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Group: Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections! Subject: Required:Software Developement Quality Assurance Consultant, see below for more details Danielle Hunt posted a job: Required:Software Developement Quality Assurance Consultant, see below for more details "Software Development QA (Quality Assurance) Consultant 12 month contract Cambridge, UK Our client’s patented search technologies help organisations detect and guard against the threats of counterfeiting, piracy, fraud and online brand abuse. Including customised brand and trade mark monitoring services. Their systems scan auctions, newsgroups, B2B forums, peer-to-peer file sharing networks and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels, as well as websites. Giving customers easy access to highly focused results, intelligently filtered and ranked in line with their own business criteria. Specialised visual search technology is used in the fight against online counterfeiters and fraudsters. Robust and reliable logo monitoring tools, provide an effective way of detecting online logo, branding and trade mark infringements. The software range is built upon on a wide range of technologies. The core technologies being Java, C++, HTML, XML and Linux. The Company is currently looking for an experienced QA Engineer for a maternity cover contract, who will report to the development team lead. The successful candidate will take on the ownership of the quality assurance process, including release engineering, within the team. The development department use an Agile development approach and the QA engineer will work as an integral member of the team. Working with internal customers, designing and developing automated tests; • Working closely with Development team, providing feedback on test results; • Maintaining and developing infrastructure for continuous build and running of tests; • Proving expertise and input on appropriate QA process, systems and infrastructure; • Release management; • Key player in development of new products and ensuring QA excellence; • Working with legacy systems and implementing appropriate levels of testing; • Full testing cycle: test plans, scenarios, functional testing, issue tracker system, release notes / Wiki (Release Management); • Agile development: iterations, user stories, story acceptance criteria. Skills/experience required • A good understanding of Internet technologies and protocols; • Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team environment; • Enthusiasm for improving software products by ensuring an appropriate level of QA; • Ability to analyse and define test processes. Core Skills/Experience • At least 3 years relevant experience; • Currently working in a similar role or ready to progress to a senior role; • Current hands-on test skills; • Experience of automated test code development in Java, Python or similar; • Some experience of Linux and Bash; • Test automation with Selenium or similar. Desirable skills but non-essential • Experience of tools such as ant, JUnit, CruiseControl, Hudson or similar; • Bachelor degree in computer science; • Experience of Agile development."

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