Software Quality Engineer

Software Quality Engineer

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Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services: Management Consulting, Professional Staffing Solutions, Executive Recruiting and Managed Services.

Summary:
We are currently seeking a software quality engineer with expertise in web security (with knowledge of security protocols), executing full application end-to-end tests, knowledge of federation/ IAM solutions and understanding of Azure federation services that includes ADFS, Azure B2B and B2C and conditional access.

Key Experience:

• IAM metrics testing
• Software Development

Responsibilities:

• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Performing regular and advanced software security testing
• Strong understanding of industry standard SSO technologies and protocols (SAML, OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect, WS-Fed, FIDO, SCIM, LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM)
• Understanding of API design concepts, RESTful Services, and modern application interaction patterns
• Strong experience in testing for securing APIs with OAuth 2.0 and other means.
• Strong Understanding on Azure AD conditional access as well as Azure B2B
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g., developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
• Monitor debugging process results
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies

Qualifications:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Hands-on experience with writing integration and end-to-end tests
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools with scripting knowledge.
• Experience with security protocols such as LDAP-S, SAML, WS-Federation, SCIM, OAuth, and OIDC
• Advanced experience with script development (PowerShell/Python preferred)
• Experience testing IAM solutions such as Azure Active Directory, Active Roles, Duo, MIM, Okta
• Experience with performance and security testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process

Qualified Candidates Only: If you wish to learn more about this opportunity and additional qualifications/responsibilities, please submit your resume. To learn more about Ekman Associates, Inc. please visit our website at www.ekmanassociates.com