Job Description

As a QA Engineer, you will join one of Sovrn's agile development teams. You will work side by side with product management and our developers to create, test, and release quality software in a timely and efficient manner. 

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in a Software Quality Assurance Test Automation Role
• Working knowledge of Agile development approach
• Desire to learn and grow your skill set (via automation, new tools, new approaches, etc)
• Can clearly define and knows the difference between white box and black box testing
• Ability to create a comprehensive test plan for complex test scenarios
• Feels comfortable working as an independent QA resource embedded within a development team
• Enjoys collaborating with developers, business owners, and product owners on a daily basis
• Has the ability to define the following testing methods: unit, integration, regression, user interface, automated, and boundary testing
• Continuously evaluates with their agile team what is the most effective way a QA resource can help with testing
• Comfortable with frequent context switching
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to identify patterns in data at both a macro and micro scale
• Can effectively communicate with product leads to clarify requirements and validate required behavior and define acceptance criteria 
• Familiar with project management tools (Jira), test case management tools, CI tools (Jenkins, Cruise Control, GO)
• Unix/Linux command line usage including directory navigation, permissions, I/O redirection, command piping, file transfer, file editing, grepping/searching, identifying, starting/stopping, killing daemons and processes

Qualifications

• Experience Testing Java based applications
• Minimum 2 years of practical experience in automation tools (Selenium/Java or Cucumber) required.
• Experience with a programming or scripting language (java, javascript, python, etc.)
• Basic understanding of relational databases (SQL, hive, hadoop, etc)
• Experience parsing server side logs in a linux/unix environment
• Experience testing REST APIs
• Ability to use various browser development tools, and understanding of HTTP protocols
• Experience setting up and executing tests in a continuous integration environment (Jenkins, Team City, GO, Crusise Control, etc.)
• Basic SQL knowledge
• Experience testing Flash and/or HTML5 video players
• Has worked with large data sets

Experience with any of the following tools a plus:

•  FitNesse
•  SoapUI
•  Advanced REST Client
•  Postman
•  Jmeter

 Knowledge of or experience in any of the following data applications also a plus:

•  mysql
•  kafka
•  hive
•  hadoop
•  cassandra
•  mapr

Position Reports to: Director, Quality Assurance