Job ID QA Automation Engineer Location Austin, Tx, TX Job Status Internet/E-Commerce Area Code 0 Tax Term CON_W2 Pay Rate Length Skills Software QA, Quality Assurance, Automated Testing, White Box, Black Box Position ID BBBH63495-492 Dice ID excell Travel Required unspecified Telecommute no QA Automation Engineer Our client is a hugely popular entertainment and interactive media company with an excellent contract offering for a Quality Assurance Engineer with automation skills. This position will work with the Software Engineering and Quality Assurance teams to create automated tests for functional white box and black box testing as well as load and stress testing. The goal is to ensure quality code in all features and bug fix releases. In addition the candidate will help to increase the high quality coding standards and to refine procedures for functional and stress testing of a new product, and support tools and in-game code. Expertise in object-oriented programming and various web technologies is a must for this position. RESPONSIBILITIES Develop test cases, plans, and scripts to QA the assessment systems against specifications Design and create automated tests for white box and black box testing Create test processes for new and existing software products Maintain ongoing automated test suite for code integrity Test opcode implementation of games that feed into the assessment system Find and report issues / bugs Design and conduct load, stress and coverage tests of components developed by Software Engineering Define and enforce requirements for an operationally complete system Game play REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science or related field preferred) 5+ years Quality Assurance and/or Software Engineering experience Background in automated functional testing Extensive knowledge in object-oriented programming skills and design principles Experience with coding, scripting languages (e.g. PHP, Flash, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript) Experience using Functional Automated test tools, (e.g. Selenium, TestComplete, etc.) Knowledge of performance / load test tools (e.g. OpenSTA, JMeter, Grinder, etc.) Knowledge of different web protocols (including JSON) Familiar with source control software (e.g. CVS, SVN, Perforce) Experience benchmarking or profiling Extensive experience with SQL and Relational Databases like SQL Server / MySQL / Mongo Working knowledge of web and backend technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, XML, Redis, Facebook SDK, etc.) Ability to create solid plans, templates, and strategies for both automation and load testing Familiarity with Agile team development, continuous integration, waterfall and SDLC methodologies This contract position is expected to be 9 months in duration. For more information about career opportunities with CompuCom IT Workforce Solutions visit www.compucom.com/careers.