Job Details:
Job Title : Automation QA Engineer with SRE Background
Location: Piscataway, NJ/ Hybrid
Job Purpose : The Automation QA Engineer with SRE background will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated tests to ensure the quality of software applications. Additionally, this role involves applying SRE principles to improve the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of the systems.
Key Responsibilities :
- Automated Testing :
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
- Work closely with the development team to integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Perform automated testing for backend systems, APIs, and front-end applications.
- Identify, track, and report defects found during automated testing.
- Site Reliability Engineering :
- Assist in the design and implementation of scalable, stable, and efficient systems.
- Apply SRE principles to automate operations tasks and improve system reliability.
- Participate in on-call rotations to support critical systems and address incidents.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure that reliability concerns are addressed throughout the software lifecycle.
- Lead post-incident reviews and drive root cause analysis and follow-up actions to mitigate future incidents.
- Collaboration and Planning :
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and develop effective testing strategies.
- Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, and design sessions.
- Ensure that QA processes align with SRE practices and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Monitoring and Performance :
- Develop and maintain monitoring strategies for applications.
- Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks.
- Suggest and implement improvements to enhance performance and reliability.
- Documentation :
- Maintain up-to-date documentation for test automation frameworks and SRE practices.
- Document incident reports and ensure knowledge sharing within the team.
Qualifications :
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer.
- Solid background in SRE with a deep understanding of reliability challenges and solutions.
Skills and Competencies :
- Proficiency in automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Appium, TestNG, Jenkins).
- Strong coding skills in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java).
- Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and log management platforms (e.g., ELK stack).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
We can offer you:
- A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
- A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
- Laptop and a mobile phone
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
- Maternity & Paternity leave plans
- A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
- Retirement savings plans
- A higher education certification policy
- Commuter benefits (varies by region)
- Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
- Cutting edge projects at the world s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
- A flat and approachable organization
- A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.
SYNECHRON S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Synclusive is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
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