Position: Senior Test Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL
Duration: Fulltime

Job Summary:

Client is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to take part in a team that is building a large-scale SOA based Location Content Management system. Candidates with profound understanding and hands-on experience in building distributed applications on a Hadoop clouding framework will be considered for this project. Candidate should be a self starter and be able to work under limited supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze product requirements and design and develop software that meets product specifications and design.
• Create test cases and Implement JMeter Scripts for the test cases.
• Deploy and test components running on Apache Hadoop platform and HBase database.
• Deploy and test business rules using Drools and Guvnor.
• Create and Maintain the Smoke Test and Regression Test scripts.
• Debug the issues on DEV/INT/STG/PRODC environments.
• Collaborate with architects and lead engineers on architecture, design, code and configuration reviews.
• Follow quality assurance guidelines and processes.
• Mentor less experienced team members on technical matters.
• Provide technical expertise for teams focused on specific software modules.
• Create and maintain the best testing practices of the team.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of Java 1.6 application testing experience.
• 3+ years of SOA application testing experience.
• Experience in building scalable, high performance applications in a Hadoop framework and HBase database.
• Experience working with the Drools framework.
• Experience with Subversion.
• Experience working developing and executing unit test cases under the JUnit framework.
• Experience working in an Agile environment is a plus.
• Experience in building RESTful web services is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Tomcat.
• Working knowledge of JMS Queues.
• Working knowledge of Linux (RedHat) and Unix (Solaris 10).
• Familiarity with Apache projects such as Lucene and Solr.
• Experience working with relational databases especially PostgreSQL.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Creative, problem-solving approach with developed multi-tasking ability.
• Ability to effectively function in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field.