Sr. System Test Engineer
Can you think beyond the horizon? Visionary minds required!
Moments like this in life are rare. An opportunity where career expectations and work come together. An engineering environment where innovation and quality assurance is expected and demanded.
We are looking for a System Test Engineer to join a strong Engineering QA team. This team ensures that our products are robust and fit for purpose. The position will involve working with our Development Engineers in an Agile environment, creating test plans, developing test cases, carrying out a variety of tests and managing defects from inception to verification and closure.
This is a challenging full lifecycle testing role within a dedicated QA team committed to quality.
The responsibilities for this role include:
·Developing and running new feature tests and regression tests against BlueArc NAS servers and various storage platforms in a wide range of scenarios
·Performing qualification and integration tests against new product introductions
·Liaison with Development groups (hardware and software) for test development tasks and supporting investigations and resolution of issues encountered by our customers
·Verifying our online product documentation
·Use of HP’s Quality Centre application for test case creation and defect management
·Writing or modifying test scripts using the Python programming language.
·Interfacing with Product Management, Services and OEM Partners as necessary
The successful candidate is likely to meet the following basic requirements:
·Good degree in either an engineering or computing discipline
·At least two years practical experience of the whole test cycle including test plan and test script development
·Functional, regression and system testing experience
·Experience in a number of the following technical skill areas:
oUNIX / Windows environments
oFile sharing protocols (SMB/CIFS, NFS)
oTCP/IP Networks
oiSCSI
oMicrosoft Networking
Nice to have skills:
NDMP, tape libraries, backup applications like Veritas, Legato and NetBackup.
The following are advantageous but non-essential areas of experience:
·Working knowledge of a Test Management tool (e.g. HP Quality Centre)
·Experience in the enterprise server/storage industry
·Ability to develop automated tests
Soft skills
·Adaptable and hard-working. Takes ownership and able to work with minimal supervision
·Team player with excellent communication skills
·A good technical skills balance with a strong quality ethic
·The ability to grasp technical problems and their implications quickly and take appropriate action
·Good analytical and observation skills, matched with an ability to cope with change
·Must be personally highly motivated. As with all dynamic organisations, personal commitment is expected to be high
A competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work within a dynamic, open and fast moving environment await the right candidate.
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*HDS is recruiting exclusively directly, no outsourcing partnerships are being considered.
