Friday, May 11, 2007

Webroot Software - Sr. Software QA Engineer

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 3906

21. Webroot Software - Sr. Software QA Engineer - Boulder
Posted by: "Jon Landau" JLandau@webroot.com
Date: Thu May 10, 2007 7:36 pm ((PDT))

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer



Webroot Software is the leading provider of best of breed anti-spyware
software and other technologies for enterprise and consumers. Since the
company's inception, Webroot has consistently developed and delivered
the most innovative and powerful anti-spyware technology on the market.
Our Spy Sweeper products have been awarded some of the industry's
highest honors, including:



* Spy Sweeper(tm) is a 7-time winner of the PC Magazine Editors'
Choice
Award and recently won a 2006 PC World World Class Award

* Spy Sweeper(tm) Enterprise was named Best Anti-Spyware and Best
Overall Anti-Malware Solution by SC Magazine, voted the Winner of
Excellence in Anti-Spyware for the Info Security Products Guide, and
has
received Editors' Choice awards from IT Week, Business Computing
Magazine, Windows IT Pro and Communications World Magazine



Webroot is widely recognized for setting the technology standard by
focusing on research and development. Our highly regarded R&D
organization, based in Boulder, Colorado, is now expanded with the
opening our Technology Development Center based in Silicon Valley.
Under
the leadership of renowned network security expert Gerhard Eschelbeck,
CTO and SVP of Engineering, this team of the industry's best developers
and engineers will focus on cutting-edge security solutions and
services
to combat the latest complex malware technology.



In light of our expansion, Webroot Software is seeking a Senior
Software
Quality Assurance Engineer. The Senior QA Engineer performs complex
software testing tasks requiring planning and scheduling to assure
developed products meet design specifications and are within total
quality management limits and standards. Communication with product
developers and technical support specialists on product issues is also
an important requirement for this position.



RESPONSIBILITIES

* Write test scripts and test cases to meet assigned
requirements

* Write detailed defect catalogs into the defect tracking
system


* Communicate with developers, product managers, usability
engineers and technical support specialists on product issues

* Work with Customer Support group to help perform root cause
analysis of issues found in the wild

* Work with Development team to ensure that the product is
fully
tested

* Work with Documentation to see that all enhancements, bug
fixes, and new products are documented

* Identify and propose areas of improvement throughout the
software development process

* Provide technical assistance and technical training to other
departments




REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

* Bachelor's Degree in Technology, equivalent industry
experience acceptable

* 5+ years proven work experience in software quality assurance
engineering

* 5+ years proven work experiencing for consumer or enterprise
software applications

* 3+ years work experience in setting up and maintaining MS
windows domain, Active Directory and various windows servers

* Strong packet-level knowledge in TCP/IP networking

* 4+ years work experience with SQL/Oracle Databases

* 3+ years work experience with Automated Testing

* 3+ years work experience writing Test Scripts (i.e. Perl,
Python, TCL)

* Experience working in an Agile development environment

* Security industry experience a plus

Privately held and backed by some of the industry's leading top tier
venture capital firms, including Technology Crossover Ventures, Accel
Partners and Mayfield, Webroot is continuing to build and capitalize
upon proven successes and leadership in the security market. Our
employees are our most valuable resource and we provide them with the
benefits, compensation and stock they deserve. Candidates should be
self-directed and able to balance a team approach with personal
initiative.

If you would like an opportunity to work with this widely recognized
worldwide leader in technology security, send your resume to
jlandau@webroot.com for consideration.

Principals only- no third parties, please. Webroot Software, Inc. is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.

Jon Landau | Technology Recruiting Manager
______________________________________________



Webroot Software, Inc.
2560 55th Street

Boulder, CO 80301 USA



Phone: 303.450.5989

E-mail: jlandau@webroot.com
Web: www.webroot.com