Cloud Test Automation Engineer

Summary

Join Halcyon, a leading anti-ransomware solution provider, as a Test Automation Engineer. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud-based testing infrastructure. This includes developing automated tests for our APIs, UI, and backend components, contributing to our chaos engineering efforts, and ensuring high-quality code. You will collaborate with the development team and utilize your expertise in Python, cloud technologies (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and API testing. Halcyon offers a remote-native work environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including full health insurance, 401k, disability coverage, flexible PTO, parental leave, and generous equity.

Requirements

• Ability to develop in Python
• Knowledge of AWS services and how they can be used to support a cloud-based application
• Experience with cloud technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and VMWare
• An understanding of Microservice concepts
• Understanding of web API endpoints, including authentication, use, and load testing
• Familiarity with protocols and message formats such as JSON , Protobuf, gRPC
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including documentation
• Can work autonomously yet cohesively as part of a team
• Handle the pace and workload of a start-up work culture

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and contribute to the development of our internally developed cloud API automation framework
• Document and develop automated tests aligned to the features we’re developing
• Create clear, concise bug reports
• Design, implement, and contribute to the development of our internally developed cloud performance testing tools
• Design, document, and develop tools to assist with testing
• Setup and manage our testing environments
• Manage and tune security scanning tools
• Contribute to and follow our Coding Style guidelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid grasp of PyTest framework concepts, especially parameterization, fixtures, and decorators
• Knowledge of additional languages (Scala, JScript)
• Experience with Linux application automated test development
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions
• Web application development security and best practices
• AWS infrastructure security and best practices
• Docker/Kubernetes security and best practices
• Experience with SAST / DAST / SCA / IaC security scanners

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with a generous employer contribution
• Short and long-term disability coverage, basic life and AD&D insurance plans
• Medical and dependent care FSA options
• Flexible PTO policy
• Parental leave
• Generous equity offering