Principal QA, SDET

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Posted: 07-Jun-23

Location: USA - MA - Boston

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Information Technology
Other Staff/Administrative
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 60062BR

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

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years' post-secondary education or relevant work experience

Additional Qualifications and Skills

The following are preferred:

• At least 5 of the 7 years' required experience listed above includes working as an Automation Engineer or SDET in supporting enterprise systems in a complex computing environment
• Experience with source control / configuration management tools (e.g. Git)
• Experience developing software using IDE
• Working knowledge of key cloud services, such as AWS, Azure and/or GCP services
• Experience designing and developing automation test frameworks and tools in Java, JavaScript, C++, or equivalent experience
• Experience with standard QA tools and practices, such as functional API testing, integration testing, and UI functionality and usability testing, with a passion for automation
• Experience testing in a service-oriented architecture
• In-depth debugging skills for finding root cause of incident and/or defects
• Strong grasp of networking, security, and system administration concepts
• Demonstrated team performance skills, service mindset approach, and the ability to act as a trusted advisor

Working Conditions

Additional support outside of regularly scheduled hours, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holiday breaks, may occasionally be required 

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.
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 .

Salary Grade: 059

Union: 00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Harvard University views equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging as the pathway to achieving inclusive excellence and fostering a campus culture where everyone can thrive. We strive to create a community that draws upon the widest possible pool of talent to unify excellence and diversity while fully embracing individuals from varied backgrounds, cultures, races, identities, life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, and values.
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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