Location: San Diego, CA
URL: http://www.proquest.com
This position reports directly to the Executive Director, Technology, and will work directly with development, product development, and our project management team members. The candidate must be comfortable working in a stimulating and fast-paced environment; have a history of working directly with others in triage, resolving issues to the satisfaction of all parties; and should also be a candidate who is passionate about your bugs. The Lead Software Test Engineer will work independently and with other developers, departments, customers, and third parties, in a variety of capacities, as required. Very strong communication and interpersonal skills are required. The Lead Software Test Engineer will be considered a top level contributor and specialist, and must have the flexibility to perform a variety of tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Defines test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria for each application.
- Participates in design and requirements meetings for each project.
- Works closely with Product Development and Product Management to define, research, correct, and retest defects.
- Performs application, regression, and acceptance testing.
- Considerable involvement in system test setup and testing.
- Assists in release windows.
- Provides release reports and metrics for releases.
- Works with vendors and manages vendor deliverables.
- Defines and creates automated test scripts in conjunction with development resources.
- Participates in the definition, setup, and orchestration of system level stress and capacity tests.
- Works independently to investigate system level bugs/issues to isolate area of failure working with Development resources.
- Assists with directing activities of other QA Engineers.
- Represents QA in software requirements and design review inspections.
- Research technical advancements to improve testing for new or existing products.
- Prepares technical and business reports and documentation as required.
Skills & Experience:
- Must have demonstrated knowledge in product testing, quality assurance methodologies, multiple databases, programming techniques, and project management.
- Must have demonstrated knowledge in creating automated test scripts.
- Must have minimum 8-10 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing.
- Must have considerable involvement/knowledge of multiple subsystems.
- Working knowledge of ASP, ASP.net, Windows servers, IIS, Linux, Tomcat/Apache, Java, C#, PERL, and other scripting languages
- Demonstrated understanding of the full software lifecycle process and Scrum continuous development and testing methodologies.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science required.
To apply: To apply, please go to: http://www.cytiva.com/pquest/detail.asp?pquest701
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