Description
Job Title Senior Test and Support Engineer
Duration 6 months (daily rate)
Location Cork, Ireland
Overview
Great opportunity for a Senior Test and Support Engineer to join one of the country's largest software development organisations who specialise in architecting, developing and integrating custom .NET and Java application. My client provides consultancy and leading edge software solutions for a wide variety of US, EU and UK based clients in the insurance, healthcare, retail and public sector markets. As such they are committed to hiring those people with the best technical skills.
Committed to Cork having operated here since the late 1990's and employing close to 200 people, my client employs a wide range of technologies including Mobile (iOS, Android, Windows), Java/J2EE (with Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Apache Tomcat), Oracle 9i, Microsoft ASP and ASP.NET, C# and C++.
This position has been created as a direct result of expansion of my clients Software Test function. The success Snr Test Engineer will work closely with the development and management teams to ensure the continued delivery of high quality software and maintain the operation of existing production systems.
It may suit a candidate with a strong testing or production support background, who is interested in moving towards a development role,
Reporting directly to a project manager, in addition to the responsibilities of a Software Test Engineer, the successful candidate will:
- Provide input and leadership to the project team as per best practice (estimating, designing, developing and executing test procedures and test cases).
- Provide guidance to the project team about functionality and quality in relation to the testing approach.
- Report regularly on the test metrics and escalate issues as appropriate.
- Review specification documents with the project team so that accurate and comprehensive test plans can be created.
- Ensure deployed software meets expectations and have frequent reviews with the project team on the status and results of testing.
- Be competent in the use of test automation and test tracking tools to maximise productivity during the regression testing and performance testing phases of the project.
- Recommend and develop improvements to the current testing process.
- Manage priorities and set expectations when faced with multiple demanding tasks.
- Take ownership over incoming support issues and where possible learn how to apply simple production fixes or direct to the correct internal resource.
- You may be required to work in excess of the normal working day to achieve a particular project deadline
- You may be required to perform additional duties, not listed above, to support the testing function into the future.
Requirements:
- Ability to take ownership over problems and drive through to resolution.
- Track record of achieving results and high standards.
- Experience of working on different teams and different technologies with an ability to test across multiple projects.
- Demonstrated ability to work on own or as part of a team.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to work in small teams and individually, managing your own time.
- Desire to develop your own knowledge by keeping abreast of testing tools and techniques, attending workshops and reviewing technical publications.
- Experience in communicating directly with clients.
- Technical Requirements:
- A minimum of 6 years system testing experience with particular emphasis on web based testing.
- Strong testing background expected with experience writing test plans and test procedures.
- Experience with regression, integration and system level test execution.
- Experience with test automation tools such as Visual Studio Team System (Test Edition), HP Quick Test Professional, Selenium or similar tools.
- Working knowledge of performance/load testing tools Visual Studio Team System (Test Edition) or similar
- Experience in the use of defect tracking tools.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Ability to understand how an application is architected and understanding of where to go looking for issues
- Experience in dealing with data and understanding of SQL would be highly beneficial.
- Self-starter, proactive, with demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.