Principal Test Engineer

Pay Philosophy
The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
Description
Leads Development of systems testing strategies, plans, cases and conditions; tests and monitors testing efforts; responsible for system testing across multiple environments and for applying standards and quality assurance principles. Develops new or modified Test Engineering procedures and standards and assists in the development and implementation of test metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software. Contributes expert knowledge of testing systems, processes and methodologies with client, IT management and staff throughout the project life cycle, to assist and support the design, development and implementation of effective systems. Provides guidance in the creation and introduction of critical shift-left techniques. Directly responsible for projects or subprojects of significant technical complexity; leads projects including developing project plans, assigning tasks and facilitating team process. Receives general direction and is competent to work at the highest level of all technical phases of software testing. Provides coaching and guidance to other team members.
Responsibilities

• Builds test engineering processes and procedures that can be used across the enterprise for effective testing of all application sprints running on varied technical platforms.
• Collaborate with developers and architects to promote enterprise shift-left techniques and whitebox/graybox testing objectives such as: Code coverage analysis, Static code analysis / tooling, Service virtualization, Continuous integration
• Automated build and deploy ' Continuous delivery ' Test driven / behavior driven development Initiate and lead strategic quality initiatives for the department (e.g. test data management, environment virtualization, security testing)
• Provides technical vision for highly complex ideas and issues to varied audiences including various management levels communicates project objectives, scope and direction across project teams.
• Consults on major, complex design considerations.
• Provides guidance in the selection of project structure/methodology, work schedules, cost estimates and responsible for managing QA effort to defined plan.
• Leads a variety of quality assurance reviews of business requirements, system design and user acceptance test. Implements testing automation within the pipelines and provide quality status reports.
• Performs holistic system performance analysis and testing.
• Mentors junior test engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s or Master`s degree in technical discipline or a related discipline and at least eight years` experience in a systems quality environment, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Requires experience with automated testing and modeling tools, and a broad knowledge of business modeling, process engineering, change management and test case generation techniques
• Ability to plan and implement all aspects of the testing process in application areas that have no current testing support
• Requires excellent analytical ability, consultative and communication skills, strong judgment and the ability to work effectively with client and IT management and staff
• Ability to learn and adapt to change effectively
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge of development concepts and industry trends/direction for cloud technologies and CI/CD concepts, specifically how to implement testing automation within the pipelines
• Knowledge of quality measurement; status reporting

About Us
**This position may have in-office requirements depending on candidate location.**
At Liberty Mutual, our purpose is to help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow. That's why we provide an environment focused on openness, inclusion, trust and respect. Here, you'll discover our expansive range of roles, and a workplace where we aim to help turn your passion into a rewarding profession.
Liberty Mutual has proudly been recognized as a "Great Place to Work" by Great Place to Work® US for the past several years. We were also selected as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" on IDG's Insider Pro and Computerworld's 2020 list. For many years running, we have been named by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Women and one of America's Best Employers for New Graduates as well as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity. To learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion please visit: https://jobs.libertymutualgroup.com/diversity-inclusion
We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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• California
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• Philadelphia

USD $116700.00 - $218300.00