Senior QA Engineer, Business Objects

As the world's leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that help accelerate business innovation for our customers. We believe that doing so will unleash growth and create significant new value – for our customers, SAP, and ultimately, entire industries and the economy at large. Today, more than 46,100 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP applications – from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations.JOB TITLE Senior QA Engineer, Business ObjectsPURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES BusinessObjects Enterprise Information Management (EIM) products provide a scalable enterprise-level data integration platform (Data Integrator) and Metadata Management (BOMM) with trusted data and analysis capabilities. EIM Quality Assurance team is seeking for a passionate quality assurance engineer who can be part of a high-performing team essential to the quality and timely delivery of our products. EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS * Collaborate closely with development engineering testing EIM products through entire product release cycle. * Strong technical knowledge in testing methodologies, design and implementation, with some experience in automation methodologies. * Design and develop tests infrastructure for various C++ features/modules as well as web-based applications. * Design and develop project test plans/specifications, testing strategy and test cases including functional, integration, performance, stress/volume testing. * Develop, execute and maintain manual and automated test procedures to deliver highest quality products. * Install, configure and maintain the hardware and software on various Windows and UNIX testing environments. * Assure product quality with thorough test coverage justified by well-defined tools/metrics. * Report, track, and manage defect resolution to the closure. * Develop an automation strategy using the latest home-grown or industrial automation tools. * Participate in defining automation test objectives, strategies, infrastructure and standardsWORK EXPERIENCE * Knowledgeable in operating Windows and/or Unix development environments (e.g. Solaris, Linux, AIX, or HP) * Knowledgeable with RDBMS ie. Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Informix; ODBC interfaces. * Knowledge in Java and XML. * Strong trouble shooting capability for failure analysis * Familiarity with software lifecycles and methodologies * Proficient in testing products according to company's QA process, methodology and automation test tools * Experience in project planning and time management, excellent verbal/written communication * Strong context switching ability to work in multi-tasking environment * Ability to self-learn and act on own initiative while applying knowledge effectively. * Willing to work with remote team in different time zone. * Must be methodical and detail-oriented, well organized, have a thorough approach to problem solving and a team-oriented work ethic EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES * Minimum Bachelor degree in Computer Science, EECS or foreign degree equivalent. * Data Integration (ETL) knowledge or Data Warehousing concept is a plus * Knowledge of Data Quality such as address cleanse, data cleanse, and match * Experience in Windows MFC and SDK is a plus. * Experience in white box testing on Java code with JTest or JUnit is a plus * Knowledge in GUI industrial automation tools * Ability to train and support end users is a plus   Title: Senior QA Engineer, Business ObjectsCompany: SAPLocation: San Jose, CAStatus: Full Time, EmployeeJob Category: IT/Software Development