Senior Software Test Automation Engineer

Oracle is a computer technology corporation developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products.

Join a growing and dynamic team to develop and test our next-generation cloud storage service. We are developing web-scale infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offerings focused on cloud storage. The ideal candidate has experience working with complex software systems and pushing those systems beyond their limits.

- Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc. - As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. - You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems. - Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. - Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. - As a Senior Software Test Automation Engineer, one is responsible for developing back-end automation tests cases (from scratch). - The successful candidate will perform and automate a wide variety of testing from performance, functional, load and reliability testing. Engineers will report, analyze, troubleshoot bugs and work with development team for resolution. - Must be highly passionate about tearing software apart and finding defects/bugs.

This role is a Software Test Engineer or Test Automation Developer and not suitable for QA/Test professionals with tools experience only. We are seeking seasoned engineers with: * A minimum of 5 yrs software development/automation and testing experience * Passionate about test automation, finding bugs, and breaking things * Experience automating tests using Java, C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby * Understands web services (REST) and underlying protocols (HTTP/S,TCP/IP) * Prior background in TestNG or JUnit * Strong love of learning new technologies * Likes to take things apart to understand how they work * Flexible and enjoys a variety of types of work tasks (“wearing many hats”) * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Works effectively both independently and as part of a team * Knowledge of configuring complex client-server environments * Knowledge of modern test engineering methodologies * Ability to work independently to achieve goals in a fast-paced agile R&D; team * Comfortable on both Windows and Linux * Exposure to a variety of database systems * B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience Additional Skills Sought: * Storage technologies * Cloud computing