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Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.
With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest "Canadian-Owned" IT staffing/consulting company.
Procom's areas of staffing expertise include:
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Software Systems Engineer

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Software Systems Engineer for a contract opportunity in Hillsboro, Oregon. 

Software Systems Engineer Job Details

We are looking for a highly motivated Software Systems Engineer who is interested in working in a lean, Agile, entrepreneurial environment that will launch new products into new markets. You have worked within a rapidly growing enterprise software development team. You are impassioned about quality. You are analytical, organized, and can work without direct supervision. You strive for greater automation all the time, and look to make the process repeatable and high quality. You are hands-on with leading automation tools and frameworks, as well as popular languages for automation such as Python and bash. You can work in a team environment and foster cross-team collaboration. You must also possess strong verbal and written communication skills and the demonstrated ability to work in a demanding team-oriented environment. 

The Big Data team develops solutions that address the challenges of Big Data Analytics and Large-Scale Machine Learning. It is focused on delivering disruptive software and hardware technologies that will transform datacenter operations and improve user experience. 

• As a Software System Engineer, you will work within the software development team to ensure the delivery of very high quality analytics software products. Your duties may include: 
• Deploying and troubleshooting complex systems in a server lab environment 
• Creating and executing scale and performance test cases 
• Identifying the root cause of the failures from logs and instrumentation 
• Develop very large datasets and write scale and performance test 
• Create automated deployment, scale and performance frameworks and/or tools, identifying and expand areas of automation 
• File bugs in the defect tracking system with appropriate level of information identify the source of problems 
• Communicate quality issues and risks with the software development team and technical leaders 

Software Systems Engineer Mandatory Skills

You must possess the following minimum qualifications to be considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through relevant previous job and/or research experiences. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 3+ years of experience in deployment and performance testing of large-scale parallel and distributed systems (e.g., MapReduce frameworks, parallel databases, etc.)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g. JMeter, Gatling, Load Runner, TestComplete, Selenium, Watir, etc.)
• 3+ years experience with Linux command line tools and interfaces 
• 3+ years experience developing automated test harnesses, using scripting or high level languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Java, C#, etc.) 
• 1 year of experience in verifying the accuracy, reliability, consistency and effectiveness of data (data quality) in NoSQL (Hadoop, MongoDB), relational (SQL) or graph (Neo4j, Titan) databases 
• 1 year of experience with the design and implementation of NoSQL databases (Hadoop), graph and/or relational (SQL)
• Strong understanding of Web technologies (Web Services [SOAP/REST], HTTP, Web sites), databases, and networking 

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of total experience in black box and white box testing 
• 1 year experience using test management and issue tracking tools (e.g., Test Director, Bugzilla, Team Track, JIRA, TFS, etc.) 
• 1 year experience with advanced analytics algorithms (e.g., K-Means, Linear/Logistic Regressions) 
• 1 year experience in iterative development (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
• Experience working in a Continuous Integration environment

Software Systems Engineer Start Date

ASAP

Software Systems Engineer Assignment Length

19 Months

"Please note that we are not able to work with candidates on H1B Visas or candidates represented by third parties."

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only.