Automation Engineer

Vicarius is an Israeli-born cybersecurity startup backed by tier-1 investors from San Francisco, Portugal and Tel Aviv. Currently operating out of NYC and Tel Aviv, Vicarius is set to solve the biggest challenge of all: security vulnerabilities. The Vicarius powered platform, vRx, is a simple and self-serve product that helps companies identify, prioritize and fix security threats in an integrated, automated, and non-traditional manner.

After successfully closing our Series B funding round, we are looking for an Automation Engineer.

As an automation engineer, you’ll design, develop and initiate advanced automated testing methodologies, by using a combination of testing methods including automated. You’ll collaborate with our engineers to achieve expected quality levels in products, in order to test the products in all phases of its life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance of quality processes and standards
• Coordinate and supervise testing activities
• Ability to code automated tests and create test plans
• Develop standards and procedures to determine product quality and release readiness
• Discover bugs within the software
• Experience with Agile development process
• Experience with Web-Based testing applications
• Identify, isolate, and track Bugs throughout testing
• Review user interfaces for consistency and functionality

Requirements:

• Minimum 2+ years of industry experience as an automation engineer
• Good knowledge of test automation (such as Selenium Webdriver or Robot Framework, etc.)
• Minimum 2+ years of industry experience as an manual QA engineer
• Knowledge of programming languages and web technologies - Specifically Java
• Knowledge of test frameworks (such as Spring, JUnit, TestNG, TestUnit, etc.)
• Experience working with the product development team of a software product or SaaS
• Creation of automated tests and frameworks while maintaining existing frameworks
• Working with development teams and manual QA teams to identify and plug any automation gaps
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment problems and perform complex system tests
• An understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes

Required Knowledge:

• Ability to write scripts - python or bash is advantageous but is not essential
• Knowledge in operating systems like Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows Server, Windows 7/8/10

Soft Skills, Education, Other:

• We are a small company. A successful candidate will have a desire to work as part of a small, growing team
• Ability to study new technologies fast and think outside of the box
• Ability to work in a team, communicate clearly, adapt, learn quickly, and pay attention to detail
• BSc in Computer Science (or if you know how to do the above)