COMPLETE Security Automation Architect

Job Description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

 

 

 

 

 Position Summary:

Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and you will help support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability. Major teams within CBS include Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Enterprise Support Services, Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Knowledge and Risk Management.

 

As part of our Global Tax QA team, you will design and execute on the End to End/integration Automation strategy for major programs across the Tax Portfolio requiring collaboration across agile teams. You will partner with the Product Owners, Functional Test, Performance Test, Development, Architecture teams to develop End to End automation frameworks that will be sustainable and reusable over time throughout the SDLC. You will lead a team of automation testers to execute on the designed strategy.

 

Essential Functions of the Job:
(Identify and describe essential functions, or primary duties and responsibilities.  Assume that the reader does not know the role or function of the job.)

•    Responsible for quality assurance testing of solutions as established by Quality Assurance Lead 
•    Provide technical guidance and expertise to team members, colleagues and/or customers 
•    Assist in the development of quality assurance and testing policies, standards and procedures, processes, and best practices as related to automation
•    Contribute to program/project review meetings. Support Quality Assurance Management in determining status, assessing problem areas, suggesting and reviewing corrective actions, directing/planning necessary extra work, and rework and re-plan activities
•    Support the onboarding of new team members
•    Work with project stakeholders to determine the appropriate quality initiatives to implement during system development life cycles 
•    Support Quality Assurance Lead in upward stakeholder management and day-to-day management of the Quality Assurance team 
•    Make recommendations to the Quality Assurance Lead on the improvement of Quality Assurance processes and practices and where appropriate help to establish these and implement where agreed
•    Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other IT services, IT solution functions and customers to expedite delivery of IT solutions
•    Provide feedback and suggestions to improve the application of basic principles and practices related to Software Development Process Improvement 
•    Identify process improvements, and contributes to corporate testing standards and definition of best practices  
•    Investigate and document the internal control of specified aspects of automated or partly automated processes, and assesses compliance with the relevant standards 
•    Control, update and distribute new and revised quality standards, including technical changes
•    Work within quality assurance frameworks to ensure stability, efficiency and scalability 
•    Review requirements and specifications, and define test automated test solutions
•    Design test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting outcomes to Quality Assurance Lead 
•    Execute automated tests and undertake analysis of results to ensure that software meets or exceeds specified standards and/or client and technical requirements 
•    Take responsibility for integrity of testing and acceptance activities and coordinates the execution of these activities
•    Provide authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution 
•    Manage all automation test processes, including test plans, resources, costs, timescales, test deliverables, and traceability 
•    Analyze and report test activities and results 
•    Identify and report issues and risks associated with automation teams 
 

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities: 
 (Describe the kind of problems and challenges typically faced, and decisions required to perform the job, as well as recommendations made to supervisors or others.  Focus on the nature of existing policies, precedents and procedures used to guide decisions, and the degree to which the incumbent is free to make decisions requiring interpretation and judgment. Provide an example.)

•    Proactive approach to identifying issues and presenting solutions and options, and where appropriate, leading to resolution
•    Ability to clearly articulate both problems and proposed solutions 

 

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

(Describe the knowledge or skills needed to perform this job; these may be technical, managerial or behavioral in nature.)

• Excellent attention to detail
• Good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Motivated by delivery and speed to outcome
• Ability to determine strategic direction and not just tactical
• The ability to work and team effectively with clients and other management personnel across geographies
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
• Ability to deal efficiently with escalations and difficult situations under pressure
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle including the functional and non-functional test phases
• Knowledge of Quality Management techniques
• Intermediate understanding of the customer services and business processes
• Strong knowledge of Agile and automation processes
• Knowledge of quality assurance testing, tooling and associated programming language
• Demonstrates the ability to research, formulate relevant questions and seek advice about specific concepts and practices to deepen learning and application skills related to Quality Management
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of key principles related to Software Development Process Improvement
• Programing experience in VB/VBA/VBScript or C#, .NET platform
• Knowledge of Selenium(C#) and other Open Source Test Automation frameworks
• Experience with TFS, AzureDevOps. App Insights, Azure Monitor and related issue tracking and project management tools
• Knowledge of manual testing methodologies
• Knowledge of automation testing methodologies and the implementation of frameworks and harness
• Knowledge of techniques for developing robust, scalable automation frameworks,
• Knowledge of tools and processes for results reporting
• Experience with testing big enterprise, high-traffic and multi-tier applications using MS Azure
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration processes
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and TDD

 

Supervision Responsibilities:

(Describe the level of supervision received (i.e., the frequency of supervisory contact, degree to which the individual acts independently and on what kinds of issues).  Describe the level of supervision of others, if any (i.e., assigning work, reviewing performance, direct or indirect responsibility).

 

• Line Management of automation engineers
• Hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management of automation engineers
• Works with limited direction and oversight

 

Other Requirements:

(Describe other functions or expectations of the job such as whether overtime is regularly required (e.g., during busy season?), whether there are particular times of the year that vacation may not be taken, whether there is frequent travel, whether there are any physical requirements beyond those expected in a normal office environment or any other miscellaneous things about the job that should be made known.)

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• Occasional overnight travel may be required

 

Job Requirements:
Education:
(What is the minimum level of education needed/suggested to perform this job?)

•    A bachelor’s degree ( computer science, engineering, accounting, finance preferred) or equivalent work experience

 

Experience:
(What is minimum number of years needed/suggested to perform this job?)

•    5+ years of relevant automation experience 
•    Experience managing and leading automation teams
•    3+ years management and leadership experience

Certification Requirements:
(Describe and explain any certifications and/or licenses needed or helpful to perform this job).
.ISTQB, SAFe Agile, or other relevant certifications and qualifications

 

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