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Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

Network Perception

Chicago, illinois


Job Details

Full-time


Full Job Description

About Us

Network Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park. Founded by a team of experts on network security and critical infrastructure protection, Network Perception delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cyber security managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test to join our Software Quality team. Our team is actively building out test automation frameworks to test our web-based application, NP-View. The testing scope of our team is full-stack and includes end-to-end testing, API testing, and backend testing. The initial focus of this role will be to build a test automation framework for ensuring data accuracy throughout the application. NP-View has an industry-leading network analysis engine that performs complex operations for modeling network access and connectivity. Much of our data accuracy validation for the analysis engine is done manually. However, as we scale we need to automate this testing to support continuous delivery and agile development. You will be a key contributor to making that a reality!

In the first 90 days, you will:

  • Participate in product training and manual testing to learn the features and functionality of NP-View
  • Write test plans for new and existing features
  • Write automated tests in our Python/Pytest/Playwright end-to-end testing framework
  • Collaborate on the design of the data accuracy test automation framework
  • Start development of the data accuracy test automation framework

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to existing test automation efforts through automated test development
  • Expand the features and functionality of automation frameworks
  • Design and develop new test automation frameworks
  • Collaborate with developers to write test plans for new and existing features
  • Ideate on ways to improve team processes to be more efficient
  • Opportunity to improve CI/CD workflows and test reporting

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities to set you up for success:

  • Proficient in test automation development and QA best practices
  • Adept knowledge and experience in Python or similar interpreted languages (e.g. JavaScript, Ruby)
  • Experience with designing and developing test automation frameworks leveraging a core framework such as Pytest, Jest, RSpec, etc
  • Experience in testing modern web applications using end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
  • Experience validating data layers, data transformations, and data normalizations
  • Experience with using Jira and GitLab (or similar development tools)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable working on a small team with diverse responsibilities
  • Familiarity with Docker or other container technologies
  • Knowledge of computer networking and security fundamentals is a plus
  • Familiarity with using NoSQL databases, such as Redis, is a plus

Conditions of Employment

  • Due to a contract this role supports, you must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the U.S. to apply for this position.
  • Successful completion of a background screening once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

E-Verify

Network Perception participates in the E-Verify program from the United States Department of Homeland Security. For more information about the E-Verify program please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. You can also review the E-Verify Participation Poster and the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Poster.

Benefits

  • Full health, vision, dental benefits available on day 1
  • Competitive compensation and equal pay commitment
  • Flexible working hours and locations
  • Continuous professional training
  • Parental and medical leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Equity

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