Senior QA Engineer

Bluefly.com, a leading online merchant offering top designer and name brand apparel and accessories at a value, is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join our Technology Team. This is an awesome opportunity to work in a growing environment that fuses the dynamic worlds of technology, fashion, and the Internet. 

This technical position will report to the QA Manager and ensure that Bluefly delivers the highest quality releases to production. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated and with a solid background in test engineering, knowledge of enterprise systems, and a strong drive to learn new technologies. The successful candidate will leverage creativity and talent in delivering successful projects as they continue to develop and hone their technical skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute automated tests using Selenium and Java
• Collaborate with product management and engineering teams, in an Agile environment, to develop a comprehensive set of tests for our web-based applications
• Run manual test scripts and maintain automated testing scripts
• Execute exploratory testing and acceptance of new features as part of a story-driven Agile development process
• Analyze failed tests and manage defects using the bug reporting tool
• Design detailed black and white box test strategies, test cases, scripts and suites
• Perform complex functional, application, regression, and performance tests
• Define release-candidate acceptance certification
• Assess level of effort for QA tasks
• Assess risk of changes to code base and system configurations; present informed recommendations to product owners
• Contribute to continuous improvement of quality engineering

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in CS, CE, Mathematics or equivalent and at least 6-8 years of Quality Assurance experience including:
  • 4+ years in an Agile environment
  • 3+ years working in a in web / eCommerce environment
• Skilled in an array of testing methodologies, including the following:
  • Functional
  • Regression
  • System
  • Stress
  • End-to-End
  • Fail-Over
  • Knowledgeable about ecommerce technologies
• Skilled in automated testing with current tools such as Selenium using Java, Fitnesse, or Watir
• Skilled in performance testing and analysis with JMeter and/or SilkPerformer
• Skilled in SQL and basic Linux operations
• Knowledgeable about quality assurance in an industry-wide context
• Effective in communicating with clients and executives across a range of industries
• Proficient in a scripting language such as Ruby, Python, or Perl is a plus
• Experience in testing iPhone and iPad applications is a plus
• Experience with ATG, CSC (Customer Support Center) 2007, BCC (Business Control Center) and Endeca a plus.

Benefits: 
In addition to providing a dynamic, highly motivated environment, Bluefly offers its employees: competitive salary, medical & dental insurance, 401k plan, commuter benefits, health club membership assistance, employee discount, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Bluefly is an equal opportunity employer. 

 Manager, IT Operations

Bluefly.com, a leading online merchant offering top designer and name brand apparel and accessories at a value, is seeking a Manager, IT Operations to join our Technology Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a vibrant environment that fuses the dynamic worlds of technology, fashion, and the Internet. 

This hands-on technical management position will report to the Vice President of Technology and will be a part of the Technology management team. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, with a solid background in networking engineering, security and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the area of network engineering and security
• Design and implement a fault tolerant and scalable network infrastructure serving the enterprise
• Take ownership of the disaster recovery program and continue to make improvements to the plan
• Provide 24x7 support for system related issues and work to identify problems and resolve them
• Manage corporate IT team, responsible for supporting Linux, Mac and Microsoft desktops/laptops and user access to corporate network and applications both on the network as well as through remote VPN access.
• Coordinate and troubleshoot corporate services such as telephony, video conferencing, remote access and mobile.
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities and make quick decisions with limited information.

Skills/Experience

• Bachelors degree and 5+ years of network engineering and security for an internet property
• Experience as a tech lead or manager in Operations or IT
• Experience in all computing environments: Linux, Mac and PC
• Experience with Cisco routers and switches
• Experience with Juniper firewalls
• Experience with compliance programs, specifically PCI and SOX
• Experience in developing, measuring and understanding operational metrics
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced 24/7/365 operation that is rapidly growing both in terms of people & scale

Benefits: 
In addition to providing a dynamic, highly motivated environment, Bluefly offers its employees: competitive salary, medical & dental insurance, 401k plan, commuter benefits, health club membership assistance, employee discount, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Bluefly is an equal opportunity employer. 

