Solidcore Systems, Inc. www.solidcore.com a privately held, venture funded, enterprise software company based in Palo Alto, CA., is seeking a QA Architect who will be responsible for defining the QA strategy for Solidcore's product lines and the acceptance criteria for the product deliverables. Duties/Responsibilities of Position: o Analyze product requirements specifications, functional specifications and prepare a detailed functional test specification to be executed by the QA organization. o Prepare a detailed capability matrix to map capabilities to functional requirements to the test plan, for defining the acceptance criteria and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. o Independently design and document detailed performance test cases to cover all levels of test, including: performance, and scalability under load/stress. o Effectively employ automation to reduce testing cycles on repeated tasks. o Analyze reported defects to assess severity and prioritize them for development to fix. o Interact with software developers to tune code and track all problem reports to closure. o Assist with the QA project planning process including manpower estimation. o Assist with setting directions and monitoring for other project QA Engineers. Position Specific Competencies/Skills Required: o Demonstrated ability to successfully plan and execute effective end to end product testing, on time. o Hands-on experience with programming/scripting. o Experience with multiple OS platforms (Windows, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX), Web Server/Application Servers, SQL databases, testing tools (scripting languages, Rational Robot, LoadRunner, Silk, etc.), and client/server or web applications. o Success in implementing automated testing (through API testing, GUI automation, web scalability and stress testing, code coverage, performance testing, etc.). o History of team participation with development staff in requirements/design validation activities. o Sound knowledge of software development lifecycle. o Excellent oral and written communication skills; including the ability to effectively convey issues and alternatives regardless of the audience level or circumstances. o Effective organizational skills; ability to multi-task. Experience/Education Required/Desired: o A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or appropriate technical degree (or 4 years equivalent experience) o 5 - 8 years of software product development/quality assurance responsibilities o 2 - 3 years of development and/or quality assurance lead or management responsibilities. o Strong people skills; able to positively motivate others promoting teamwork and resolution of issues. o Experienced with a programming (such as Java) or scripting language (Perl, AWK, etc.) o Familiar with version control/configuration management systems and defect tracking software. Please submit resumes to jobsd1105@solidcore.com. Principals only please -- David P. Reese, Jr. daver at solidcore.com