Principal SDET Automation Engineer Cloud Management Platform
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Job Description
Your Career
Our Cloud Management Platform group is in search of passionate Automation Engineers responsible to develop and design our scalable microservices used to activate all Palo Alto Networks cloud products.
We are seeking experienced Principal Software Engineers to develop and deliver nextgeneration technologies within our Shared Services team. We want passionate engineers who love to code build great products and bring new ideas in all facets of software development. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.
Your Impact
- Test Planning & Strategy Development Design comprehensive wellstructured software test plans and lead the implementation of a test automation strategy covering the entire testing pyramid (unit service integration and endtoend testing) to verify feature functionality for customer use cases
- Automation Framework Development Architect build and maintain scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks using industrystandard tools Contribute to improving existing frameworks to support new functionalities and optimize quality and efficiency
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration Collaborate with DevOps to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI ensuring thorough test coverage at every stage of development and enabling swift delivery of features
- Microservices & API Testing Develop and execute automated tests for microservices (API and service layer testing) ensuring data validation and reliability across services Implement contract testing to ensure compatibility between services
- UI & EndtoEnd Testing Design and execute endtoend automation scripts using frameworks like Selenium Cypress or Playwright ensuring user flows work seamlessly across platforms
- Troubleshooting & Debugging Demonstrate excellent troubleshooting abilities isolate issues and verify bug fixes Debug issues found during testing and after release
- Test Tool & Infrastructure Development Build tools and infrastructure to support efficient highquality testing Research and introduce new tools to improve test coverage speed and reliability
- Quality Leadership & Mentorship Act as a gatekeeper for quality ensuring all code passes necessary tests before merging and deployment Mentor junior engineers on test design automation techniques and best practices
- Collaboration & Coordination Work closely with crossfunctional teams including product management development SRE and SDET teams in a fastpaced environment with short release cycles Estimate prioritize plan and coordinate testing activities to meet deadlines
Qualifications :
Your Experience
- Test Automation & Frameworks Strong knowledge of test automation methodologies tools and frameworks Experience developing test automation for REST APIs using Python/Pytest
- Scripting & Programming Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Python Java JavaScript) and strong scripting skills
- Microservices & Cloud Experience with cloud technologies (AWSGCP) and containerized applications (Docker Kubernetes)
- CI/CD & Version Control Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI Jenkins) and version control systems (Git)
- UI & API Automation Handson experience with UI automation frameworks (Selenium Cypress) and API testing tools (Postman REST Assured)
- Contract & Integration Testing Familiarity with contract testing (e.g. Pact) and tools like TestContainers for simulating environments and verifying interactions
- Performance Testing Experience with performance testing tools (e.g. JMeter Gatling)
- BS or MS in Computer Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent military experience
- Minimum of 8 years experience in software development or software testing
Additional Information :
The Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating challenging the way we and the industry think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity excited by the prospect of a challenge and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147000 $225500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
