SA Technologies Inc is a Oracle Gold and SAP Partner and continues to be a market leader and one of the best SAP, Oracle & IT Consulting firms in the country for more than 10 years. All SA Technologies’ requirements are Direct Client Requirements from IT Hiring Managers. We guarantee you the best rate for your skills and performance. We have an immediate requirement for a Sr. Wired Network tester & QA Engineer for one of our direct client in San Jose, CA. Position: Sr. Wired Network tester & QA Engineer Location: San Jose, CA Duration: 6+ Months. Brief Description: 5+ years of L2 & L3 feature and protocol testing. Must have experience of Functional / Feature Testing as well as System Testing. Education: BS EE/CS required Scope of Responsibility This position will perform testing of Wireless LAN (WLAN) switching/access point products employing advanced security. Design, develop and execute network test solutions for wireless infrastructure products, including scripts for automated regression testing. Identify, reproduce, characterize and log bugs. Verify fixes for bugs and plan/execute additional tests needed for fix verification. Perform performance, interoperability, and scaling tests. Analyze failures and defects, and recommend corrective actions. Proactively work with engineers debugging software and hardware solutions during new product development. Engineer must have good interpersonal communications and be able to understand a technological problem set and describe the situation under test to fellow software team members. Engineer must be self-motivated and passionate about software testing and be thorough and detail oriented. Candidate must be able to learn new technologies quickly. Set up customer configurations and test at System and Solution level. Skill Set: Excellent test methodology skills in software testing. Creative approach to isolating problem areas involving multiple hardware and software variables. Strong knowledge of and in depth, hands on experience testing networking products - (examples TCP/IP, VoIP, XML, WIFI, Linux, etc.) Excellent network administration skills are necessary. Need to setup test environments with Linux based systems using Radius AAA, DHCP, etc. for local test fixtures. Strong knowledge of L2 (Bridging, STP, MSTP, RSTP, 802.1q, 802.3ad) , L3 ( routing, RIP, OSPF) and Security (IP Sec, Firewall, IDS, NAC) Strong knowledge with System Test – L2/L3, performance, scalability testing. Demonstrated experience of using network monitoring and analysis tools to debug Ethernet/IP layer problems. Ability to automate is required. Solid automation experience (Perl/Tcl) a plus. Knowledge of 802.11 / WiFi technologies, with specific focus on Access Points and Wireless Switches. Wireless Sniffer experience is desirable. CIE, CCIE Security a plus. If you are interested please submit your resume in word format along with your contact details, rate and current location. Please also share this job to any friend/colleague who you think would be interested in receiving SAP, Oracle & IT contract Direct Client Jobs. If your referred candidate gets successfully placed with our Client, then you will be entitled for a referral bonus of $500. Call me now @ 408-907-6209