Job details
Salary $96,500 - $160,000 a year
Full job description
The world isn’t standing still, and neither is allstateWe’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needsThat’s why now is an exciting time to join our teamYou’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramountWe empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and liveOur people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreamsFor more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they faceWe acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving lawsWe help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowermentWe’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protectionWe are the good handsWe don’t follow the trendsWe set them.
Job summary
The flight test engineer expert is a technical leader in the testing organization and is a strategic participant across many development effortsThis position could also be referred to as a software engineer in test (sdet)The flight test engineer expert sets the overall direction for quality control automation throughout the organizationAlso, the expert provides overall leadership on test strategy, script execution, test automation framework and test environment design and is responsible for the design, enhancement and future growth of test automation architecture and framework.
Key responsibilities
Contribute and provide subject matter expertise to a test strategy that enables and supports a continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline and work across multiple teams to ensure the test strategy is implemented and followed
Evaluate technical strategies and solutions from internal and external partners
Work with senior leadership to articulate testing/automation solutions, roi and costing across multiple portfolios
Understand and provide oversight on the test infrastructure
Provide strategic leadership around automation, best practices and solutions and lead and define training and development plans for junior team members
Consult and provide direction on test environment issues; act as sme for external environment team communications
Quality advocate across the enterprise – encouraging all team members to influence quality across all areas including development, business, product management etc.
Identify bug/issue trends and define and implement test strategy to minimize issues and articulate dependencies to the stakeholders
Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels internal and external to their team
Participate in scrum daily stand-up, sprint and iterative development activities – prepared to take on any role within an agile team and solid understanding of ci/cd pipelines
Preferred qualifications
Education and experience
7 or more years of related experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Functional skills
Practical experience leading multiple test teams across projects simultaneously
Experience defining testing strategies to include best practices in the following areas: functional, regression, performance, code quality, security and cloud environments
Practical experience defining guidelines and standards for code and eexperience troubleshooting automation issues conducting root cause analysis and defining recommendations
Practical experience of agile methodology including tdd, scrum, xp and of devops environment (e.gJenkins) and relational database management (e.gOracle, sql, mysql)
Practical experience with at least one of the following areas: java, c#, python, .net, selenium, uft, sql
Practical experience in at least one of the following areas: web service testing, performance testing, continuous integration
Experience utilizing automation tools (e.gEclipse, intellij, maven, testng)
Experience using test management tools (e.gHpqc, jira – zephyr)
Strong understanding of test environments, code build and code migration concepts as well as f safe and program increment (pi) planning
Strong communication, leadership and analytical skills
Compensation data
The compensation range for this position is $96,500 and $160,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good workGood lifeGood hands®.
As a fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginningOur total rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k)Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life - including a generous paid time off policyFor a full description of allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
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