Sr. Manager Q/A Engineering - Remote

Are you passionate about delivering quality through meeting standards and procedures?

Do you love leading and motivating others to deliver successful products?

Join Our Security Engineering Team

Our Team develops and sells Akamai's market leading security products to various enterprises. We specialize in delivering highly scalable network infrastructure and cloud-based network security products to stop DDoS attacks and other unwanted or malicious traffic in the cloud, before they reach applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private). We collaborate with product groups, external partners to enable our customers to provide high-quality, secure internet and network access to their end-users.

Be part of making a critical difference

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will work with self-driven software development teams. You will develop end-to-end quality assurance, bulletproofing and validation of our products and features before they are released. You will streamline QA strategy by unifying methodologies around automation resulting in frequent and stable software releases.

As a Manager Q/A Engineering, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with development teams to ensure that testing is integrated into the software development process, quality is built into the product
• Defining/establishing testing standards/ best practices for a complex environment supporting network security products, product with extensive networking and on-premises infrastructure.
• Leading a team of QA professionals responsible for testing software products across all phases of the SDLC.
• Managing complex lab infrastructure with 100s of servers and track/publish QA metrics
• Developing and executing a comprehensive quality assurance program that includes manual/automated testing, performance testing, and Integration/E2E testing
• Collaborating with development teams to reproduce and troubleshoot issues that surface during testing
• Defining and establishing testing standards and strategy to include CT on CI/CD pipeline (Kubernetes/Jenkins).

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a deep understanding of software testing methodologies, including manual/automated testing with hands-on experience in server side and UI/API/Web application testing
• Demonstrate a proven ability to design and implement a comprehensive testing strategy for complex software products
• Demonstrate proven ability to lead and manage a team of QA leads/managers.
• Have experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Have prior experience of defining and implementing testing strategy for CI/CD pipeline on Kubernetes
• Possess impressive analytical and problem-solving skills
• Have 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, another related field
• Have an understanding of Networking concepts to manage network security products.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your time pursuing other endeavors
• Your health
• Your time at work
• Your family
• Your finances

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $134,466 - $214,782/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.