Test Automation Specialist

InfoNow Corporation

 Overview of Contractor Role

 

Role:  Test Automation Specialist   Department:  Engineering

Supervisor:  Test Manager Company Information

InfoNow is an innovative provider of SaaS-based channel data management solutions that collect, process and enrich channel sales and inventory data for companies selling through channel partner networks.  InfoNow’s solutions help our clients gain timely and actionable insight on channel sales, partner performance and visibility to end customers.  

 

We are a well-funded, Denver-based, mid-stage start-up with backing by Sequel Partners and Sevin Rosen Funds.  InfoNow is seeking motivated professionals that thrive in a start-up environment and are looking to play a key role in shaping the company’s future.

 

For more information, visit http://www.infonow.com/.

 Expected Contributions to the Role

The position has responsibility to give best-practice guidance and set-up an automation test harness, giving the capability to easily smoke-test the application platform for functional and stress/load.  Responsibilities also include training the other members of the test team through hands-on tutorial and the creation of supporting documentation. 

  Major Areas of Accountability that Support ContributionsAbility to work in a streamlined, dynamic, fast-paced environment.Be highly organized.Demonstrate leadership in helping to establish a plan for development and rollout of an automation test harness.Create automation test harness documentation, including representative examples of user-interface, server-side transactional processing and warehouse ETL automation.Perform hands-on training of the testing harness to other members of the test team.Communicate status clearly to test manager and testing staff.Desire to understand the depth and breadth of test automation requirements. 

Education/Training and experience In-depth knowledge of test automation.Experience in 2-3 start-to-finish test automation platform initiatives.Experience in documenting at least 1 said initiative.Broad experience in testing and working on technical systems and projects. 5 – 7 years working experience in software testing, quality assurance or software development.1 – 3 years of experience with at least one flavor of Linux/Unix.3 – 4 years of experience with a source control system.Ability to define data scenarios to support end-to-end systems testing. Experience with testing web-based and server-side applications. Experience with Silk Test, LoadRunner or WinRunner.Ability to accurately estimate project durations and meet schedules.Solid understanding of the QA process.Strong problem solving & investigative skills.Bachelors Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science or related field a plus.