What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal QA, SDET position at Harvard University?
Additional Information
This role is offered as a hybrid position (some combination of onsite and remote) where you are required to be onsite at our Boston, MA-based campus on a regular basis. Specific schedule will be determined between you and your manager. We may conduct candidate interviews virtually (phone and/or via Zoom) and/or in-person for this role.
Harvard University continues to place the highest priority on the health, safety and wellbeing of its faculty, staff, and students, as well as the wider community. Please note that all new employees will be required to provide confirmation of primary series COVID-19 vaccination upon hire, as detailed on our COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Webpage. Harvard University Health Services employees and other health care individuals are also required to be up to date on vaccination as described by the CDC. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons. Additional information regarding this requirement, exemptions, verification of vaccination status, and other related policies and resources may be found on the University's COVID-19 Information Website.
A cover letter is preferred to be considered for this opportunity.
Harvard Business School will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity. Culture of Inclusion: The work and well-being of HBS is profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and life experiences. Explore more about HBS work culture here: https://www.hbs.edu/employment.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 years' post-secondary education or relevant work experience
Position Description
Harvard Business School (HBS) IT is a community of IT professionals committed to delivering service and technology solutions in support of teaching, learning, research, and administration. We support a large and complex technology portfolio with integrations between websites, numerous applications, and databases. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user-focused, and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment, we are looking for you!
As a Principal QA, SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) in HBS IT you will collaborate with cross-functional teams across all phases of software projects including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. In partnership with CI/CD initiatives you will design and implement automated test infrastructure in a sustainable, supported, cost-effective and reliable approach across different technologies. You will provide hands-on leadership, using your expertise to model and drive automation test strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with application teams to define and build tooling and automation frameworks that simplify and support comprehensive test coverage in the software development lifecycle, encourage best practices, and ensure high quality releases
- Contribute to creation and maturing of software development best practices and new technologies
- Proactively identify opportunities to better leverage validation tools, improve process, or enhance practices to be more efficient and effective
- Develop a deep understanding of technologies within the HBS portfolio and communicate complex technical issues to audiences of mixed experience
- Identify and prioritize opportunities for automation and test-driven design Design, build, and debug automation frameworks for integration in CI/CD pipeline Integrate cloud-based resources and networks with local and distributed infrastructure
- Enforce, audit, and streamline software test and delivery processes
- Gather and report on relevant and actionable metrics
- Serve as a trusted advisor to colleagues, providing strong technical guidance that balances adherence to standards with flexibility Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers, helping to move the team forward to better, more up-to-date technologies
- Complete other responsibilities as assigned
