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Principal SDET Automation Engineer (Cloud Management Platform)

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Palo Alto Networks

2024-11-05 11:39:43

Job location Santa Clara, California, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Education

Job description

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 next-generation 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, well-structured software test plans and lead the implementation of a test automation strategy, covering the entire testing pyramid (unit, service, integration, and end-to-end testing) to verify feature functionality for customer use cases

Automation Framework Development - Architect, build, and maintain scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks using industry-standard 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 & End-to-End Testing - Design and execute end-to-end 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, high-quality 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 cross-functional teams, including product management, development, SRE and SDET teams, in a fast-paced environment with short release cycles - Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities to meet deadlines

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