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Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Closing Date

2018-07-15 23:00:00

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Senior QA Automation Engineer

  • Company Overview

    At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

    • Build and enhance our proven security platform
    • Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
    • Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
    • Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

    We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next- generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

    The Role

    We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Senior QA Automation Engineer, to plan and implement automated tests, aid in tool selection and integration, and contribute thought leadership on our short and long-term test strategy.

    The successful candidate will assume a key position in an energetic, results-oriented Engineering team, making a highly visible contribution to the end-to-end delivery of a multi-million dollar product offering.  They will work closely with local Engineers in Belfast, global Product Management, and staff based in our Silicon Valley headquarters, as part of an Agile team driving rapid growth through high-quality, on-time feature releases that meet and exceed the expectations of our customers. 

    Your day-to-day

    • Defining, executing and automating tests against a complex platform, based on a wide range of technologies
    • Collaborating with Engineering and Product Management resources to analyse and refine requirements for high value features and projects
    • Producing first-rate test plans that can be leveraged for manual and automated testing
    • Working with a range of stakeholders to maintain an automation roadmap, including prioritised test coverage, and the integration of new tools
    • Collaborating with Engineering leadership to review and refine our software delivery process to support the end-to-end delivery of world class software

    What you bring to the team

    Requirements:

    • Demonstrable experience writing and executing automation test scripts using open source and/or commercial test automation tools, e.g. Selenium, Cucumber, UFT (formerly QTP), SOAP UI, JMeter
    • Experience in functional and non-functional testing
    • Good knowledge of one or more programming languages, e.g. Java, Python, Perl, PHP
    • Experience working collaboratively with Development and Product Management teams
    • Experience with providing advice on testing tools and leveraging them effectively to solve complex testing problems
    • Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
    • Good exposure to Linux

    Desirable:

    • Knowledge of email technology, MTAs (e.g. Postfix), and server architecture
    • Exposure to SaaS-based product delivery
    • ISEB/ISTQB foundation (or equivalent experience)
    • Experience in performance testing tooling and methodologies
    • Experience in the preparation of test environments, e.g. build deployment; GIT or SVN repository management; Jenkins

    Why Proofpoint

    As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and treating them well is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in 10 countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!

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