Senior Quality Automation Engineer

Job Classification:
Technology - Engineering & Cloud

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you'll unlock an exciting and impactful career - all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

As a Senior Quality Automation Engineer on the Retirement Strategy Institutional Technology team, you will partner with tech leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve and modernize our Retirement products. You will integrate tools and frameworks to run automated tests, design complex test infrastructure and select tools for implementation. You will help create highly resilient applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to applied experience , you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Follow best practices for testing approach and scenarios to automate functional and non-functional tests ; remove complex technical impediments
• Leverage and extend testing frameworks as required, focuses on a wide variety of testing techniques writing reusable scripts/tools that the team and software engineers use for automation
• Validate requirements are delivered to assure overall quality, continually perform regression testing as necessary and apply exploratory and risk based testing
• Bring an applied understanding of relevant and emerging technologies , begin to find opportunities to provide guidance to the team and coach others , and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors
• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
• Leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
• Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
• Applied experience with several of the following:
  • Core Testing Tools: Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling inclusive of non-functional requirements (performance, usability, reliability, security/ vulnerability scanning etc.); Ensure code aligns with Test Driven Development Cycle principles; write unit, integration tests and basic functional automation
  • Programming Languages:Java, Python or Javascript
  • Frameworks:Informatica, RAFT, Junit or Nosetest
  • DevOps Tools & Practices: DevOps automation tools, SDLC coding standards, code review, source control management
  • Security: Understanding of security impacts and how testing can ensure security; Includes how security is integrated into DevOps (DevSecOps)
  • API Consumption

• Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus, not a must

You'll Love Working Here Because You Can

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we'll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You'll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $90,100.00 to $134,100.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:
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