Location: This is a hybrid role and requires in-office presence at our Austin, TX office three days per week.
Position Summary:The Staff SDET role will help to build and maintain TrendAI's on-prem & cloud product's continuous build, Automated Testing, and release infrastructure as code. It includes development of automated system test cases, enhancements in the automation framework, integrating the tests in the existing/new CI pipelines, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining the existing infrastructure.
Responsibilities:- Works with cross-functional teams (Developers, Test Engineers) and create effective Test plans for various functional areas of network security products.
- Execute manual and automated test cases of network security products and SaaS offering from Trend.
- Contribute towards enhancing test automation framework for functional and system test cases.
- Design & Implement automation around our cloud infrastructure: build, test, deploy and release process.
- Test network protocol handling across TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS/SSL, and application-layer protocols to ensure proper inspection and policy enforcement.
- Leverage AI tools to optimize and streamline workflows
- Monitor and enhance metrics collection, feedback management and alerting solutions.
- Active participation in agile ceremonies to plan and execute software test plans.
- Collaborate with development teams in defect discovery, resolution, reproduction, and verification.
- Setup of test environments in the test lab
- Understanding new tools/technologies and implementing backend and frontend solutions
Qualifications:- Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or SDET roles, preferably in cybersecurity, network security, or enterprise infrastructure products.
- Strong in Python, familiar with Java/C/React
- AWS, Azure or other public cloud service providers infrastructure exposure in practice or coursework
- Terraform, CloudFormation or other infrastructure provisioning tools.
- Familiarity with packet capture and network analysis tools (Wireshark and tcpdump).
- Experience troubleshooting networks, security appliances, or centralized management platforms.
- CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins, Jenkins X, GitHub Actions etc.)
- Version control systems (GitHub)
- Agile software development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present and convey technical ideas to a varied technical audience.
- Experience in working on Linux environment, VMware & KVM
What We Offer You: You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. TrendAI provides benefit options for you and your family.
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave
- Mental Health Wellness Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Wellness Incentive
- Pet Insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off
- 14 Annual Holidays
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Resource Groups
We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.
Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.#LI-TL1
