[Network-jobs] Job => Title: Services Surround Integration Test Engineer - Professional Services Location: Westford, MA

[jfjones at juniper.net]

Job Title: Services Surround Integration Test Engineer - Professional Services
Company: Juniper Networks
Location: Westford, MA

Relocation Available: No
Telecommute: No
Full Time: Yes
Temporary: No
Travel (%): 10
Shift: Rotating

Employment Type: No
Pay Rate (if known): DOE


Skills: Manager, Routing, solutuions testing
Security Clearence Required (if yes, type and country): No   
Passport Required (yes/no): No
Certifications required: 
Certifications preferred: 

Description:
A Juniper Networks Services Surround Integration Test Engineer will have broad experience in the design, configuration, integration, migration, and evaluation of existing networks.  The successful candidate provides subject matter expertise on qualifying Juniper Networks products.  The candidate will have deep technical knowledge of multi-product, multi-vendor network verification.

Responsibilities:
•	Design, implement and manage a solutions test process for full technical evaluation of Juniper solutions including process structure, quality objectives, resource requirements, lab infrastructure requirements, linked metrics, and reporting.
•	Work with partner technologies, both hardware and software, in the development and validation of solutions.
•	Drive the definition of test configurations and scenarios to support system integration testing by applying theories, concepts, and principals in identifying customer needs and defining application-specific systems integration requirements.
•	Liaison between customer and various engineering groups within Juniper Networks.
•	Provide input to the program office for integration test deliverables and timelines
•	Work closely with the development team, program office, and customers in identifying required tests
•	Help develop and implement test processes and procedures
•	Provide customer with assistance, guidance, and advice to ensure good practices in standard integration methodologies and processes.
•	Determine integration test environment hardware and software requirements and supports the setup and installation of test lab equipment and software to simulate the customer solution production environment.
•	Design, develop, review, and maintain technical and project documentation associated with all projects proposed for testing.
•	Participate in architecting and building end-to-end solutions environment and conducting solution integration and validation tests.  Duties include producing guides for solutions design and implementation.
•	Provide technical consulting support for field sales and partners.
•	Establish, operate, and maintain a test lab system configuration log to accurately reflect various installed and test configuration baselines.

Required Skills/Experience:
•	6-8+ years experience in test laboratories for communications infrastructure and client facing experience
•	Significant expertise in technical product validation and testing.  
•	Technical knowledge of IP Networking and Mobile networks with a focus on service provider experience
•	Detailed knowledge of test automation tools and software tools, including expertise in the development of customized test harnesses.
•	Must be experienced in designing effective test certification process, design of functionality, scale and interoperability tests environments, and exceptional knowledge of test automation techniques for communications technical infrastructure testing.   
•	Strong problem solving ability and critical thinking  with an emphasis on written and verbal communication skills 
•	Self starter with ability to define, lead and model role within Juniper technical community and externally with customers and exhibits grace under pressure
•	Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, site commissioning, and customer deployment support and hardware and software development practices and lifecycles
•	Experience with formal hardware and software version control and defect tracking
•	Demonstrated skills in planning and implementing complex systems test and integration
•	Ability to assess the impact of new or changing requirements on planned or existing complex projects
•	Adapts readily to changes in scope and purpose
•	BS or MS degree in Electrical engineering or computer science

Desired Technical Experience:
•	Hands-on configuration and operational knowledge of more than one of the following products: Juniper, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent
•	Knowledge of Juniper JUNOS and Cisco IOS
•	Detailed understanding of IP protocols.  These skills MUST include:
•	Detailed understanding of more than one Layer 2 protocol:
•	Experience with 3G/4G and/or WiMAX/WiFi networks.  Mobile core networking (both data and VoIP) also key for the successful candidate.  
•	Experience with CDN architecture or application verification a plus.
•	UNIX and scripting skills (shell, PERL, Python, PHP) a plus.
•	Understanding QOS provisioning systems or policy managers is a plus.
•	Experience with VPNs and the associated tunneling technologies (L2TP, IPSEC, GRE) is a plus.