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Our Vision
At PGIM, we care about our employees, and we are committed to seeing them succeed. We provide our employees with access to professional development and support to help drive their success and ability to innovate.
What you will do
As Quality Assurance Director you will be a key contributor responsible for performing quality management practices to satisfy software acceptance criteria and/or test requirements using industry leading tools and techniques.
You will be based in our Letterkenny office on a hybrid basis and be working to support an iterative Agile team. You will identify and drive innovative testing and test automation approaches that turn ideas and concepts into reality.
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Duties include: Identifying test scenarios and components, while planning and executing tests with a focus on test automation. This requires expertise with a variety of test automation methodologies, practices and procedures with a dedication to high-quality, and efficiency for maximum velocity. Participates in the development of a consistent testing methodology and environment. Provides training to other team members. Works independently, requiring guidance in only the most complex situations
We are looking for someone who is outcome focused, loves challenges, can work collaboratively and who exemplifies the virtues of our talent model: Humble, Hungry and Smart.
What you can expect
- Collaborates as a member of an Agile/Product Development team to define and implement testing and test automation strategies and techniques
- Develops, maintains and extends automated tests and test automation frameworks
- Determines and manages required test data
- Works collaboratively to optimize test coverage
- Partners with DevOps teams to onboard automated tests - to stay consistent with an infrastructure established to support continuous testing
- Supports team member knowledge-sharing and skills transfer, to increase team productivity
What you will bring
- BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong programming/scripting experience and passion for testing
- 7+ years of experience as a Quality Assurance Test Automation Engineer
- Experience as an Agile member
- Experience with test automation design, development practices, frameworks, and related tools that support unit, integration, functional and non-functional test automation
- Knowledge of and hands on experience with Selenium using Java
- Knowledge and hands on experience in Java with IDEs Eclipse, IntelliJ
- Ability to work with Agile methodologies in a fast pace environment required
- Experience testing dynamic web pages (HTML5), relational database technology and XML
- Must have experience with test automation framework such as Selenium, Cypress, Rest Assured
- Demonstrates a craving for continuous self-improvement, through understanding of new technology innovation and its application
- A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company's success
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Team player with great time-management, interpersonal and communication skills
- Travel to PGIM sites up to 10%
What will set you apart:
- Experience with different development and testing techniques (i.e. Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development)
- Knowledge of and hands-on experience with cloud technology, DevOps and Jenkins
- Experience testing REST services
- Experience with testing applications built on Adobe tools such as AEM, Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics
*We know not everyone will meet 100% of the requirements, however we encourage you to apply if you think your skills are a good fit for this role.
What we offer you:
- Health Insurance: PGIM Ireland partner with Laya and BUPA to provide health insurance schemes that cover eligible employees day to day medical and hospital expenses.
- Annual Leave of 23 days at full pay.
- Pension Scheme: Members of the scheme can contribute up to 6% of salary per annum and PGIM Ireland matches contributions up to 6% of salary. Members can also make voluntary contributions to the scheme.
- Annual Bonus Programme & Shop LK Vouchers: Along with an annual bonus employees are rewarded with Shop LK vouchers which are paid tax free.
- Life Assurance: fully paid by PGIM Ireland, employees are covered from their start date and beneficiaries are provided with a lump sum of four times an employee's salary.
- Education Assistance: PGIM Ireland have an Education Assistance Programme that reimburses eligible employees for furthering their education.
About PGIM O&I
PGIM Operations and Innovation (O&I) drives digital transformation, modern data analytics, and operational excellence across PGIM in partnership with our business and corporate functions.
PGIM's Investment Operations is part of PGIM Operations and Innovation and provides recordkeeping, accounting, reporting and technology services for the investment portfolios supporting the Insurance Companies. Additionally, we support all investment data for the Chief Investment Officer and the Chief Risk officer for Prudential.
We are aligned into seven verticals to drive innovative solutions and deliver operational services that contribute to PGIM being a world-class investment manager. Our workstreams operate in a collaborative, agile manner and foster a strong community focused on most relevant emerging technologies and best-in-class solutions
Learn more about PGIM Global Asset Management
About PGIM - Global Asset Management
PGIM is the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a leading global investment manager with nearly US$1.2 trillion in assets under management as of 30th December,2022. With offices in 18 countries, PGIM's businesses offer a range of investment solutions for retail and institutional investors around the world across a broad range of asset classes, including public fixed income, private fixed income, fundamental equity, quantitative equity, real estate and alternatives.
With a history dating back almost 145 years, and experience through more than 30 market cycles, PGIM takes a long-term view, not only in our investment philosophy, but also in how we develop our talent. We want to see our employees excel from their first day with the firm and throughout their tenure with PGIM. We will inspire you, support you, and help you reach your greatest personal and professional aspirations. If PGIM sounds like the place for you, join us. For more information about PGIM, visit PGIM.com
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PGIM Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of applicants' gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the traveler community. PGIM Ireland's aim is to hire the best people for the open roles and all appointments will be made on merit.
Any offer of employment made by PGIM Ireland will be contingent on receiving satisfactory references. Applicants should be aware that background checks will be carried out on all candidates offered a position within PGIM Ireland.
PGIM Ireland has been awarded the IBEC Keep Well Accreditation Mark, this is in recognition of our commitment to making our employees wellbeing a priority.