Windows Software Tester

AVIRA Soft SRL

21-11-2012 | EXPIRA LA 21-12-2012

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RESPONSABILITATI

As a member of an international team, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of security software for our customers worldwide, which currently number around 100 million. Your duties will focus in ensuring the quality of our software components (applications, libraries, system services) using modern software engineering methods and tests.

Our challenges:
• As a member of a feature team within Windows Software Development, you will work closely with software developers. You will ensure that technical specifications are correct and complete and you will assist in problem analysis when necessary. As the contact person to Automation, you will ensure that automatic tests have sufficient test coverage and you will carry out manual tests and reviews.
• Our customers trust our global successful security solution, of which the software developed is a component, but also have high expectations. Utilizing your knowledge and expertise, you will contribute to ensuring that our software always meets our high quality standards.
• You will be responsible for identifying various issues in our software, creating testing scenarios and writing automatic tests for those scenarios.
• You will also be responsible for improving the reliability, performance, range of functions and usability of our software and for pointing out any weaknesses.
• You work in a highly independent manner, show initiative and are self-directed. You believe that positive co-operation and open communications both within a team and with other departments is of utmost importance.
• You are open to applying new concepts and technologies and are seeking to further develop both your professional and personal skills.

Our offer:
• Varied tasks in an expanding company with above average growth
• Independent working in an international team
• Competitive rates of pay
• You will take part in skill adaptation training for new employees
• Continuous training


CERINTE

Your qualifications:
• Several years of experience in Windows environments
• Knowledge of Windows system architecture
• Knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and possibly Project and Visio)
• Good written and spoken English skills
• High expectations with regard to quality, both for yourself as a person and for our software
• Analytical skills along with an interest in investigating problems
• Quick adaptation of complicated relationships
• Great sense of responsibility and commitment

Desirable additional skills:
• Experience in quality assurance, test automation or software development
• Knowledge of and experience in test methods and processes
• Knowledge of Windows security, (i.e. firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-rootkit, network security)
• Certification as an ISTQB Certified Tester or a similar certification, Microsoft certification (such as MCSE)
• Experience working with network protocols (i.e. TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP, FTP, POP3, http, SSL/TLS)
• Experience with Agile processes
• Interest in possibly also taking on project responsibility
• Disciplined, friendly, capable of working in a team, with a desire for self-improvement and continuous evolution.


DESCRIEREA FIRMEI

Located in Bucharest - Romania, Avira was founded in 2004 by a dynamic core of security experts who is committed to the following values: security ethics, professional attitude, open spirit, pride and respect. These principles are meant to stand at the base of any long term
collaboration and partnership that Avira Soft will undertake.
Avira Soft gathered a team of more than 50 dynamic professionals who are permanently collaborating with the experimented specialists of Avira GmbH , Germany. We are a dynamic and creative team and our purpose is to produce high quality software.

We also impose some requirements for our candidates: creativity, technical knowledge, team working capabilities and the ability to finish the job on time.