Director, QE Architecture

Job Description:

Overview:

As the Director of Architecture, you'll spearhead innovation and excellence within the Quality Engineering domain of our Workplace Investing (WI) division. This Individual leadership position involves charting the technical course for broad range of testing activities and integrations with enterprise ALM/DevOps platforms. Collaborating closely with enterprise architecture, development, and testing teams, you will create solutions for advancing engineering excellence practices.

What You'll Bring to the Team:

Educational Background: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or information Technology is essential.

Architectural Prowess: Demonstrated capability in architecting, designing, and developing scalable test automation frameworks and custom tools to manage the integrations with vendor tools & DevOps pipelines.

SDLC Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle.

Quality Focus: A proven history of enhancing software quality in large-scale, complex, and critical systems.  

Test Environments: Experience managing and improving the test environment stability in a large organization with multiple products integrated. Experience building on-demand test environments in cloud.

Testing Expertise: Experience in Functional, Integration, Regression, Performance, and User Acceptance testing across a variety of software applications (UI, APIs, ETL, Database, Mobile, event-based, serverless, etc.).

Tools Proficiency: Hands-on experience with a broad range of testing & monitoring tools, including but not limited to:

·       API Testing: Karate, REST Assured, Insomnia

·       UI Testing: Selenium, PlayWright

·       ETL/Data Testing: iCEDQ, Python

·       Mobile Testing: Appium, SeeTest

·       Performance Testing: CloudTest, RushHour, JMeter

·       Chaos Testing: Gremlin

·       Data & Service Virtualization: Delphix, WireMock

·       Log Analytics & monitoring tools: CloudWatch, Datadog/Splunk, ELK stack

Management Skills: Experience in Test Case Management, Test Data Management, measuring Test Coverage, and Test Reporting (e.g., Xray, Sealights, IBM Optim).

Cloud Technologies: Solid hands-on working knowledge with Cloud technologies (AWS & Azure) & Container Platforms (AKS, EKS) in a hybrid environment.

DevOps Technologies: Extensive experience working with modern DevOps architectures and CI/CD stacks (e.g., GitHub, Stash, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, Mend & UDeploy).

Documentation & Regulations: Proficiency in maintaining test platform architecture documentation and knowledge of data governance practices (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).

Innovative Technologies: Experience with Blockchain and AI/ML applications will be considered a plus.

Analytical Abilities: Exceptional problem-solving skills with a knack for quickly grasping core business functions and processes

Project Management: Capability to manage multiple concurrent projects, activities, and tasks effectively under time constraints.

Communication Skills: Outstanding facilitation, presentation, documentation, and influencing skills, suitable for engaging both business partners and technologists.

Industry Experience: Previous experience in the financial sector is advantageous.

What You'll Deliver:

In this role, you'll drive quality engineering strategies and influence the future of technological solutions within the WI division. Through your leadership, innovation, and technical expertise, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining and elevating our software quality standards, ensuring the delivery of exceptional value to our clients and stakeholders.

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Fidelity’s working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).