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Position Title: Quality Assurance Engineer About Us: Souktel, Palestines first mobile phone job and aid information network, is a leading IT venture based in Ramallah and North America. Souktels mission is to help people across the Middle East improve their lives through mobile phone-based information services. Proudly Palestinian, our work has earned us praise from Al Jazeera TV, MBC TV, and Arabian Business Magazine, and has helped us win accolades at the World Economic Forum for the Middle East and the Silicon Valley Tech Awards. Your Job: The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality and functionality of Souktel products before they are released to clients. S/he receives test-ready products from Souktels software development team, and carries out testing to ensure error-free functionality of web interfaces, mobile components, and mobile network connectivity. The QA Engineer is then responsible for clearing products for release, following these comprehensive tests. Your Responsibilities: Create comprehensive test plans for testing web and mobile software components. Test all user paths, including potential error paths and invalid or malicious user input to ensure proper handling thereof. Complete QA assessments with these test plans, approving products for release or identifying required modifications. Document bugs, track bug fix progress, and verify resolution of open bug tickets. Run full regression tests for all products before release. Write automated test suites to ensure continuous connectivity and functionality of software components on a daily basis. Communicate directly with Souktel clients to verify functionality of mobile components. Prepare periodic reports to management on QA priorities and processes. Required Qualifications: Bachelors degree in computer engineering/computer science. 2 - 4 years prior experience as a QA engineer. Experience writing automated unit test suites for web-based products. Strong experience with PHP and web applications. Strong knowledge of mobile network connectivity and SMS/IVR applications. Professional-level English: Ability to interact directly with English-speaking clients. Desired Qualifications: Knowledge of SQL queries and Java programming language. Experience with mobile protocols such as SMPP. Experience with LAMP stack administration. Experience with web security attacks such as SQL injection and XSS. To Apply: Please email your CV and contact details of two professional references to cv@souktel.org. Please use 'Quality Assurance Engineer" as the subject line of your email. Application period ends at 5 pm Palestine local time, Thu. Oct. 3, 2013.