Bellevue: Software Test Specialist

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Date: 21-Oct-2008

Software Test Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY

As a member of the Software Verification and Validation team, you will have the opportunity to work with exciting projects, helping to ensure that the product we release is of the highest possible quality. The successful candidate will be actively involved in setup of test environments, test case execution, reporting of results, some test case development and planning.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Working with sub-teams within the group to generate creative solutions to complex testing problems and the ability to participate in ongoing process improvement. * Developing and executing various types of tests such as regression, smoke, and functional system-level tests on various server based products that our group is responsible for testing * Apply quality assurance techniques against client/server Web and wireless applications * Troubleshoot and investigate defects in software * Enter, track, and maintain defect-tracking reports * Collaborate with other testers, developers, and management in a team environment * Utilize in house software testing utilities to exercise functionality, with the ability to analyze and understand test results * Write test tools, which automate the testing process, including functional, load, stress, and scalability testing, and analyze data recorded from the automation process * Perform some level of configuration management responsibility

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

* Minimum 3-years commercial software testing or development experience testing multi-tiered distributed applications * Strong background with UNIX/Linux * Minimum 3-years experience writing test tools, test automation harnesses, and automation scripting * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate status and objectives with other teams and Senior Management * Previous experience using SQL * Previous experience using XML * Ability to analyze code modules for defects and performance problems * BS CS/EE Degree is preferred * Previous experience with WAP or WAP devices a plus * Previous experience with Regular Expressions desired * Comfortable use of CVS, SourceSafe, PVCS, or equivalent software

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Thank you,
Team SQAFYI - Software QA Resource FYI
http://sqa.fyicenter.com