Test Engineer

Overview:

• Demonstrate strong technical skills in Networking domain and good stakeholder management skills.
• Must have at least 5 years test experience working on large complex projects in the Networking industry with multiple stakeholders.
• Well versed in delivering projects in both Waterfall and Agile models. You will have deep knowledge of functional and non-functional testing, with an understanding of Performance Testing and how this should be conducted.
• Contribute towards Project and Test planning and be comfortable providing high-level testing estimates.
• The candidate will be expected to provide guidance on appropriate techniques and approaches to ensure the product is thoroughly tested.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate strong technical skills in Networking domain and good stakeholder management skills.
• Must have at least 5 years test experience working on large complex projects in the Networking industry with multiple stakeholders.
• Well versed in delivering projects in both Waterfall and Agile models. You will have deep knowledge of functional and non-functional testing, with an understanding of Performance Testing and how this should be conducted.
• Contribute towards Project and Test planning and be comfortable providing high-level testing estimates.
• The candidate will be expected to provide guidance on appropriate techniques and approaches to ensure the product is thoroughly tested.

Requirements:

• Experience in preparing Test Estimated, Test Scope, Test Approach, Detailed Test Plans Scenarios and Cases.
• Knowledge of test management tools such as HP ALM, Jira, Azure Devops (should have used at least one tool)
• Experience of System Testing (Network Build Validation), Integration (LAN/WAN) and Performance and Resilience Testing, also Acceptance Testing
• Experience of defect management, raising defects, allocation, follow-up for resolution, re-testing, closure, production of defect reports etc.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of liaising with and managing key Technical stakeholders - both customers and external third parties
• Excellent Team Player and Open to Travel as per project needs (once or twice during the week, may be more often during the testing)
• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile delivery models

Technical Skills:

• Good knowledge within Fixed and Mobile communications industry with in-depth knowledge of Cisco Applications/Cisco Devices
• Extensive knowledge of IP, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, UDP, Datacentre and SD-WAN
• Extensive Knowledge of network technologies (Routers, Switches, LAN, WAN, MPLS, Wireless etc)
• Good Experience of using the traffic generators such as Spirent, Metro-data etc
• Extensive knowledge of Putty and Debugging tools such as Wireshark
• Knowledge of Virtualization (VMware etc)