Geoscience Tester

Luxoft; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology consulting firm in Calgary, Canada is looking for a Senior Quality Analyst with extensive geoscience experience to ensure software quality and reliability. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in testing enterprise software and be proficient in both Windows and Linux. This position requires a collaborative mindset to work effectively with global teams and improve product functionalities through thorough testing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience testing enterprise software or related domain experience.
• Must be self-motivated but be able to work well in a distributed team environment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools.

Responsibilities

• Estimation of software testing efforts based on technical specifications.
• Providing input to improve product effectiveness, integration and usability.
• Creating, documenting and executing software tests for acceptance of new features.

Skills

Testing enterprise software

Proficient with Windows and Linux

Coaching junior team members

Good written and verbal skills

Education

BS or MS in Geology, Geophysics, Computer Science or related Engineering discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Job description

Project description

We provides E&P professionals with software-driven lifecycle insights that generate new ideas,actions, and results to maximize asset value. We are looking to recruit a highly skilled and experiencedSenior Quality Analyst with geoscience domain experience to work with global development teams fromEurope, Cananda, and the US. You will be involved in ensuring software quality, reliability, and usersatisfaction throughout the entire development process; from initial planning through deployment andpost-delivery support to the client. You will collaborate closely with all members of the Agiledevelopment team to ultimately deliver a low-risk, high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Estimation of software testing efforts based on technical specifications
• Providing input to improve product effectiveness, integration and usability
• Creating, documenting and executing software tests for the acceptance of new featurefunctionality
• Execution and management of the manual regression test suite
• Identification of software defects and usability issues in the development and stability cycles ofthe software
• Validating defect fixes
• Managing the automation backlog for the product; working with automation engineers toimprove autotest coverage
• Creating synthetic data and organizing client project data within the OpenWorks/Oracledatabase
• Designing and executing tests which measure the performance of the software given varyinghardware specifications
• Measuring and reporting stability of the product via test suite results and defect inflow/outflow
• Identifying and escalating project risks

SKILLS

Must have

• BS or MS in Geology, Geophysics, Computer Science or related Engineering discipline
• 10+ years experience testing enterprise software or related domain experience
• Proficient with both Windows and Linux platforms
• Must be self-motivated but be able to work well in a distributed team environment
• Team player; willing to coach junior team members and cooperate on cross-functional problemsolving
• Good written and verbal skills

Nice to have

• Previous experience with Landmark’s suite of products• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for defect reporting and test case creation/execution• OpenWorks/Oracle project data management• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools technologies; i.e. GitLab• Working in an Agile development environment