Sr Release Test System Integration Tester

ID 520834

Title Sr Release Test System Integration Tester

Client INTELSAT

Location Chicago Illinois (onsite only)

Experience 8 years experience (no juniors). Please dont give beyond 15 years too.

Salary 100 K for FTE or 65 for TPC

Job Description:

Must have Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline
• 8 years of work experience as a Sr Release Test System Integration Tester
• Use of test management and defect management tools like Zephyr and JIRA.
• Working knowledge on CI tools like Jenkins to align with Dev-Ops Deployment process.
• Experience with large-scale multi-tiered systems and service-oriented architecture third-party cloud-based testing.
• Understanding of modern web application architecture utilizing decoupled modules and independent subsystems.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities and balance multiple objectives.
• Strong attention to detail & ability to work in a self-directed environment.
• Basic understanding of networks and components: modem switches routers and firewalls.

Work with System design product and development to build testing and validation test plans.
Collaborate with product design and broader engineering team on feature and functionality definitions.
Use product requirements system engineering requirements and BDD/TDD test techniques to translate requirements into testcases.
Identify and drive the implementation of best in class testing best practices.
Share your technical expertise and provide risk assessments in the various design test plan quality and capability readiness reviews.

Can you drive these processes
Design system-level test plans create schedules execute test cases (manual and automated) and provide regular status updates on QA activities.
Execute procedures that validate product features using test plans and functional specifications based on the system requirements.
Work with the cross functional teams to resolve issues found throughout the SDLC and provide detailed test execution records.
Maintain accurate QA metrics/dashboards participate in quality reviews and identify improvement opportunities.
Capable of handling multiple concurrent projects; comfortable coordinating the work of multiple engineers on complex projects.

It would be nice if you had:
System Engineering and system integration experience a plus.
Telecommunications experience a plus.
Knowledge on scripting languages such as Python or Ruby a plus
Good understanding of databases with some experience with SQL and NoSQL.