Director of Software Test Automation & Quality

Optimum Communications Inc.; Bethpage (NY); On-site; USD 156,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum is seeking a Director of Software Test Automation to lead a team of developers in automating testing across Altice products, including broadband, video, and mobile apps. The role focuses on eliminating manual testing and delivering a flawless customer experience.

Reporting to the VP of Product Operations and Quality, you will define automation strategy, build a robust CI/CD pipeline, manage 3+ scrum teams, and create a knowledge base for developer tools and processes at Optimum.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Master's preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in software development, test automation, and tools.
• Experience with strategy development and execution for test automation.
• Experience managing teams of software developers.
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, Java, C#).
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS) and DevOps practices.
• Experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of our strategy for test automation and software development at Optimum.
• Establish our software development testing roadmap to eliminate manual tasks.
• Execute on the implementation of our automation testing processes.
• Automate end-to-end testing across all products to achieve 80% test coverage.
• Introduce capabilities for effective A/B testing of releases.
• Transform release processes with automation to deliver capabilities to customers faster.
• Create a knowledge base for developer tools and processes.
• Establish and gain acceptance for key results in the development pipeline.
• Use and customize tools to instrument and monitor systems.
• Lead prototypes/POCs for architecture and software design explorations.
• Prioritize and eliminate technical debt.
• Be the go-to advocate for test automation across the company.
• Own 3+ scrums with accountability for results.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

Test automation

DevOps

CI/CD

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Master's preferred

Tools

Google Cloud

Amazon Web Services

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Optimum is seeking a Director of Software Test Automation to lead a team of developers in automating testing across Altice products, including broadband, video, and mobile apps. The role focuses on eliminating manual testing and delivering a flawless customer experience.

Reporting to the VP of Product Operations and Quality, you will define automation strategy, build a robust CI/CD pipeline, manage 3+ scrum teams, and create a knowledge base for developer tools and processes at Optimum.