[BBLISA-jobs] Postions available at Archivas, Inc

[Jesse Noller]

Company Description:
Archivas develops the Archivas Cluster (ArC), an archive management
system for deploying large online repositories of fixed content. The
company targets multi-terabyte to petabyte archives that grow by more
than 50 percent per year. Archivas is pursuing this growing market
aggressively with an innovative approach to handle billions of
archived objects using a distributed database at its core.
(http://www.archivas.com)

There are several open positions, listed at:
http://www.archivas.com/company/Employment.htm

You can send resumes to me (jnoller at gmail.com) or to resumes at archivas.com

Archivas is looking for the following candidates:

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Quality Assurance Engineer-Test Automation

Archivas is actively seeking a highly motivated, self-starting QA
Engineer with a strong development background to help in the
development of automated tests. In this position, you will be
responsible for defining, executing and developing tests to help to
increase or test coverage and to ensure product quality. This will
require strong development skills and solid QA skills . You will also
be responsible for the analysis, report generation, and communication
of test results.

Responsibilities

Develop test plans and test cases to ensure product quality.
Automate tests (preferably in Python or Java) to be executed in our
Automated Test Framework (written in Python)
Test development and execution at all levels (unit, component,
integration and system, white box and black box)
Develop and maintain testing tools/scripts (preferably written in
Python or Java)
Report product defects and track defects to closure.
Work closely with development to resolve escalated issues.
Help prioritize product defects and feature requests.
Help review and contribute to product documentation.
Act as backup and escalation path for Technical Support.
Assist in the support of beta customers.

Note: The QA Engineer should have strong Linux/Python skills, and be
interested in working on a product that is highly distributed in
nature. Python is used for not only tests, but also the testing
frameworks and some tools around the core product.

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Development Manager

Lead and manage a growing development team creating a 3rd generation
digital archive for the fastest growing segment of the enterprise
storage market. Archivas is looking for the unique individual that can
both lead and manage while still remaining "hands on" technical. In
addition to management duties, the development manager will own the
design and implementation of the system including the choice of 3rd
party components, the development schedule, and engineering support
for a rapidly growing customer base working alongside Archivas support
personnel.

Experience and Education

Candidates should possess a BSCS or MSCS
8-10 years experience in software development
5+ years engineering management experience including budgeting,
scheduling, reporting, and personnel management.
Candidates must be proven leaders
Excellent server-side Java programming skills with a minimum of 3
years of Java experience and a minimum of 5 years Object Oriented
design and implementation.
Extensive experience implementing multi-threaded, multi-protocol
servers with high scalability and performance demands.
Ability to track and isolate complex issues across multiple machines
in a distributed architecture
Candidates should possess effective verbal and written communications skills.
Candidates should have a solid grasp of software engineering
principles and design experience building object-oriented enterprise
applications and experience with all phases of development life cycle
methodologies

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Senior Level Java Developers

Responsibilities

Designing, develop and implement major system components in a highly
distributed enterprise-class storage array. Initial responsibilities
include development of complex application framework providing the
foundation for additional components as well as major feature design
and implementation within existing system components.

Experience and Education

Candidates should possess a BSCS or MSCS
10+ years experience in software development
Excellent server-side Java programming skills with a minimum of 5
years of Java experience and a minimum of 5 years Object Oriented
design and implementation.
Extensive experience implementing multi-threaded, multi-protocol
servers with high scalability and performance demands.
Ability to track and isolate complex issues across multiple machines
in a distributed architecture
Candidates should possess effective verbal and written communications skills.
Candidates should have a solid grasp of software engineering
principles and design experience building object-oriented enterprise
applications and experience with all phases of development life cycle
methodologies.

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Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities
Lead and manage a growing QA team testing a product for the
fastest growing segment of the enterprise storage market. Archivas is
looking for the unique individual that can both lead and manage while
still remaining "hands on" technical.
In addition to management duties, the QA manager will have the
following responsibilities:

Management and coordination all testing activities including
test automation, manual execution, and performance and
load testing (including a 5 person outsource team in India)
Creation of product test plans and test cases
Definition and scoring of QA acceptance and product release criteria.
Resource planning to ensure test deliverables are met
Management of the bug tracking, reporting and triage processes.
Creation of test and release strategies to improve coverage while
reducing test time.
Management of test lab resources to ensure efficient utilization and
effective allocation.
Responsible for collecting and reporting on QA status, test results
and activities to upper management.
Work with Customer Support to manage customer escalations including
problem recreation, and QA escapes analysis.
Assistance in the management of release engineering tasks including
branch/merge guidance and identification of key checkpoint milestones.
Management of the growth and career development of QA Engineers.
Management of the hiring process for the QA team