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| QA Engineer, Web Security Appliance (san bruno) |
| Home & Garden : Appliances |
| 03/15/06 |
Reports To:
Reports to QA Manager. Works closely with engineering and product management.
Job Description:
The QA Engineer (WSA) will be a primary contributor to the test effort for IronPort’s newest security appliance, the IronPort S-Series Web Security Appliance. These high performance appliances, provide the industry's most comprehensive perimeter defense against a broad range of spyware and web-based malware. The IronPort S-Series appliances combine a high-performance security platform with IronPort's exclusive Web Reputation technology and IronPort's breakthrough Dynamic Vectoring and Streaming engine (DVS), a new scanning technology that enables multi-vendor signature-based spyware filtering.
The QA Engineer will work with Engineering and Product Management to review product requirements and engineering specifications and will write and execute test plans and test cases based on these documents.
Primary Responsibilities:
•Create and review test cases and test plans based on functional specifications and marketing requirements documents
•Execute test cases and test plans using internal test tool or manual (command line) execution as needed.
•Identify, isolate and document software defects, either independently or with QA/Development peers
•Analysis and diagnosis of issues found in the field.
•Provide status and escalate issues to Manager/Team Lead as needed
Required Experience and Skills:
•MUST HAVE SERVER-SIDE, UNIX BASED, NETWORK PRODUCT QA EXPERIENCE
•Minimum of 4 years experience in QA
•Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
•Strong knowledge of HTTP & HTTP proxy and caching technology
•Knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet
•General knowledge of network security issues
•White/Grey box testing
•Strong command of some UNIX variant
•Experience testing server applications
•Proven track record of developing test plans and test cases from engineering specifications and product marketing documents
•Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization.
Desired Experience and Skills:
•FreeBSD
•Python
•General programming or scripting experience
•Domain knowledge of web-based Malware and/or Spyware
Personal Characteristics:
•Independent: Able to grasp high level product requirements and translate these to functional test plans. Capable of gathering required information from engineers and product marketing to perform job function.
•Strong sense of ownership: Sees defects throughout their lifecycle; from detection to resolution.
•Assertive: Champions causes that will benefit the company. Is not afraid to voice opinions that may contradict those of management. Willing to engage engineers and management in discussions on bug resolution.
•Communicative: Takes an "open source" attitude to quality assurance. Keeps others in the company informed and up to date on his or her priorities, current tasks and work completed. Encourages constructive criticism on his or her work.
•Indomitable work ethic: The successful candidate will reject setbacks and will enthusiastically persist until ambitious goals are achieved. He or she will be resourceful and innovative at tackling complex technical challenges in a sustainable, proactive fashion
•Accountable: He or she should be a results-oriented team player who leads by example, holds themselves accountable for performance, takes absolute ownership, and champions all aspects of quality initiatives.
•Sense of urgency. Escalates quality issues when appropriate; maintains a sense of "bug ownership" to see all issues through to a successful resolution. Strives to turn around issues with an efficient and effective approach.
•Flexible and adaptable. Should be able to switch gears in various high-stress situations and apply themselves to quickly learning new technologies and adopting new methodologies.
For Consideration:
Forward your resume to jobs@ironport.com with “QA Engineer, WSA" in the subject line or fax to (650) 249-0490. We prefer attached PDFs or simple text files.
Resumes received by IronPort Systems, Inc. from search firms are considered unsolicited and will be kept as IronPort’s intellectual property, or deleted as appropriate unless a contractual obligation exists between IronPort and a search firm.
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