Automation Engineer

Looking for a candidate with strong technical skills to develop and execute test strategies for telecom related programs. The QA engineer will be responsible for working with other scrum team members to help develop, execute and automate test cases based on a published set of technical requirements. The candidate preferably has an understanding of the telecommunications domain and can work as part of a high performing scrum team in a fast paced agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes test strategies/scenarios for telephony network applications/infrastructure.
• Develops and maintains automated regression test suites.
• Works as part of a scrum team in an agile environment.
• Works with operations to ensure smooth software deployments in production.
• Possesses the ability to work with minimal supervision and/or independently.
• Utilizes experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Writes or modifies scripts in Python, Perl or UNIX to automate repetitive tests.
• Creates tests and defect reports using the team standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years overall test experience developing and automating test cases.
• Minimum 5 years software testing experience of UNIX or Linux client server applications, including testing application installation/configuration, trouble shooting and load/performance.
• Experience in SIP, SS7(ISUP), TCAP and/or ENUM protocols.
• Experience writing UNIX shell, Perl or Python scripts
• Experience with software version control such as GIT and/or SVN.
• Ability to create high level and detailed test plans and test reports.
• Thorough understanding of test processes and ability to estimate task duration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills