Description

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer tests Entuity’s Network Analytics software solutions across all supported platforms, using a combination of manual and automated testing techniques, to ensure they meet or exceed Entuity’s quality standards and are suitable for public release.

What you’ll be doing:

· Acquire a thorough understanding of, and comply with, Entuity’s software development life cycle and its associated processes.

· Work with Development Manager and Product Management to translate the functional specification into a thorough set of test cases, and document as appropriate using the QTest system.

· Continue to work closely with the Development Manager and software engineers throughout the software development life cycle to capture additional test scenarios and acceptance criteria covering both functional and non-functional requirements.

· Perform manual execution of test cases, capturing the results (in QTest) and logging a detailed report for any bugs found into the defect tracking system (Footprints).

· Development and maintenance of automated test scripts.

· Detailed bug reporting and providing help on reproducing issues, along with constructive feedback to software engineers.

· Configuration and maintenance of the QA test lab, and all networking equipment contained within it, to support the various scenarios under test.

· Configuration and maintenance of the QA teams’ servers, including both physical and virtual server pool.

· Aiding support with the reproduction (or not) of customer issues.

· Act as a buddy for other QA engineers at the same or lower level.

· Proactively take part in the review of work (e.g. test cases) by other QA engineers.

· Other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for:

· 4+ years relevant work experience required.

· Scripting/Programming experience (ideally Python and/or Java).

· Good knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, Routing/switching protocols, Security).

· Base level understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS).

· Solid Linux and Windows experience.

· Good verbal and writing skills.

· Self-motivated and quick learner.

· Having an analytical and structured approach to problem solving.

· Commitment to strive for quality products.

· Consistently demonstrate a solid attention to detail and areas of improvement.

· Be able to break complex problems into tasks.

· Be able to provide accurate estimate timescales for task completion.

· Demonstrate good personal time management, and a consistent ability to meet project objectives and deadline.

· Able to clearly communicate complex problems / solutions to other colleagues.

· Experience with UI automation (Selenium).

· Knowledge of database technology (MySQL, MariaDB).

· Familiarity with one or more advanced network technologies (e.g. SNMP, QoS, Flow, IP SLA, LDAP, Encryption).

· Virtual machine and hypervisor administration (VMWare, Oracle Virtual Box).

· Familiarity with network tools (Wireshark, traceroute, GNS3, FTP/SCP).

· General understanding of network management.

· Empathy for usability.

· Experience working on projects as part of a team.

Bonus Points:

· ISTQB foundation certification.

· CCNA certification.

Education:

· Bachelor’s Degree required.

Travel:

· 5%

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Park Place Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

Park Place Technologies has an in-house recruiting team that focuses exclusively on the hiring needs of our company. We are not currently accepting additional third-party agreements or unsolicited resumes. If you would like to be considered as a preferred partner with Park Place Technologies, please submit your detailed information to careers@parkplacetech.com. Any CVs submitted directly to hiring managers will be considered unsolicited and become the property of Park Place Technologies.

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