Test Engineer - System Test Team

YouView ,
London, Greater London
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The Role A great opportunity to work in a team that is responsible for testing, optimising and supporting the delivery of robust and stable integrated software releases on a range of hardware devices. You'll be joining a team that specialises in the testing and analysis of device software and the networked systems that power them. You'll design and build automated test cases and tools to run on our automation infrastructure so that we can quickly diagnose and solve complex problems, and ensure that our customers get a great service. Responsibilities include: -Working on high priority incidents, and defects that cross software multiple teams. -Coordinating with software development and other test teams from across the company, and partners. -Creating functional, non-functional, and exploratory tests -Liaising with other development teams to identify solutions. -Creating new techniques, processes, and documentation that assist in the rapid triage of defects. -Using and tuning Wireshark and packet/protocol dissectors. -Creating, and analysing network captures, and using packet filters and visualisation tools to locate network faults or client/server/CDN defects. You'll have experience with the following concepts and technologies: * Agile software development and testing methodologies. * Automation frameworks such as stb-tester.com * Creating and reviewing automated tests in Ruby or Python. * Designing functional and non-functional tests that can measure performance, latency, and stability. * Working knowledge of software development in JavaScript, or C++. * Understanding of functions and protocol at multiple layers in ISO network model, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TCP, DNS, HTTP, TLS. * Strong understanding of multi process systems, and micro-service architectures. * Understanding Linux tools, BASH scripting, process lifecycle, memory management, kernel fault handling. * Familiarity with software process lifecycle and test management tools, including Jira, and Testrail. * Collecting and processing system data including log files, and understanding data representations such as JSON, YAML, CSV, and time-series values and graphs. What we value and what we require from you: * Your background could be from many different types of domains, but we've found the most suitable candidates from digital TV/content companies, consumer-facing platforms, start-ups, or anywhere that's building out novel, high performance, distributed micro-service style architectures. * You'll be a talented engineer keen to hone your skills and influence us to adopt new technologies, practices & services. You'll have a clear and logical approach to problem solving, a keen eye for detail, and be able to learn new technologies and concepts quickly. Benefits: Competitive Salary on offer Annual Bonus London City location with easy access to Cannon Street & London Bridge Pension Plan Private Healthcare Flexible working Holiday purchase programme Season Ticket Loan Free Set Top Box Staff Discount Scheme About us: YouView launched in summer 2012, brought BT Sport over IP in 2013, an upgrade to 4k and the launch of Netflix in 2014, partnered with Sony to offer the UI for its TVs in 2015 and brought the first UHD device to the UK. YouView launched a major upgrade to its underlying platform in 2017 with an award winning UI in the UK with a powerful cloud back office providing new data and insights into how consumers watch and find TV. It recently announced the launch of Amazon Prime with BT and the arrival of Sky Atlantic in early 2019. YouView continues to innovate and is working with the BBC to trial a UHD version of BBC iPlayer. YouView has won a number of major industry awards including Advanced TV Innovation of the Year at the 2017 Content Innovation Awards and Best Platform at the annual T3 Awards and most recently winner of the National Technology Awards for TV, Film and Broadcasting Technology of the Year. Our Values: We're Smart We hire the best and work as one. Informed by data but inspired by insight, we find brilliant new ways of making the complex simple We're Always Ahead We are focused on the future continuously evolving and innovating to bring a better TV experience everyday We're on your side Working with our partners and understanding their customers we shape the perfect TV experience around our viewers Find out more about us on our social media: Twitter, Linkedin & Glassdoor Only the data that you explicitly entered into the application form above will be sent to YouView. This data is subject to our application and candidate privacy policy

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