Test Automation Engineer - SDET

Comcast•Reston, CO

About The Position

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.) Job Summary In this role, you’ll contribute to designing, building, and optimizing systems that are central to how millions of customers access video content. You’ll work alongside top engineering talent to roll out robust, scalable solutions that support both current and next-generation video platforms. Your work will directly impact the time it takes to deliver new features to market, improve platform resiliency, and eliminate customer-facing issues. Some of the key challenges you'll help solve include scaling VOD ingest platforms to handle millions of video and ad files, transforming metadata to support Comcast’s X1 platform and partner needs, and building pipelines to transcode, encrypt, package, and distribute video content. You'll also have opportunities to work directly with external customers to enable service syndication and content origination. This is a great opportunity for an experienced engineer looking to deepen their impact, grow within a high-performing DevOps culture, and help shape the future of video delivery at Comcast. Job Description This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship. To be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.

Requirements

Highly skilled in Java development and scripting languages such as Python or Ruby
Proficient with cloud platforms, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Proven capability in implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to independently debug complex systems and effectively communicate root cause analyses to engineering teams
Strong experience in developing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, system and performance testing
Proven ability to design, develop, and maintain automated tests and test plans for APIs
Experience with test frameworks such as Cucumber, JUnit, and TestNG

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies is a plus
Strong troubleshooting skills across networking, Linux systems, and application layers
Ability to support on call production incidents
Experience working in Agile / DevOps teams

Responsibilities

Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements.
Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.
Designs new software and web applications, supports applications under development and customizes current applications.
Assists with the software update process for existing applications and roll-outs of software releases.
Participates in training representatives and operations staff on internally developed software applications.
Researches, writes and edits documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products.
Reviews literature, patents and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.
Provides technical leadership throughout the design process and guidance with regards to practices, procedures and techniques.
Serves as a guide and mentor for junior-level Software Development Engineers.
Automates / Tests solutions to a wide range of difficult applications, problems or procedures
Define and manage processes to facilitate user acceptance testing events, including demos, test execution and defect management
Provide input into end user and production support processes based on testing results
Monitor defects and issues reported via production support to continuously improve testing processes
Create and maintain project deliverables to ensure test plans, scripts, acceptance criteria, results, defect logs, etc. are thoroughly and consistently documented using standard templates and centralized repository
Displays in-depth knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, skills and their application in specified engineering specialty.
Displays in-depth knowledge of and ability to apply, process design and redesign skills.
Presents and defends architectural, design and technical choices to internal audiences.
Displays knowledge of and ability to apply, project management skills.
Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
Regular, consistent and punctual attendance.
Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.