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Form of workSenior 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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