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Organization: Proofpoint Inc
Job Title:QA Automation Engineer
Salary:DOE
Category:Computer Software
Deadline: 11/20/2013: Expired
Location:Toronto, Ontario

Overview

We are looking for a Software Developer for Test Automation to work in our downtown Toronto office. Proofpoint Enterprise Archiving is a cloud-based solution that features a distributed grid search and storage infrastructure. This service-based architecture allows us to scale to meet the needs of companies that are amongst the largest businesses in the world.
 As a Software Developer for Test Automation, you will play a pivotal role on one of our Scrum teams by identifying design issues, promoting and improving testability, creating and automating test cases, and identifying and reporting defects. This is a highly-technical role that requires solid OO development skills (we have a custom automation test harness integrated into our backend infrastructure). Basically, we need developers who are passionate about quality and automation. In this role, you will help form and drive our overall test automation strategy, and you will be working alongside sharp, like-minded engineers as well. Responsibilities Include:

  • Contribute to the delivery of high quality, testable software, from requirements analysis to acceptance testing
  • Design, develop and deliver automated functional and integration test cases
  • Create an automated test suite for performance and scalability testing
  • Work with the Scrum team to deliver working, tested software in each sprint
  • Demonstrate technical leadership and act as a mentor for other test team members
  • Act as a tireless promoter for testability and automation Requirements:
  • 3+ years of experience automating tests in areas such as unit, functional, integration, user interface, performance and scalability testing
  • Good experience writing code in an object oriented language, especially C# or Java (our interviews have whiteboard coding tests, so this is a must-have requirement)
  • Previous experience with an automated testing frameworks such as NUnit, Selenium, Fitnesse, Watin/Watir
  • Experience working in an agile software development team using Scrum
  • Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and inter-personal skills
  • Highly developed critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated a high level of productivity, responsibility, and influence in previous position(s)
  • Experience testing Software as a Service (SaaS) based products is a strong plus
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

  • Experience and Qualifications

    Need experience with qa automation in an enterprise environment.




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