Test Automation Developer (Job Req #2024-240)

Ottawa Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Req #1927
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Why Work at Ross Video? We have a great group of people working together to create and deliver cutting edge products that look amazing and are easy to use. We go all out so that our customers can have the best possible experience and achieve quality results. With a product focus, continual learning, results driven processes, and creative thinking, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and to deliver results. If you've ever watched live television, news, sports, or entertainment, you've seen our products in use. All of the major Hollywood award shows, most professional sports teams, and many of the largest broadcasters in the world use Ross Video technology. Get behind the scenes and learn about what it takes to make live events possible. If that resonates, and you’re someone with integrity, commitment, and a strong drive to deliver great products, we’d love to hear from you.

The successful candidate will become an expert in Ross Enterprise Management control systems. This expertise will be gained through a review of the current documentation, direct contact with the products and working with the technical personnel. You will also be a champion of product quality - working with development to improve test coverage and test efficiency through automation. You will not just be writing automation scripts; rather you will be developing automation software being reused for many years to come.

 

Who you report to: Manager, Software Development

 

What we offer

Ross offers competitive salaries and comprehensive health plans, as well as several perks to help you perform at your best. 

Some of these perks include flexible hours, generous paid time off, fitness/wellness allowance, employee share ownership program, development support and a ton of fun social activities and events!

Best of all, you will be part of the Ross Video family, and we’ve got a pretty energizing environment here.

 

 

What the job is all about:

  • Participate in the design process and collaborate with the development teams to enable and deliver product test automation.
  • Develop test automation plans and cases.
  • Regular automated test execution and reporting.
  • Participate in the management of the automation environment.
  • Document automation, test environment and test execution processes.
  • Provide effort estimation for scheduling purposes.
  • Provide regular status updates.
  • Collaborate with other teams as needed.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

 

Who you are:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
  • A minimum of 5 years experience in an automation role.
  • Experience with automation testing concepts.
  • Strong development skills/experience.
  • Knowledge of operating systems (Linux and various Windows platforms)
  • Experience with test cycle management tools
  • Experience with development management tools such as source control and code review
  • You have a full automation toolbox
  • Python, JavaScript
  • Robo framework, Playwright, selenium, BASH
  • Postman, JMeter

  

Bonus points if you have the following:

  • Knowledge of DevOps (Jenkins, Docker, Ec2, RDS, etc)
  • Knowledge of cloud technology (Kubernetes, ECS EKS, etc)

 

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Ross, we embrace diversity, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work. We are committed to building a team that includes a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Inclusivity drives innovation and creativity, and that’s something we’re passionate about at Ross!  We believe everyone should be able to enjoy a rewarding career at Ross, regardless of race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability. If a disability means that you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

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