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Job Title: QA Automation Engineer - New York
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-10

Company Name: Kaplan
Contact: HR
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Fax: email only please

Description: Job Title QA Automation Engineer - New York Kaplan Division Kaplan Test Prep City New York State/Province New York FT/PT Full Time Job Level Some Experience Required Working Hours Days Job Description Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions is looking for a QA Automation Engineer interested in doing automated regression and load testing on enterprise applications. Our applications provide content, e-commerce, portal, eLearning, and back-office functionality to our customers. We have a fast-paced, collaborative environment and a culture that fosters learning, knowledge sharing, and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to formalize an automated testing practice within a technology department that is experiencing growth and change. You will help create an automated test environment and framework and develop a standardized automated test processes based on software testing methodologies and best industry practices. Additionally, our systems use html, AJAX, Flash front-ends, and web services, so there will be many exciting challenges. Key Responsibilities:

* Primary resource for automating GUI, functionality, and load/performance test scenarios for multiple web applications * Create, execute, and maintain automated test scripts to verify application GUI, functionality, and load/performance * Work closely with developers to determine when load/performance testing will be required on a project and create reports for analysis by the developers * Provide support for application QA Leads with manual testing, including analyzing requirements, developing and executing manual test cases, and reporting defects * Identify, analyze and report test results for manual and automated test scripts * Provide breakdown of QA tasks and time estimates for project planning in regards to automated and load/performance testing and manual testing (when applicable) * Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment where weekly software updates coincide with major project releases * Work closely with project managers and developers * Provide input in developing quality assurance standards in regards to manual, automated, and load/performance testing * Train other members of the QA Team to maintain and execute automated test scripts

Required Skills:

* Strong understanding of the software development cycle and release management * Knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and concepts for manual, automated and load/performance testing * Hands-on experience with Selenium and Watir for functional automated testing * Hands-on experience with OpenSTA and JMeter for load/performance testing * Strong understanding of different automation frameworks/models (i.e. data driven, keyword driven, etc.) * Understanding of object oriented concepts * Understanding of how leading web browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox) function * Basic understanding of AJAX and dynamic webs applications * Understanding of HTTP, HTML, html frames and XML * Previous programming or scripting experience, preferably in Ruby * Ability to write easy-to-understand and reusable automation test scripts * Strong Black Box testing experience with complex and functionality-rich applications * Experience with database schemas and querying tools (i.e. SQL) * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously and transition between projects * Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills * Ability to work both independently and effectively in teams * Attention to detail

Recommended Skills:

* Basic understanding of different web application development frameworks (i.e. JSF, Spring) * Strong understanding of Excel Application Object [win32ole] to automate Microsoft Excel * Understanding of XPath queries and functions * Hand-on experience Eclipse IDE or equivalent * Basic understand of unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Ruby Test Unit, etc.) * Experience with analyzing and interpreting load/performance test results * Fluent in Microsoft Office products

Experience:

* 4+ years overall technology experience * 4+ years experience in software quality assurance (preferably in web-based systems) * 2+ years relevant experience in automated and performance testing with use of commercial, open-source, or company-developed testing tools

Please refer to Job code kaplan-509734 when responding to this ad.

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