Still open - Sr. QA Analyst (2 positions)/Emeryville, CA/6 months CTH - Please email resumes to vikra...@universal-sw.com.

2014-09-23 Thread Universal Software
*Title: Sr. QA Analyst*

*Location: Emeryville, CA*

*Duration: 6 months CTH*

*Experience: 8+ yrs*



*QA Position 1:*



*Summary:*

• Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of our
systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

• Design, code, maintain, and extend automation testing frameworks across a
range of different projects and teams.

• Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.

• Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

• Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

• Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Description:*

• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.

*• Strong technical competency and experience with web applications, web
services, Java, JS, J2EE, XML, unit testing and DB a must.*

*• Experience writing and executing detailed test cases, test plans and
test design documents*

*• Experience using data driven tests to validate API calls in J2EE
architectures*

*• Experience using test automation tools like jUnit and Selenium a must.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

*• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.*

*• Experience with SOA and testing component-based architecture strongly
preferred*

*• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.*

*• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.*

*• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).*

• Experience with NoSQL technologies (Redis, Hadoop, Hive, HBase) , Solr
and other search/indexing tools.

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or equivalent (MS a plus).



*QA Position 2*



*Summary:*

Do you yearn to test beyond the UI? Are you eager to dive deep into the
code to understand how it works?  We are looking for a White Box Test
Engineer who is passionate about using testing backend services and
technologies. This is NOT the typical black box testing position.  You will
code side-by-side with developers on a variety of projects to build the
necessary quality infrastructure and frameworks.

Your Task

•  Get your hands dirty designing, coding, maintaining, and extending white
box testing frameworks across a range of different backend projects and
teams.

•  Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of
these backend systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

•  Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.  Anything done manually is a
candidate to be automated.

•  Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

•  Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

•  Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Responsibilities:*

*• The ability to code and script using common scripting and OO languages
with a preference for candidates strong in Java and Junit.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.*

*• Experience working within and preferably designing tests for backend
(non-UI based) systems.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

• Nice to have: Experience using Hadoop or other “big data” technologies,
or Solr and other search/indexing tools.

• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.

• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.

• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or 

Still open - Sr. QA Analyst (2 positions)/Emeryville, CA/6 months CTH - Please email resumes to vikra...@universal-sw.com

2014-09-23 Thread Universal Software
*Title: Sr. QA Analyst*

*Location: Emeryville, CA*

*Duration: 6 months CTH*

*Experience: 8+ yrs*



*QA Position 1:*



*Summary:*

• Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of our
systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

• Design, code, maintain, and extend automation testing frameworks across a
range of different projects and teams.

• Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.

• Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

• Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

• Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Description:*

• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.

*• Strong technical competency and experience with web applications, web
services, Java, JS, J2EE, XML, unit testing and DB a must.*

*• Experience writing and executing detailed test cases, test plans and
test design documents*

*• Experience using data driven tests to validate API calls in J2EE
architectures*

*• Experience using test automation tools like jUnit and Selenium a must.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

*• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.*

*• Experience with SOA and testing component-based architecture strongly
preferred*

*• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.*

*• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.*

*• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).*

• Experience with NoSQL technologies (Redis, Hadoop, Hive, HBase) , Solr
and other search/indexing tools.

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or equivalent (MS a plus).



*QA Position 2*



*Summary:*

Do you yearn to test beyond the UI? Are you eager to dive deep into the
code to understand how it works?  We are looking for a White Box Test
Engineer who is passionate about using testing backend services and
technologies. This is NOT the typical black box testing position.  You will
code side-by-side with developers on a variety of projects to build the
necessary quality infrastructure and frameworks.

Your Task

•  Get your hands dirty designing, coding, maintaining, and extending white
box testing frameworks across a range of different backend projects and
teams.

•  Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of
these backend systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

•  Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.  Anything done manually is a
candidate to be automated.

•  Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

•  Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

•  Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Responsibilities:*

*• The ability to code and script using common scripting and OO languages
with a preference for candidates strong in Java and Junit.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.*

*• Experience working within and preferably designing tests for backend
(non-UI based) systems.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

• Nice to have: Experience using Hadoop or other “big data” technologies,
or Solr and other search/indexing tools.

• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.

• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.

• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or 

Still open - Sr. QA Analyst (2 positions)/Emeryville, CA/6 months CTH - Please email resumes to vikra...@universal-sw.com..

2014-09-23 Thread Universal Software
*Title: Sr. QA Analyst*

*Location: Emeryville, CA*

*Duration: 6 months CTH*

*Experience: 8+ yrs*



*QA Position 1:*



*Summary:*

• Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of our
systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

• Design, code, maintain, and extend automation testing frameworks across a
range of different projects and teams.

• Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.

• Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

• Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

• Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Description:*

• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.

*• Strong technical competency and experience with web applications, web
services, Java, JS, J2EE, XML, unit testing and DB a must.*

*• Experience writing and executing detailed test cases, test plans and
test design documents*

*• Experience using data driven tests to validate API calls in J2EE
architectures*

*• Experience using test automation tools like jUnit and Selenium a must.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

*• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.*

*• Experience with SOA and testing component-based architecture strongly
preferred*

*• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.*

*• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.*

*• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).*

• Experience with NoSQL technologies (Redis, Hadoop, Hive, HBase) , Solr
and other search/indexing tools.

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or equivalent (MS a plus).



*QA Position 2*



*Summary:*

Do you yearn to test beyond the UI? Are you eager to dive deep into the
code to understand how it works?  We are looking for a White Box Test
Engineer who is passionate about using testing backend services and
technologies. This is NOT the typical black box testing position.  You will
code side-by-side with developers on a variety of projects to build the
necessary quality infrastructure and frameworks.

Your Task

•  Get your hands dirty designing, coding, maintaining, and extending white
box testing frameworks across a range of different backend projects and
teams.

•  Own the QA processes and tools for ensuring quality in all aspects of
these backend systems. Advocate for adherence to best quality practices.

•  Automate wherever possible, from regression test scripts to deployment
processes to metrics reporting dashboards.  Anything done manually is a
candidate to be automated.

•  Anticipate team needs and proactively identify areas of improvement,
efficiency, and new tools to incorporate into the quality process.

•  Ensure visibility of efforts by designing methods of tracking and
reporting quality metrics across all implementations to determine the
effect of changes made to various systems.

•  Provide guidance and support while bringing other team members up to
speed on these processes and frameworks.



*Responsibilities:*

*• The ability to code and script using common scripting and OO languages
with a preference for candidates strong in Java and Junit.*

*• Technical aptitude across a range of tools including Python, Shell, etc.*

*• The ability to lead the quality effort for a development team and be a
vocal advocate of the use and adherence to best testing practices and
methods.*

*• Experience working within and preferably designing tests for backend
(non-UI based) systems.*

*• Strong Unix/Linux skills*

• Nice to have: Experience using Hadoop or other “big data” technologies,
or Solr and other search/indexing tools.

• 3+ years in OO coding or OO white box testing, preferably in the area of
web-based applications. Programming experience in Java, C++ or any other OO
language.

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment a plus.

• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile/SCRUM system.

• Knowledge of the benefits and limitations of different scripting
languages (such as PERL, Shell, PHP, Python, etc) and unit testing
frameworks (Junit, TestNG, etc).

• Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail.

• Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science or