Test Automation Engineer – Resilient Systems

Job description

IBM Resilient's mission is to help organizations thrive in the face of any cyberattack or business crisis. Our award-winning Incident Response Platform (IRP) empowers security teams to analyze, respond to and mitigate incidents faster, smarter and more efficiently. Resilient is fast becoming the industry standard solution for incident response. The IRP integrates all other security technologies into a single hub and provides easy workflow customization and process automation. Armed with Resilient, security teams can have best-in-class response capabilities. We are growing rapidly and are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic, talented Software Engineer with a focus on Quality.

This position is located in the Galway, Ireland. It provides a truly unique opportunity to join a successful, rapidly growing organization and fill a pivotal role in its growth and success. This is a role for a Software Developer with hands on experience of the development and execution of automated test plans. You will be responsible for the maintenance and creation of test processes and scripts, implementing best practices that will have an impact on QA, also contributing to the full development lifecycle. Applicants for this role must have strong experience of automation testing, modern testing practices and tools and Agile software development.

Key Responsibilities:
Work in a global, multidisciplinary team using agile approaches.
Design test strategies, test plans and test cases for functional testing.
Provide active technical leadership throughout the entire development process, including reviewing acceptance criteria, reviewing test cases and test automation code, setting up environments, and communicating with the project team on defects, issues, and QA status.
Develop, implement, and debug automated test scripts.
Participate in design, build, extension and maintenance of an automation framework.
Evaluate test cases for inclusion in regression and automation of newly integrated features.
Work closely with Software Developers and other Quality/Test Engineers to deliver product in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Analyse test results to discover defects in the product and in the test tools.
Select and develop test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation e.g. data-driven testing.
Use risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites.

RES17010K

Auto req ID

124979BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Software Engineer
State / Province

GALWAY
Primary job category

Software Development & Support
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Security
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

GALWAY
EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  At least 3 years' experience as software engineer or automation engineer.
·  Minimum 2 years' experience of automation tooling and scripting (preferably Selenium, TestNG)
·  Proficiency in Java/Groovy with 2+ years' experience.
·  Development methodologies.
·  Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields

Country/Region

Ireland
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Development Environment knowledge in Linux, bash shell programming, git, Gradle, virtual machines and Docker.

Eligibility Requirements

·  none

Position Type

Professional
New Collar Role

No