ForeScout Technologies

Manager, QA Automation

ForeScout Technologies$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering or test automation
  • Strong leadership skills with a track record of developing high-performing teams
  • Proficiency in automation languages: Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#
  • Experience with CI/CD tools and cloud/container environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with compliance standards in QA processes
  • Ability to apply AI and generative AI in engineering workflows

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of SDETs and QA engineers
  • Define and implement an automation-first quality strategy
  • Develop an AI-assisted test-generation capability
  • Balance automation with manual testing for quality assurance
  • Integrate quality checks early in the development pipeline
  • Monitor and analyze quality metrics for continuous improvement
  • Hire and mentor new team members while evaluating performance

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits coverage for employees and dependents
  • 401K matching program
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Supportive leadership for professional growth
  • Innovative work environment focused on impactful technology
Full Job Description
(Only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents will be considered for this position.) (Hybrid role Tuesday through Thursday in our Plano office.) What You Will Do

Forescout is growing fast and is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented Engineering Manager for Test Automation (SDET) to lead and grow our automation-first quality engineering team. This is a builder's role: you will own test automation across our products today and steer the team toward an AI- and agent-assisted future, where generative AI and intelligent agents help author, maintain, and optimize tests as part of the framework itself.
  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of SDETs and QA engineers responsible for test automation across Forescout product lines - owning delivery accountability, people development, and team culture.
  • Define and drive an automation-first quality strategy: design, scale, and maintain robust, reusable test automation frameworks integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Stand up and evolve an AI/agent-assisted test-generation capability - guiding the team toward LLM and agent-driven test creation, self-healing scripts, and intelligent, risk-based test prioritization.
  • Balance automation and manual testing efforts, ensuring strong coverage and quality across functional, regression, API, performance, and security testing.
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to embed quality early (shift-left) and integrate automated quality gates into the release pipeline.
  • Define, track, and act on quality and automation metrics (coverage, flakiness, defect escape rate, cycle time) to drive continuous improvement.
  • Hire and onboard new team members, and own performance evaluation, career development, and growth planning for the team.
  • Ensure regulatory and security compliance within QA processes where applicable.
  • Serve as a trusted quality partner across cross-functional teams, managing priorities and risk in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

What You Bring To Forescout

Key Skills
  • Excellent leadership and people management - a track record of building and growing high-performing automation or quality engineering teams.
  • Strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
  • Coaching, performance development, and hiring.
  • Risk management and sound decision-making in fast-paced environments.
  • Project management and agile methodologies.
  • Curiosity and fluency around applying AI and generative AI to engineering workflows.

Core Technical Competencies
  • Deep understanding of test automation frameworks, QA methodologies, and the SDLC, with a hands-on engineering background.
  • Proficiency building automation in one or more languages (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#).
  • Experience with modern automation tooling (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG/JUnit, Appium) and API testing (REST Assured, Postman).
  • Strong CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and cloud/containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP).
  • Command of code quality, defect prevention, and test metrics and reporting.
  • Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., ISO, SOC 2) in QA processes.

AI & Automation Innovation (what sets this role apart)
  • Practical interest or experience applying LLMs and generative AI to software testing - prompt engineering for test generation and evaluating and validating AI-generated tests.
  • Vision for building agentic frameworks, where AI agents help author and maintain tests, with the engineering rigor to keep them reliable (mutation scoring, deterministic gating, flake management).
  • Understanding of how to integrate AI-assisted testing into CI/CD and measure its quality and trustworthiness.

What Forescout Offers You
  • Competitive compensation and benefits - we cover 85% of employee and dependents' benefits premiums (US only), 401K match, generous PTO policy, and much more
  • Collaborative and innovative environment - make an impact on worldwide security while working on the hottest technology
  • Leadership that supports and encourages professional growth and development
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  • Learn more at: www.forescout.com


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About ForeScout Technologies

ForeScout Technologies, Inc. provides network security hardware and software products primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. The company offers ForeScout CounterACT agentless technology that discovers, classifies, and assesses IP-based devices; ForeScout extended modules, which represent integrations across vulnerability assessment, advanced threat detection, security incidence and event management, enterprise mobility management, endpoint protection and endpoint detection and response, next generation firewall, privileged access management, and IT service management vendors, as well as compliance; and ForeScout CounterACT Enterprise Manager, a centralized security management solution for the control of various appliances deployed on an end-customer network, as well as maintenance and professional services. Its products are used to protect organizations against the threats that exploit the billions of devices connected to organizations' networks. The company serves enterprises, government agencies, and small and medium-sized businesses in various industries, such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy and utilities, retail, education, and technology. ForeScout Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Learn more about ForeScout Technologies
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1,217 employees
Market Cap
$1,441
Industry
Founded
2000
5 Year Trend
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