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Software Tester

Montreal, Canada


The ideal candidate will help improve the delivery and quality of Miranda Software Products and ensure customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include the ability to test Monitoring & Control software with minimum supervision, in a software development environment. Responsibilities also include the ability to prepare written test procedures based on product design specifications. Tasks and Responsibilities -Work in close alignment with Product Managers, Software Designers & customers to develop test procedures -Understand & emulate (the word emulate must be translated on French version) how end user (the customer) will use software and develop procedures to test accordingly -Develop and execute suitable and efficient test plans with easily reproducible test scenarios -Find and clearly document software bugs and enter into the bug database -Reproduce software bugs found in the field -Create test scenarios to try and break new software features -Conduct tests and validate new software developments daily -Perform confidence testing -Perform system testing including stress testing -Preparation of test procedures for both internal testing and customer acceptance testing -Evaluate documentation, such as Installation and User Manuals -Could include acceptance testing with customer -Could include web page design and project level testing and deployment -Could include scripting such as VB script, Javascript ,required to test software features -Could include network configuration to set-up test environment Professional and Personal Qualifications -Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French -Ability to interact with customers -Proven track record of successfully working in team environment which develops software and hardware components -Self motivated -Ability to recognize when regression tests are required -Autonomous -Initiative; ability to delegate non-assigned tasks to team members -Previous experience managing a Testing Team, a definite asset Academic Requirements and Technical Knowledge -Bachelor of Engineering or Computer Science or pertinent College Diploma -Knowledge of Linux & Windows Operating Systems -Knowledge of TCP/IP networking -Knowledge of multimedia & web authoring tools such as Photoshop, Visio, Autocad & HTML -Knowledge of video standards and/or computer graphics preferable -Knowledge of video and audio routers, considered an asset -Knowledge of testing complex systems, including hardware products, considered an asset. Professional Experience -5 years evaluating software in a structured environment -3 years preparing test procedures -Experience with scripting (VB script, Linux and Javascript) -Experience with web based solutions -Experience of testing software on custom hardware platform & third party devices -Experience with video and audio streaming is an asset -Experience of creating automated test scripts -Complex event driven system testing with hardware, considered an asset


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