QA Engineer

Intaver Institute is seeking a QA Engineer to help design and perform complex measurement studies characterizing product performance and stability in demanding real world situations. The QA Engineer will use a variety of tools including industry standard benchmarks, as well as custom developed test software, to observe product performance across diverse hardware, operating systems, application servers, and databases. The QA Engineer will also help construct specialized scenarios to measure product scalability, stability, and fault tolerance. Resulting data will be used to enhance performance and scalability of the core product against a baseline. In addition, the QA Engineer will help consolidate, analyze, and present data in formal capacity planning guides containing formulas, scenarios, and best practices. 

The QA Engineer will design and run extensive overhead, scalability, stability, and stress tests using industry standard benchmarks and custom developed software. Work with Development, Support, and Sustaining teams to reproduce complex performance problems. Analyze test results and write capacity planning / customer best practice guides. Maintain test lab equipment and improve testing efficiency and test lab utilization.

The ideal candidate must have a BS in Computer Science or higher. Work experience must include 3+ years of benchmark testing, performance analysis, and measurement on highly technical projects. Outstanding attention to detail and communication skills. Strong programming skills in Java, Jython, C++, or C. Strong troubleshooting and reasoning skills. Strong understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization. Ability to analyze / interpret technical data, to identify / resolve system bottlenecks, to identify potential limitations in software architectures, to write clear and concise technical documents, and to re-configure test hardware / software from scratch. Working knowledge of operating system design / tuning (e.g. Windows, Solaris, AIX). Working knowledge of database tuning and administration (e.g. Oracle, DB2). Knowledge of appserver load testing / benchmark software (e.g. SPECJAppserver, WebBench). Considered a "plus" if the candidate is familiar with: Application servers (e.g. Weblogic, WebSphere, IPlanet), J2EE Technologies (e.g. JSP, Servlets, EJB, JNDI, Web Services), TCP/IP, networking topology, routers, switches, Network packet sniffers (e.g. Windump, Microsoft Network Monitor, EtherPeek, Observer), and Webserver load generation utilities (e.g. TestMaker, LoadRunner, Silk Performer).

Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply directly by forwarding their resume to E-mail: hr@intaver.com 

Post Date: August 6, 2010