Senior QA Engineer - Database Server at Vertica (U.S. - REMOTE)

Company: Micro Focus
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Senior QA Engineer - Database Server at Vertica (U.S. - REMOTE)Job Description:Senior QA Engineer - Database Server at Vertica (U.S. - REMOTE)Location: Remote Eligible - anywhere within the U.S.V ertica believes that each of us knows the work environment that makes us the most productive. That's why we provide our employees with the ability to work how and where they will be the most successful. We enable a flexible approach to work location, meaning for roles where it makes sense, you can work from the office or from home, or a combination of both, but you make that choice including where you choose to live. Vertica invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments to empower employees to work productively in the setting that meets their personal needs. That's why we're so proud to have a highly productive and engaged team in every function of the company. Job Description: This is a rare opportunity to work on the core team of Quality Engineers that handle terabytes of user data and is on the leading edge of large scale data analytics. You will work on the component that tests every query processed by the Vertica Analytic Database and have the potential to make a large impact on our business.Vertica Databases are used across all industries to run analytic queries and machine learning algorithms on truly massive amounts of data. Vertica R&D teams work on various computer systems areas some of which include operating systems, security, networking, distributed and parallel computing. Vertica engineers are proud innovators in the Big Data space and contributors to popular open source projects. Vertica engineers are given significant latitude and support to pursue what they are passionate about to improve the product and the company. If you are excited about building great technology, with an incredible team, you will fit in well here.Responsibilities: --- Develops and implements test plans and cases to cover system level database features and functionality.--- Develops, executes, and analyzes tests for the database server, specifically focused around the system level features and functionality.--- Provides technical leadership, input, and review for test strategy, planning, and execution within the team.--- Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and outsourced development partners regarding design status, project progress, and issue resolution--- Provides technical direction for the database testing process and infrastructure development and maintenance.--- Maintains and develops test infrastructure.--- Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members Qualifications Education and Experience: --- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent--- Minimum 4-6 years' experience testing a production application, preferably one that uses a database, even better if the application is analyticalKnowledge and Skills: --- Experience in test planning and create automated test suites. Using engineering tools and software packages to test, design, and evaluate products and processes.--- Strong analytical, statistics, and problem solving skills.--- Strong quality assurance methodology/process skills.--- Knowledge of database internals.--- Experience with distributed systems.--- Experience developing test harnesses for distributed systems.--- Coding experience in more than one of the following: python, java, C/C, C#, shell scripting; expertise working with Linux, Jira and version control (such as Git or SVN).--- Knowledge of AWS/Google Cloud Platform cloud services and how to integrate them with existing applications--- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate quality plans, proposals, and results, and negotiate options at management levels.Job - Engineering About our product Vertica is a recognized leader in analytics powering some of the world's most data driven organizations like Uber, Wayfair, Intuit, Cerner, and more. Our columnar, MPP, distributed database delivers unprecedented speed, petabyte scale, with analytics and machine learning functions built into the core.We believe the future belongs to the fast. Join us for the ride!#LI-GC2#DiceGCJob:EngineeringMicro Focus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination because of race, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship or any other legally protected status - provided by Dice

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