Software Development Engineer in Test II

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge network security systems?

Join our world-class Zero Trust Security Team

Our Team builds and delivers 'zero trust security solutions' for enterprise customers. Our mission is to provide Micro Segmentation and Threat protection solutions. We provide the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. We enable customers to proactively identify, block, and mitigate threats in their network.

Partner with the best

As an SDET II, you'll help to build Akamai's Zero Trust platform into a worldwide leader. You'll be crucial to the development of best-in-class security features. Leveraging your knowledge in multi-cloud and distributed environments, you'll make a global impact on Enterprises

As a Software Development Engineer in Test II, you will be responsible for:

• Building test strategy and automation for products of Next generation Micro segmentation and threat protection solutions
• Taking ownership for test execution, test automation, identify and bring in tools to assist the testing goal
• Collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment on code, design, test plan and automation framework review
• Working closely with development team to enhance new releases, testing process
• Coordinating and participating in customer installs, demos to team

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or possess equivalent practical experience in these domains.
• 3+ years of experience in software testing / QA automation, with at least 2 years testing applications on AWS
• Demonstrate expertise in Python programming, utilizing pytest (or unittest), requests, and Boto3 for effective software development and testing.
• Utilize AWS CloudFormation for templates in YAML/JSON, managing stacks, change sets, and implementing nested stack configurations effectively.
• Demonstrate expertise in AWS services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, and one container solution such as EKS or ECS.
• Test REST APIs using tools like Postman, pytest with requests, or comparable solutions for effective functionality and reliability evaluation.
• Work efficiently within Linux environments while creating and executing shell scripts accurately and effectively.
• Demonstrate expertise in software testing lifecycle, test design methods, and defect tracking tools like Jira or equivalent platforms.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.