NFT Failover/Resilience Analyst, Unix, Linux, Oracle, Middleware apps

NFT FAILOVER/RESILIENCE ANALYST, UNIX, LINUX, ORACLE, MIDDLEWARE APPS, LONDON/MANCHESTER OR BOURNEMOUTH

This role will assist the Test Manager/Test Lead in the analysis, preparation and execution of failover/resiliency tests for a Payments solution.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Work as an integral part of a team of failover/ resilience testing specialists in delivering a high quality testing service to the Payments programme.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Understand the non-functional requirements
- Define the tests that will be required to prove the NFRs
- Test execution be that automated or manual, depending on the requirement
- Timely and accurate gathering of all test results, metrics and analysis statistics from all components within scope and produce standardised reports as defined by the Test Lead.
- Ensure communication channels with NFT management are always maintained.

KEY SKILLS

- MUST have extensive experience (minimum three years) in failover/resilience/Disaster Recovery/OAT testing, specifically of Middleware and database intensive applications.
- MUST have extensive experience in scoping/designing failover tests.
- MUST have very good communication skills; verbal and written.
- MUST have extensive hands-on experience of UNIX/ Linux at a command line level.
- MUST have extensive hands-on experience of Oracle databases.
- MUST have extensive hands-on experience of Middleware applications; WAS, Tuxedo and MQ
- SHOULD have a working knowledge of HP Quality Centre.
- DESIRABLE to have a working knowledge of interpreting output from monitoring toolsets ie      AWR, Wily, Team Quest and NMON.
- DESIRABLE TO have experience using HP LoadRunner, particularly with respect to Middleware ie MQ and database testing.
- DESIRABLE to have good experience in using SQL
- DESIRABLE to have payments domain knowledge, particularly SEPA
- DESIRABLE to have payments application knowledge