Sr. QA Engineer at Surrex Solutions Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ

Sr. QA Engineer

Well established industry leading firm in the entertainment industry has an immediate need in their Scottsdale, Arizona location for an accomplished Sr. QA Engineer for a full time opportunity as follows:

 

Test Definition:

• Prior proven experience writing test plans and test cases
• Prior experience analyzing the needs of internal/external clients
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)

Mentoring:

• Provide guidance to more junior team members in developing testing & technical skills.
• Document all stages of the QA process and work with QA Leads/Director to define & improve best testing practices.

 

Server Knowledge:

• Prior experience with the basics of server administration, including server starts/stops
• Prior experience with basic modifications to web server config files
• Experience with Apache on Linux

Sr. QA Engineer

Test Execution:

• Prior proven experience with black box/gray box testing
• Must have experience testing web applications
• Must be able to write SQL queries to identify and verify data used by code
• Must also be able to write SQL to find or create baseline data for complex test scenarios
• Should be comfortable with relational database technology, concepts and tools
• Must be able to work in an environment with short development and release cycles

Bug Tracking:

• Familiarity with a bug tracking tool (e.g., Bugzilla, RT), and associated processes
• Responsible for identifying, logging, tracking and escalating bugs.
• Verifying fixes, through regression testing
• Updating related QA documentation
• Ability to write concise bug reports is a must.
  

Automation:

• Familiarity with programming/scripting language(s) (e.g., Perl, UNIX shell)
• Experience testing middleware
• Looking for testers who are not dependent on a specific tool (e.g. WinRunner, Quick Test Pro)

 

 

Preferred:

• Experience testing applications developed using Open Source Technologies in a large scale transaction environment (Linux, Apache, Perl, MySQL * LAMP)
• Strong scripting language skills (e.g. Perl, Shell scripting)
• Prior experience with open-source test automation tools (e.g. JUnit, TestNG)
• Prior experience with continuous integration systems such as Hudson or Cruise Control
• Prior experience with build tools such as Ant or Maven.
• Familiar with Linux at least at a user level (i.e., experience working at the command prompt)
• Prior experience with MySQL and Oracle
• Experience with Release Management process/methodology.

 

If you would like to be seriously considered for this role, please respond with your resume in MS Word format.