/ Software Quality Engineer

Software Quality EngineerProcom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada. With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest "Canadian-Owned" IT staffing/consulting company. Procom's areas of staffing expertise include: Application Development, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business/Systems Analysis, Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence, Infrastructure & Network Services, Risk Management & Compliance, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Security & Privacy Specialties, Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation), Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation), ICAP (Contractor Payroll), Flextrack (Vendor Management System).Job DescriptionPLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO WORK WITH CANDIDATES THAT HAVE H1B VISA OR REPRESENTED BY THIRD PARTIES.As a Software Quality Engineer, you will work within the software development team to ensure the delivery of very high quality analytics software products. Your duties may include:Creating test cases from new or existing requirementsPerform black box and white box testing on products or product components as needed, through manual, automated or semi-automated means. The test scope may include but may not be limited to exploratory, smoke, acceptance, functional, regression, performance, load, stress, security, usability, user-experience, and data quality testsCreate automated test frameworks and/or toolsFile bugs in the defect tracking systemVerify bug-fixes and perform regression testingInvestigate, identify and expand areas of automationDevelop very large datasets and write scale and performance testVerify and improve API and user documentationCommunicate quality issues and risks with the software development team and technical leadersQualifications5+ years of total experience in black box and white box testing3+ years of hands-on experience with automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g., TestComplete, Selenium, Watir, JMeter, Load Runner, etc.)3+ years experience developing automated test harnesses, using scripting or high level languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Java, C#, etc.)3+ years experience using test management and issue tracking tools (e.g., Test Director, Bugzilla, Team Track, JIRA, TFS, etc.)1 year of experience in verifying the accuracy, reliability, consistency and effectiveness of data (data quality) in relational (SQL), NoSQL (Hadoop, MongoDB) or graph (Neo4j, Titan) databases1 year of experience with the design and implementation of graph, relational (SQL), and/or NoSQL databases (Hadoop)Strong understanding of Web technologies (HTTP, Web sites, Web Services [SOAP/REST]), databases, and networkingAbility to work comfortably with Linux command line tools and interfaces