Lead Test Engineer

Lead Test Engineer

Location: Remote in the United States preferably based on the East Coast

BlueVoyant is seeking a knowledgeable Lead Test Engineer to manage our Test Engineering Team to help guide and implement best practices for automated regression and testing capabilities in support of specific technology platforms used to deliver our internet-scale intelligence and managed security products. In this role you will serve as a thought leader and champion for best practices.

General responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing, and documenting automation and test scripts.
• Work with a cross-functional team to proactively improve on existing integration automation/workflows.
• Refine our DevOps methodology based on industry best practices for quality assurance with continuous feedback against well-defined metrics.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of QA technology standards,  industry trends,  emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Ensure technical issues are quickly resolved and help implement strategies and solutions to reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
• Work with peers to ensure the end-to-end solution provided by BV works seamlessly for our clients.

What you will do:

• Implement best practices for quality and testing in coordination with the team.
• Design and develop a testing process that will scale as the team grows.
• Design and develop automated tests that will minimize regressions.
• Define metrics that will help the team understand and track the level of coverage.
• Develop acceptance test criteria in coordination with the team.
• Share expertise with the team to improve test mindshare.
• Recommend tools and framework based on best-of-breed industry standards.

Ideal candidates will:

• Thrive in our small, fast-paced, product-driven DevOps culture.
• Collaborate with teams from across the organization.
• Execute on commitments as part of a DevOps Scrum team.
• Present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Demonstrate ownership of tasks with escalation as needed.
• Be a subject matter expert in quality assurance.
• Relentlessly push for successful operational outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience creating automation tests for large scale cloud-based systems (Azure,AWS, GCP), API’s and microservices with minimal and evolving requirements. 
• Strong belief in automation over manual testing.
• Expert-level experience with common automation testing platforms.
• Hands-on experience with test packages for JavaScript, Python, and Golang.
• Excellent understanding of the Software Test Life Cycle in an Agile environment.
• Excellent understanding of the different levels of software testing.
• Proficiency using Git, ticketing systems such as JIRA, and CI/CD a plus.
• Understanding of modern web application structure and code.
• Must be self-driven, independent, creative, and especially eager to learn new skills.
• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field experience.
• Experience in managing small engineering teams.

About BlueVoyant

At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!

Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.

Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.

All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.

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