About Redknee
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable operators to monetize the lifetime value of each subscriber transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 50 network operators in over 40 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc. (AIM: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of those entities. For more information, please visit www.redknee.com.

Test Engineer (Messaging)

DESCRIPTION

This technical resource is part of the System Integration and Testing team who are directly responsible for testing the products and solutions produced by the development group to ensure that the quality goal and planned functionality is achieved. This involves obtaining an understanding of the customer requirements, system architecture, design implementation details of software products and new features, and developing test cases based on this understanding.
This role offers a continuous learning environment where each assignment presents the opportunity to further extend the individuals knowledge, skill set and career advancement. Individuals in this role will thrive through training, tools, high quality internal infrastructure and network of personnel to ensure they have every opportunity to succeed

REQUIREMENTS

Work as a part of System Integration and Testing team to ensure that the system meets customer/product requirements.

Review the requirements and design (implementation) of the Products/Solutions and facilitate in feasibility evaluation.

Define and create test strategies for the telecom products.

Develop test plans and test cases for upcoming features based on functional specifications and high level design.

Understand system architecture in order to effectively test the product from a system (and customer) perspective.

Maintain a complete understanding of the testing infrastructure.

Determine how the production infrastructure relates to the test environments and ensure that the test environment supports and simulates production infrastructure on a small scale.

Design and develop plan to set up and configure test environment.

Find issues early in the test cycle and report/track it through problem tracking system.

Knowledge of general QA and software testing procedures and methodologies, and software development lifecycle fundamentals.
QUALIFICATIONS

Technology/Tools:

Working knowledge of testing high availability, high throughput, mission critical system.

Working knowledge of testing failover, clustering design.

Experienced in load testing, stress testing and benchmark (performance) testing.

Experienced in testing mobile text messaging MMS, SMS, WAP in terms of message routing, session management, rating and charging.

Knowledge of SMPP and SS7 SMS related protocol would be an asset.

Working knowledge of shell scripting (Perl, ksh, etc)

Proficient in Unix, Solaris preferred.

Detail oriented, good analytical and problem solving skills.

Previous software development experienced would be a definite asset.

Excellent communication skills, detailed oriented.
Education and Qualifications
Degree in computer science, engineering

Experience
Software development experience will be an asset.

Thank you for your application, only those qualified will be considered

About Redknee
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable operators to monetize the lifetime value of each subscriber transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 50 network operators in over 40 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc. (AIM: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of those entities. For more information, please visit www.redknee.com.

Test Engineer (Messaging)

DESCRIPTION

This technical resource is part of the System Integration and Testing team who are directly responsible for testing the products and solutions produced by the development group to ensure that the quality goal and planned functionality is achieved. This involves obtaining an understanding of the customer requirements, system architecture, design implementation details of software products and new features, and developing test cases based on this understanding.
This role offers a continuous learning environment where each assignment presents the opportunity to further extend the individuals knowledge, skill set and career advancement. Individuals in this role will thrive through training, tools, high quality internal infrastructure and network of personnel to ensure they have every opportunity to succeed

REQUIREMENTS

Work as a part of System Integration and Testing team to ensure that the system meets customer/product requirements.

Review the requirements and design (implementation) of the Products/Solutions and facilitate in feasibility evaluation.

Define and create test strategies for the telecom products.

Develop test plans and test cases for upcoming features based on functional specifications and high level design.

Understand system architecture in order to effectively test the product from a system (and customer) perspective.

Maintain a complete understanding of the testing infrastructure.

Determine how the production infrastructure relates to the test environments and ensure that the test environment supports and simulates production infrastructure on a small scale.

Design and develop plan to set up and configure test environment.

Find issues early in the test cycle and report/track it through problem tracking system.

Knowledge of general QA and software testing procedures and methodologies, and software development lifecycle fundamentals.

QUALIFICATIONS

Technology/Tools:

Working knowledge of testing high availability, high throughput, mission critical system.

Working knowledge of testing failover, clustering design.

Experienced in load testing, stress testing and benchmark (performance) testing.

Experienced in testing mobile text messaging MMS, SMS, WAP in terms of message routing, session management, rating and charging.

Knowledge of SMPP and SS7 SMS related protocol would be an asset.

Working knowledge of shell scripting (Perl, ksh, etc)

Proficient in Unix, Solaris preferred.

Detail oriented, good analytical and problem solving skills.

Previous software development experienced would be a definite asset.

Excellent communication skills, detailed oriented.
Education and Qualifications
Degree in computer science, engineering

Experience
Software development experience will be an asset.

Thank you for your application, only those qualified will be considered

Redknee is a leading provider of telecommunication software solutions, which enable network operators and service providers to deliver innovative value-creating services. Redknee's commercially deployed suite of software products seamlessly integrate into customer networks and provide a full set of business-critical network capabilities. Redknee's capabilities include service provisioning, real-time converged billing, messaging, service control, and customer relationship management solutions which provide value-added functionality to wire-line, mobile, circuit-switched, and VOIP service providers.
Redknee's breadth of experience and robust, scalable architecture allows our customers to enhance their service portfolio and network capabilities, while leveraging Redknee's best-in-class technical delivery organization to ensure a rapid and efficient deployment and service launch.
Redknee's next-generation software delivers innovative services to over 25 top tier network operators, with over 185 million subscribers worldwide. Redknee's global headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada.

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