Senior Automation Engineer (Cortex Cloud)

Our Mission

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Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

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Job Description

Your Career

Join our dynamic Cortex XDR Agent team as a System QA Specialist, where we develop advanced endpoint security software. Our product preemptively counters attackers' techniques, thwarting malicious activity before it can execute, and thereby preventing a wide range of cyber threats, including zero-day exploits. Given that our software safeguards millions of endpoints, our System QA Team is dedicated to ensuring its stability and consistent performance amidst endpoint upgrades and changes, without altering its footprint.

As a member of the System QA Team, you will develop the infrastructure and tests automated longevity and compatibility testing, execute the tests and analyze outcomes and investigate issues. You will also enhance our new resource utilization monitoring system, making a comfortable tool for the entire QA group to use. We are at a pivotal juncture where we aim to revamp our approach to testing the non-functional facets of our product and strategize the testing for our emerging cloud services. You will play a key role in this transformative process. Your responsibilities will also include collaborating with development and other QA teams throughout the product lifecycle to broaden our testing scope as the product evolves. Discover more about the Cortex XDR produc.

Your Impact

• Develop infrastructure and tests for automated longevity and compatibility testing.
• Be part of the development of our resource utilization monitoring infrastructure.
• Participate in the design and execution of the next iteration of our system tests.
• Engage in close collaboration with various engineering and QA teams during the product development lifecycle.
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 3+ years of experience in QA Automation or software development
• 3+ year of experience with Python.
• 2+ years of experience in QA testing processes, including test planning and execution.
• 1+ years of experience in software resource consumption analysis/monitoring and familiarity with monitoring tools.
• Experience with cloud provider environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud–native technologies is a big advantage.
• Knowledge in Docker and Kubernetes is advantageous
• Knowledge of Windows/MacOS/Linux internals is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve intricate problems through detailed technical analysis.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills in both Hebrew and English.
• Proficient in multitasking and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of working autonomously and collaboratively within a team.
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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