Database Analyst

Bluefly.com, a leading online merchant offering top designer and name brand apparel and accessories at a value, is seeking a Database Analyst to join our Technology Team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a vibrant environment that fuses the dynamic worlds of technology, fashion, and the Internet. This Database Analyst position will report to the Director of System Operations and will be a key member of this agile team responsible for the data operations for all three Bluefly internet sites.  The ideal candidate will have excellent SQL skills to perform data changes throughout the Oracle and MySQL systems.  You should be an independent, solution-oriented performer who is skilled and experienced at using SQL, with a desire to grow your skillset further.  Positive energy, great people skills and insatiable curiosity are required!

Responsibilities:

-          Development and maintenance of the Bluefly internal databases

-          Execution and maintenance of existing batch processes

-          Continunuous improvement of enhancing the data support of Bluefly systems.

-          Create scripts and monitors for data issues and batch jobs

-          Recommend and implement process enhancements

-          Support data changes as submitted by business units within Bluefly

-          Work with development teams to support new database testing efforts

Qualifications:

-          Bachelors degree

-          1- 2 years of database experience, retail experience perferred

-          Strong SQL skills supporting database systems

-          Experience with MS Excel

-          Ability to read XML and debug scripts.

-          Linux experience a plus

-          Any programming experience a plus.

-          Knows when and how to have fun!

Benefits: 

In addition to providing a dynamic, highly motivated environment, Bluefly offers its employees: competitive salary, medical & dental insurance, 401k plan, commuter benefits, health club membership assistance, employee discount, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Bluefly is an equal opportunity employer. 

 Sr. Java Developer

Bluefly.com, a leading retailer of designer fashions at outlet store prices, is looking for a Sr. Java Developer to help build our next generation software systems.  This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a vibrant environment that fuses the dynamic worlds of technology, fashion and the Internet.

Responsibilities:

·         Lead the development effort in the design, coding, and deployment of core components for a high volume E-Commerce system based on a Java and ATG running on JBoss and Oracle.

·         Lead off-shore development teams, providing technical direction and code reviews.

·         Provide oversight with the review of technical designs, test plans and project plans.

·         Enhance existing features, debug and correct system bugs and implement minor change requests

·         Provide technical subject matter expertise to the Business Analyst, Project Manager and Business Sponsor throughout all phases of development.

·         Design and implement various eCommerce/transaction processing components to work within Model 2 (MVC) web applications and stand alone batch processing applications.

·         Mentor Java Developers and Junior Java Developers on proper Object Oriented Design, performance tuning and perform both design and code reviews.

·         Participate in the continuous refinement of a standardized, structured e-application development methodology and process

·         Design/architect extensible technical solutions with adequate documentation (state charges, flow diagrams, class diagrams etc.)

·         Create accurate time estimates and consistently hit code complete deadlines.

Qualifications:

·         BA or BS Degree in Computer Science or related degree required

·         Must have a strong development background with at least 6 years experience developing in Java and 6 or more years experience with Java-based server side packages (JSP, Tag Libraries, JMS, etc)

·         Have extensive project experience and be capable to effectively and quickly leverage that experience to create solutions and solve problems

·         Experience with Scrum and/or agile development processes.

·         Experience using source code control software and bug tracking software with a preference to those that have strong subversion skills with experience performing branches and merges

·         6+ years working in an internet-related systems development or net-centric architecture in a B2B or B2C business environment

·         A solid understanding of database technologies from a developer and data modeler standpoint: Minimum of 6 years commercial experience in development with Enterprise-level databases (Oracle, MS SQL Server, etc.) including at least some experience with performance tuning and data modeling

·         Experience with AJAX, XML, Spring, Hibernate, Endeca, Coremetrics are desired, but not required

·         iPhone, iPad, Droid development experience desired, but not required

·         Experience with UML diagrams and their proper use in the development lifecycle required

·         Working knowledge of Object Oriented design patterns and their appropriate application required

·         Strong communications skills (presentation and documentation), interpersonal skills and the desire/ability to work with a team of developers required

·         Demonstrable experience with a java based e-commerce application software package or large framework (ATG, Struts, Spring MVC etc.)

·         Keen understanding of structured development methods throughout the entire development lifecycle

·         Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly

Benefits:

In addition to providing a dynamic, highly motivated, stable working environment, Bluefly offers its employees: Competitive salary, health and dental benefits, 401K and an employee discount.

Bluefly is an equal opportunity employer.