Thursday, September 26, 2013

Polycom - Quality Assurance Engineer

Polycom is the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration, trusted by more than 415,000 customers around the world.

Essential Functions

We are looking for an experienced, motivated Software Quality Assurance Engineer interested in working in a fast-paced engineering development environment on Polycom's Distributed Media Application (DMA).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
•    Current hands-on experience with manual UI Testing Web applications
•    Knowledge and work experience in Linux is a plus
•    Experience with JIRA or similar defect tracking tool
•    Experience with SILK Central Test Manager or similar Test Case repository
•    Experience with Rally or similar Agile project management tracking tool
•    Knowledge and testing experience with SIP and H323 Protocols is desired

QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Bachelors of Science or Masters in computer science, computer engineering, information services or equivalent experience is required.
•    Minimum of 10 years experience in the software quality assurance industry
•    Self-motivated and able to come up to speed on technology with minimal direction
•    Able to work effectively in a dynamic environment with hard deadlines
•    Demonstrated experience with agile development methodologies such as SCRUM is preferred
•    10 to 15 years technical experience in high tech industry such as: Unified Communications / Cisco / Microsoft / Linux environments
•    Possess system level and network level troubleshooting skills
•    Strong cooperative problem-solving skills
•    Must be able to perform root cause analysis and create detailed reports on R&D findings.
•    Understands industry best practices and broadly applies internal processes/procedures including product release life cycle.
•    Can identify areas of improvement with internal processes/procedures and can formulate and recommend implementation plans
•    Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

NOT REQUIRED BUT VALUABLE:
•    Experience in Polycom Video solutions and integration systems a major bonus
(Microsoft: Lync/OCS, Polycom: RealPresence Group/Desktop/Mobile/CloudAXIS Suite, HDX, CMA, DMA, V Series, VSX, RMX, etc)