Work location:
Charlotte, nc (hybrid) or fully remoteTo protect the health and safety of our employees, our offices are closedWhen our offices reopen, the organization will be moving to a hybrid work model.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion:
At brighthouse financial, we’re fostering a culture where diverse backgrounds and experiences are celebrated, and different ideas are heard and respectedWe believe that by creating an inclusive workplace, we’re better able to attract and retain our talent, provide valuable solutions that meet the needs of our advisors and their clients, and deliver on our mission of helping more people achieve financial security.
How this role contributes to brighthouse financial:
Brighthouse financials’ qmo test engineer is a key role within the technology organization, working through the complex interrelationships of a broad portfolio of 3rd party systems integrators and platforms ensuring successful deployment and ongoing support of complex designs and multi-faceted platform interoperationsThe individual is responsible for the creation and successful execution of testing strategies enabling business, technology and applications across brighthouse, and our many saas providers/systems integrators in both agile and waterfall methodsThis role also will support test engineering strategies and execution of tsa mandated programs working closely with our test execution vendor (tev), and primarily with bhf’s distribution and marketing organizationThis position requires an individual with strong knowledge in testing of etl, webservices, sql, and web applications such as salesforce marketing and sales cloudsTest engineer should also have a strong understanding of test automation best practicesThis position is responsible for ensuring the quality of deployable components in production.
Test engineer will work closely with internal brighthouse it solution owners and business analysts within the distribution and marketing organization to ensure the traceability of architecture, design, integration and testing ensuring scalable interoperability within all types of delivery frameworks (agile, iterative, waterfall)This position requires good understanding of key it disciplines (architecture, bsa, data integration, service management, vendor management) and must have a keen ability to work within a matrix of technical leaders, business leaders and stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
Work in coordination with the test execution vendor on test execution of multiple programs in parallel to implement the strategic distribution and marketing roadmap
Challenge the tev for quality of testing deliverables with increased efficiency and speed
Support key stakeholders including business partners during uat
Able to get into the details of an issue, doesn’t shy away from performing issue analysis
Manage change, understanding the potential impact to stakeholders and influence approach and timeline to minimize business disruptionSupport in developing mitigation plans to resolve issues and risksEnsure implementations achieve business and technology requirements.
Ensure all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
Essential business experience and technical skills:
3-5+ years of experience in a technology organization (preferably in financial services industry) with a focus on test engineering.
Experience in developing test strategy to support transformation programs in data & analytics
Hands on experience in testing of etl, web applications, and web servicesCross browser testing and mobile device testing experience is desired.
Hands on experience in writing and executing sql queriesExperience in sap hana is desired.
Hands on experience in testing of saleforce cloud implementations
Hands on experience in test automation and building automation framework
Experienced in executing tests in a ci/cd and devops model
Good understanding and prior experience of software development and qa life cycle processes (including test planning, test case design, execution, defect tracking and reporting)
Strong knowledge of tools such as azure devops, hp alm/quality center, jira, ca agile central/rally
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with system integration teams, it solution owners, business analysts and other stakeholders
Benefits:
Compensation: base salary ranging from $68,000.00 to $85,000.00 plus competitive performance-based incentives determined by company and individual results
Time off: minimum of 20 days of paid time off and 13 paid company holidays per full calendar year, plus paid volunteer time
Financial benefits: 401(k) savings plan with up to a 6% annual match and 3% annual company nondiscretionary contribution of eligible compensation, and employee stock purchase plan
Family focus: up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents, back-up care program, dependent care flexible spending account, and adoption and surrogacy assistance
Health and welfare: competitive medical, vision and dental plans, plus tax-free health savings accounts with potential company contributions up to $1,000 per family
Wellness programs: wellness incentive platform, employee assistance program, financial counseling services, fitness center discounts and more
Life & disability benefits: company-paid basic life insurance and short-term disability
Travel:
None
