US-CA-: QA Test Engineer

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Date: 24-Jun-2008

QA Test Engineer

QA Test Engineer must have the ability to work as an individual contributor, team member in a position to test and analyze products on tight schedules throughout the development cycle. The candidate must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Specific Responsibilities:

* Work with Quality Assurance Test Manager in developing and implementing critical QA and verification test plans, procedures, methodologies and matrices.

* Perform competitive analysis on third party products

* Investigate technologies as assigned

* Individual contributor or part of test team for major projects including performing functionality and performance testing.

* Work closely with design teams to understand new project architectures and system components and subsequently develop test plans and procedures to extract key data to validate quality of performance in accordance with specifications

* Strive for efficiency and efficacy in test execution, data gathering, reporting and bug tracking

* Assist in the procurement of test equipment and commercial test software where applicable to support test requirements.

* Work with all functional groups to ensure that lessons learned items are captured and incorporated into new product designs.

* Facilitate the implementation of appropriate changes to product, process, system and procedures through the ECO process to prevent the recurrence of reported nonconformities.

* Maintain automation test harnesses.

* Must be able to manage multiple priorities and tasks in a dynamic work environment.

* Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards.

Education and Experience Requirements:

* B.S. Degree in technical field (e.g. EE, ME, Computer Science, etc.). Able to quickly grasp technical product quality issues, failure analysis reports, test reports, and technical engineering / design solutions.

* Minimum 5 - 7 years experience in a quality assurance test or test engineering roles

* Strong background testing hardware, firmware, software, network, KVM and AV products

* Highly organized and detail-oriented

* Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

* Familiarity with ERP system concepts, Oracle preferred

* Familiarity with programming in one or more of the following: C, C++, Java, TCL/TK, Python, Perl

* Knowledge of configuring clients and servers in operating systems including: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP, - Novell OSs, - Linux, FreeBSD

* Ability to travel domestically and internationally

* Desired Certifications include: CISSP, CCDA, MCSE or CCNA

* Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus: o WHQL

o LAN design

o SNMP and Manageability Software

o Cisco Routers

o HTML

o USB

o ATM, Dial Internet

o PPP

o NICs and Switches

o Fiber optic and CAT 5 cabling

o Security: VPNs, IPsec, PPTP

o Protocols: TCP/IP, PPPoE, IPX, NetBEUI

o Wireless: 802.11, WIFI

o Routers, firewalls and intrusion detection

o Diagnostic tools such as Network Sniffers

o IP trouble-shooting skills

o Ability to review data transmission traces to identify application deficiencies

For more information, please write to us.

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