About FireMon As a thought leader in a space we invented, FireMon is paving the way in the cybersecurity industry across the globe. At FireMon, you'll find a disruptive, cutting-edge environment. It's a place where being proactive is rewarded and each day is more innovative than the last. This drive permeates everything we do - from how we develop our products to how we engage with our customers and how we get things done. One of the biggest benefits of working with a groundbreaking company like FireMon, is the huge impact employees have on the overall product and business. Each person's work directly affects the outcome of the finalized product and success of the business. Additionally, you can voice your ideas and collaborate across departments to learn new aspects of the company. Since we are securely backed by some of the savviest investors in the industry, you get the security of an established organization but at the same time get to experience the agility and autonomy of a smaller company. As a Senior Test Automation Engineer at FireMon, you will play a major role in helping to ensure efficient and consistent delivery of high-quality Network Security products to our growing customer base. You will help drive test automation strategy and implementation for an exciting portfolio of Network Security products using your strong automation expertise, customer focus, and outstanding teamwork.
About the Role
Quickly build and maintain a strong hands-on understanding of our product architecture, product capabilities, and customer use cases for FireMon products.
Design, implement and execute high-value, easily maintainable API, CLI, and GUI test automation (automation framework and test cases) that effectively verifies product quality, using popular test automation technologies
Leverage knowledge of networking and network security to ensure that testing strategies meet and anticipate the needs of real-world customer usage.
Collaborate regularly with members of the Quality Engineering, Development, Product Management, and Support Teams to fully understand customer needs in order to design and implement optimal test automation solutions.
Estimate, plan, and coordinate automation development and product testing activities in an Agile environment.
Identify, thoroughly document and track bugs/issues.
Troubleshoot and recreate customer issues in-house for resolution.
Required Skills & Experience
B.S in Computer Science or related Engineering field.
5 or more years of demonstrated success in developing high-value test automation for complex enterprise software products.
Demonstrated success using popular test automation technologies to deliver high-value test automation for complex, enterprise-scale products. Example automation technologies: Pytest, SoapUI, JMeter, Robot, REST Assured, Selenium, etc.)
Solid experience in Scripting languages (Python/Perl/bash)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, globally distributed dynamic environment.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to communicate status, impact, and risk using objective data and analysis.
Strong focus on test automation ROI in terms of measurable impact to product quality and release cycle time reduction, relative to automation investment.
Understanding of common layer 2-7 networking protocols and related technologies (e.g., Ethernet, 802.1x, MPLS, IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, NTP, etc.)
Understanding of Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)
Knowledge of SQL.
Prior Development experience (Java, C++, etc.)
What it Takes to be Part of the FireMon Team FireMon provides persistent network security for hybrid environments through a powerful fusion of real-time asset visibility, continuous compliance, and automation. Since creating the first-ever network security policy management solution, FireMon has delivered command and control over complex network security infrastructures for more than 1,700 customers. Our customers have unique and complex security problems that are difficult to solve. This doesn't intimidate us, it inspires us. It pushes us to be more creative and find solutions to ensure their success. If this sounds like a movement you'd be interested in joining, we invite you to apply today. FireMon provides equal employment [opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.