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Job Title: Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Company Name: Connexion Systems and Engineering
Location: San Franncisco, CA
Profession: Testing/Quality Assurance

Job Description:










Job Description:




Sr. QA Automation Engineer

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to implement a wide range of automated tests to improve testing efficiency of our product set. The Senior QA Automation Engineer will utilize a variety of custom developed software and off the shelf packages to build functional, system and stability tests across a wide variety of environments encompassing the latest application servers, databases, operating systems, and hardware platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Develop / maintain automation test suites
Maintain, extend and enhance Automation harnesses and testing infrastructure
Design and develop new scenario based stress, verification, application simulation tests
Review test cases requiring Automation or simulation tools
Document automation procedures and maintain over time
Troubleshoot problems with application server, database, operating system setup
Develop innovative approaches to accommodate tight schedules and resource constraints using Automated techniques

Non-Negotiable Requirements
5+ years of combined Software QA and Software development experience, with a distinguished track record on highly technical projects
3+ years of QA work involving complex distributed systems
4+ years of Object Oriented software development in Java and Jython
3+ years test automation experience, including:
contributing to automation framework development
developing and maintaining Seque SilkTest or HP / Mercury QTP test suites

Additional Requirements

Strong experience with HP / Mercury Quality Center
BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail
Expert knowledge of web application testing
Ability to make wise tradeoffs in design approach and scope to meet deadlines
Ability to troubleshoot complex software / hardware configuration problems
Ability to accurately identify high priority software use cases and edge cases
Strong knowledge of XML
Database experience including Postgres, Oracle and/or SQL Server
Strong development experience using the Eclipse IDE
Strong working knowledge of CVS or Perforce
Strong knowledge of J2EE test applications (e.g. ECPerf, Petstore, Trade2)
Strong knowledge of J2EE technologies (e.g. JSP, Servlets, EJB, JDBC Drivers)
Considered a strong plus if the candidate is familiar with:
JUnit, NUnit, Cactus
2+ years of Object Oriented software development in C++ or C#
Experience automating web services applications
Java Application server administration / tuning (e.g. Weblogic, WebSphere, Iplanet, Oracle)
Database administration / tuning (e.g. Oracle, DB2)
System administration / tuning (e.g. Solaris, AIX, Windows)
TCP/IP, networking topology, routers, switches, firewalls

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