Manager, Software Engineering - #450018

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OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Manager, Software Development Engineer in Test

OpenText Cybersecurity SMB & Consumer solutions help organizations protect their most valuable and sensitive information with products, services, and training. The OpenText Cybersecurity portfolio provides a broad portfolio of data security and data protection solutions that help companies prevent, detect, respond, and recover from the latest cybersecurity threats.

This position is within the Zix | AppRiver business unit of Cybersecurity SMB & Consumer. Zix | AppRiver is a trusted leader in providing productivity, email security, and compliance solutions for businesses of all sizes.

Your Impact

As a key leader, you'll be instrumental in helping the organization deliver cutting-edge systems that help guide our customers through challenging cyber risks to ultimately find even greater opportunities. In Manager, Software Development Engineer in Test  role, youwill lead the effort to build a culture that believes everybody owns quality and that our customers and partners come first.  We’re looking for someone with a passion for leveraging test automation to deliver high-quality solutions to market.  As a leader, coach, and evangelist, you will influence and guide agile development teams toward quality engineering within a DevOps culture.

Help us “shift left” by leveraging our learning culture, cutting edge tools, frameworks, design patterns, and our team-oriented processes. As a manager within the QA team, you will also ensure that the Research and Development department is kept abreast of new test automation technology, tools, and trends within the industry and influence adoption where appropriate.

As a Manager, Software Development Engineer in Test , you will:

• Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to confirm test strategies and coverage across multiple locations
• Help define key objectives and metrics for the quality engineering teams
• Work with Architecture team to create test automation infrastructure architecture
• Lead effort to build and maintain test automation infrastructure
• Drive implementation of test automation within the development teams to improve test coverage and time to market
• Maintain career paths for Quality Engineering staff (both managerial and individual contributor tracks)
• Support and facilitate the department in enabling and assuring that products are developed and produced in compliance with requirements from applicable standards
• Attract, develop, and retain high performing talented Software Development Engineers in Test
• Manage people resource processes related to objectives definitions, regular check-ins, assessment and compensation
• Lead quality improvement initiatives that lead to continuous / cost improvements
• Lead test plan/cases review for large-scale integration projects and post-mortem assessments of projects
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Software Development in Test
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• 2+ years as a Quality Assurance or Software Engineer team lead
• Familiarity with testing methodologies and patterns such as pagemodel, BVA, equivalence partitioning, and path analysis
• A clear understanding of Agile methodologies
• Strong leadership, people management and mentoring skills
• Good understanding of Software development life cycle
• Goal driven; plans and manages toward achieving goals, anticipates problems and issues and proactively drives their resolution
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all levels
• Able to handle large-scale and multiple products and teams concurrently
• Must be confident, highly motivated and passionate about delivery and customer satisfaction
  
  

One Last Thing

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned.

Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.