Senior Test Engineer/Test Automation Engineers - Santa Clara and may move to San Diego Immediate availability requested

Job Description:
-Writing test plans
-Identifying and writing test cases
-Executing manual test cases
-Executing automated test cases including API level test cases
-Developing and/or enhancing existing test automation frameworks used for automated UI or API level testing
-Designing and implementing automated test cases
-Reporting test status and results, and escalating test issues to test leads

Skills/Experience:
Four to five years of combined software testing and test automation experience, including familiarity with test processes.
Experience with Java for test automation is required.

Additional Skills:

- Solid technical test experience
- Hands on experience with Java programming, Servlets, STRUTS, EJB, JDBC, XML, PERL, shell scripting in UNIX/LINUX environment, and solid knowledge of web application environments.
- Experience in test case automation and developing test automation tools, primarily w/ Java and Java test tools such as JUnit, JMeter, HTTP Unit and IDEs such as Eclipse.
- Ability to design, implement, and execute automated test cases to validate functional requirements at the UI and API level
- Ability to design and develop test infrastructure to exercise the application from both the UI and API level.
- Experience in web server technologies such as web services (SOAP) in UNIX/LINUX environment
- Experience and knowledge of Web servers and App servers like Apache, Websphere, etc.
- Experience w/ databases such as Oracle and SQL Server, SQL scripting, and tools such as SQL navigator.
- Experience with version control systems, and bug tracking facilities.
- Exposure to HTTP, TCP/IP, SNMP and networking
- Test planning, test execution, good troubleshooting and debugging skills in UNIX/LINUX environment
- Technically astute, detail-oriented
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be a quick learner, highly productive & technical
- Self Starter, self-motivated, independent, and proactive
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Ability to work effectively in a remote test environment with offsite and/or offshore team members
- Ability to document and track defects, as well as produce detailed reports using defect tracking tools
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to dynamic project schedules
- Ability to effectively multi-task across multiple concurrent projects
- Perl, shell programming
- Familiarity with tools such as TCPMon, SOAP Scope - good to have (not required)
- Exposure or knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Experience working in an Agile development process is desirable


Education Requirements:
Required: Bachelor's, Computer Science or equivalent experience