About this role
This Director-level SDET role leads the Enginuity-X team (Engineering Excellence) to transform quality engineering across S&P Global Ratings. The position drives enterprise test automation, performance/security practices, and AI-driven quality strategies while also providing people leadership and governance through KPIs.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement enterprise-wide automation frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines
- Establish standards for performance, reliability, and scalability testing
- Drive security and compliance practices including security testing, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments
- Advance agentic AI platforms for predictive and autonomous testing with ML for defect prediction and risk-based testing
- Lead and mentor QE talent and embed quality practices via cross-functional alignment
Technical Overview
You will define automation strategies integrated with CI/CD pipelines, establish performance and non-functional testing standards, and lead security and compliance initiatives including threat modeling and vulnerability assessments. The role also advances agentic AI platforms for predictive and autonomous testing and requires proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, observability tools (Splunk, ELK, Grafana), and Azure with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/ARM.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior test/quality engineering leader with 15+ years of SDET experience and at least 5 years of strategic leadership. They have deep expertise in automation frameworks, CI/CD test enablement, performance/security testing, and agentic AI-driven quality approaches, with hands-on experience on Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM).
Must-Have Skills
15+ years in Software Development Engineering (SDET)5+ years in strategic leadershipExpertise in automation frameworksperformance testingAI/ML platformsusability engineeringand accessibility standardsProficiency in JavaPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLand scripting languagesExperience with observability tools (SplunkELKGrafana)Strong background in security testing and secure engineering practicesHands-on experience with Microsoft Azurecontainerization toolsand IaC (Terraform/ARM)Knowledge of data privacy regulationsmaskingand anonymization techniquesProven ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate effectively
Nice-to-Have Skills
Exposure to AI/ML model testing and data observability
Tools & Platforms
CI/CD pipelinesSplunkELKGrafanaMicrosoft AzureTerraformARMcontainerization toolsIaC
Required Skills
SDETQuality Engineering (QE) transformationCI/CD pipelinesautomation frameworksperformance testingsecurity testingthreat modelingvulnerability assessmentsobservability (SplunkELKGrafana)Microsoft Azurecontainerization toolsIaC (Terraform/ARM)agentic AI platformsML defect predictionusability engineeringaccessibility standardsdata privacy regulationsmasking and anonymization
Hard Skills
Quality Engineering (QE) transformationCI/CD pipelinesenterprise-wide automation frameworksperformance testingreliability testingscalability testingsecurity testingthreat modelingvulnerability assessmentsobservabilityresilience engineeringdata integrity validationregulatory complianceagentic AI platformspredictive testingautonomous testingML for defect predictionrisk-based testingusability engineeringaccessibility standardsKPI definitionquality metricsautomation metrics reportingJavaPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLscripting languagesSplunkELKGrafanatest data managementanalytics platformsMicrosoft Azurecontainerization toolsInfrastructure as Code (IaC)TerraformARMdata privacy regulationsdata maskinganonymization techniques
Soft Skills
strategic leadershippeople leadershipmentoringcollaborationcross-functional alignmentcommunicationinnovationcontinuous learningfostering collaborationpartnering with ProductArchitectureand Delivery leaders
Certifications
Preferred
Azure certificationsData Engineering certificationsQuality Engineerin certifications
Keywords for Your Resume
Director Software Development Engineer in TestDirectorSoftware Development Engineer in TestSDETEngineering ExcellenceEnginuity-X teamQuality Engineering (QE) transformationautomation strategyenterprise-wide automation frameworksCI/CD pipelinesperformance engineeringsecurity & compliancesecurity testingthreat modelingvulnerability assessmentsnon-functional testingobservabilityresiliencedata integrity validationregulatory complianceAI-Driven Qualityagentic AI platformspredictive testingautonomous testingML for defect predictionrisk-based testingJavaPythonSQLMicrosoft AzureTerraformInfrastructure as Code (IaC)automation frameworks
Deal Breakers
15+ years in Software Development Engineering (SDET), 5+ years in strategic leadership, Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, containerization tools, and IaC (Terraform/ARM)
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