Senior Test Automation Engineer, Enterprise DevOps

SUMMARY

As the Senior DevOps Test Automation Engineer, you are an emerging leader who will nurture and scale our enterprise DevOps testing capabilities to accelerate AbbVie’s digital solution delivery. This position requires an individual with leadership potential and significant experience in DevOps test automation. You will lead larger test automation efforts independently and act as a subject matter expert to team members on smaller efforts.

• Do you love developing and delivering testing best practices and processes to teams on an enterprise scale?
• Do you love applying your deep practical knowledge of DevOps testing approaches to help teams deliver delightful digital experiences?
• Do you love working collaboratively with diverse technical teams?

If so, you may be an excellent fit for this role at AbbVie. Join our mission to sustainably improve the lives of patients. This position reports to the Associate Director of the Enterprise Agile/DevOps Team at AbbVie's global headquarters in Lake County, IL. Remote candidates are eligible to assume this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Apply and scale your deep understanding of DevOps development test automation methodologies and effective software development principles. - Lead planning, estimation and implementation of test automation frameworks and strategies.
• Lead translation of manual testing scenarios to test automation coverage across multiple toolsets (Tosca, qTest, etc.).
• Develop and deliver enterprise best practices and standards for DevOps development test automation.
• Oversee the setup, configuration, and maintenance of automated testing environments.
• Effectively communicate status to stake holders and proactively locate and address concerns.
• Champion Agile best-practices, processes, and tools in support of DevOps processes with respect to development testing automation Some traits we value (and hope you value too):
• Problem Solver. Tackles technical problems head-on through a comprehensive approach that factors in technology, business, people, and everything in between to meet objectives. Is proud of the solutions they develop and aren’t shy to share and collaborate on them.
• Team Player. Collaborates well with others in the team to solve problems and deploy them. We have an open culture, and we believe this to be a critical trait of our success.
• Security Focused. Takes pride in passing security audits. Understands how to design, build, test, and maintain secure, cloud-based systems where data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
• Automates Everything. It’s not just about deploying resources to the cloud but being able to do so repeatedly in a disciplined manner.
• Creates Real-Time Feedback. Sets up systems that provide constant feedback on the health of the system, early warning when things go wrong, and actionable insights to respond quickly with minimal downtime.

**This is a hybrid position (3 days onsite / 2 days remote)**

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience; Master’s Degree with 5 years’ experience; PhD with 0 years’ experience.
• Solid track record in the Agile/DevOps/Cloud domain. Specific points of desired experience that will help the right candidate “hit the ground running” include:
• Hands-on experience with Tricentis's suite of development testing automation.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools.
• Hands-on experience with log analysis and monitoring tools.

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.