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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) · 1 day ago

Director, Test Automation Frameworks

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $262K/yr

10+ years exp

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity. The Director of Test Automation Frameworks will lead the development and implementation of enterprise-wide test automation frameworks, ensuring best practices and compliance across various applications and platforms.

FinanceFinancial ServicesProperty Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect scalable, reusable automation frameworks covering UI, API, microservices, data pipelines, Kafka/event driven systems, batch jobs, reports and databases

Drive adoption of automation in all phases of testing including automated regression and smoke tests to improve quality and accelerate testing, by driving adoption of the framework

Deliver CI/CD integration for test automation

Architect integration of synthetic data into the test framework in lower environments

Enforce tagging and traceability across automation framework, Jira, Confluence, Test management tools, CI/CD pipelines and Splunk

Drive compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and audit readiness across automation practices by reporting out through the framework

Ensure readability of instruction and availability of information as it pertains to the frameworks capabilities

Partner with EQM on automation strategy to ensure success across the enterprise

Manages a team of individual contributors, and manages deliverables of Consultants and Contractors

Qualification

Test automation frameworksCI/CD integrationJava programmingPython programmingMicroservices architectureJiraSeleniumCloud platformsAgile developmentStakeholder collaborationQuality AssuranceSoftware engineering best practicesLeadership skills

Required

Minimum ten (10)+ years in of IT experience in engineering

Proven track record of leading enterprise-scale automation in complex, distributed environments (microservices, cloud, batch applications, data, MQ, Kafka event driven systems)

Hands-on experience with service virtualization, synthetic test data management

Strong hands-on expertise in architecture and strategy for testing and test automation tools and frameworks including Jira, BDD, Selenium, Cucumber, REST-assured, JMeter, Playwright

Strong programming experience in Java and Python

Deep understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Harness, GitHub), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)

Experience with Kafka/event-driven testing, large data set validations

Experience with Agile development processes for enterprise software solutions

Proficiency with modern quality engineering tools including Jira, Jenkins, automation frameworks, test management tools

Software QA methodologies (requirements analysis, test planning, functional testing, usability testing, performance testing, etc.)

Familiarity with AI/ML/GenAI Solutions in QE

Utilizing best practices in software engineering, software test automation, test management tools, and defect tracking software

Past/Current experience of 3+ years working on a large-scale cloud native project Experience with cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor preferably using cloud foundational services like AWS's VPCs, Security groups, EC2

BS degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Management or a similar technical field

10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance space preferably on complex systems and large programs

Benefits

A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work

Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Company

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization.

Founded in 1973

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.theocc.com/

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