Director Quality Assurance Job Posting

Job Title:	Director Quality Assurance
Company:	Computer Associates Inc
Position Type:	Contract
Pay Rate:	tbd
Skills:	Java, J2EE, SilkTest
Date Posted:	Oct-05-09

Job Description

CA Wily Technology is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to implement a wide range of automated tests to improve testing efficiency of the CA Wily product set. The Senior QA Automation Engineer will utilize a variety of custom developed software and off the shelf packages to build functional, system and stability tests across a wide variety of environments encompassing the latest application servers, databases, operating systems, and hardware platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop / maintain automation test suites
• Maintain, extend and enhance Automation harnesses and testing infrastructure
• Design and develop new scenario based stress, verification, application simulation tests
• Review test cases requiring Automation or simulation tools
• Document automation procedures and maintain over time
• Troubleshoot problems with application server, database, operating system setup
• Develop innovative approaches to accommodate tight schedules and resource constraints using Automated techniques

Non-Negotiable Requirements
• 5+ years of combined Software QA and Software development experience, with a distinguished track record on highly technical projects
• 3+ years of QA work involving complex distributed systems
• 4+ years of Object Oriented software development in Java and Jython
• 3+ years test automation experience, including:
o contributing to automation framework development
o developing and maintaining Seque SilkTest or HP / Mercury QTP test suites

Additional Requirements

• Strong experience with HP / Mercury Quality Center
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail
• Expert knowledge of web application testing
• Ability to make wise tradeoffs in design approach and scope to meet deadlines
• Ability to troubleshoot complex software / hardware configuration problems
• Ability to accurately identify high priority software use cases and edge cases
• Strong knowledge of XML
• Database experience including Postgres, Oracle and/or SQL Server
• Strong development experience using the Eclipse IDE
• Strong working knowledge of CVS or Perforce
• Strong knowledge of J2EE test applications (e.g. ECPerf, Petstore, Trade2)
• Strong knowledge of J2EE technologies (e.g. JSP, Servlets, EJB, JDBC Drivers)
• Considered a strong “plus” if the candidate is familiar with:
o JUnit, NUnit, Cactus
o 2+ years of Object Oriented software development in C++ or C#
o Experience automating web services applications
o Java Application server administration / tuning (e.g. Weblogic, WebSphere, Iplanet, Oracle)
o Database administration / tuning (e.g. Oracle, DB2)
o System administration / tuning (e.g. Solaris, AIX, Windows)
o TCP/IP, networking topology, routers, switches, firewalls

Location:	US-CA-South San Francisco
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:	Hatim Shafique
Contact Phone:	6502962570
Contact Email:	hatim.shafique@ca.com
Contact Comments:
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