Automation Testing & Release Engineer

Job Title: Automation Testing & Release Engineer

GCL: D2

Introduction to role

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? AstraZeneca is seeking an Automation Testing & Release Engineer to join our Development Platform Team, focusing on product testing excellence within the Operational Clinical Development (OCD) Platform. As part of our core platform team, you'll collaborate with Platform Leads, DevOps Leads, Testing Leads, and Release Managers to ensure our ways of working align with AstraZeneca’s standards. You'll also have the opportunity to extend your role with secondary Release Manager responsibilities for new OCD products. Are you prepared to make a direct impact on patients and transform our ability to develop life-changing medicines?

Accountabilities

Automation Testing:

• Ownership and development of end-to-end automated testing framework architecture for OCD Platform, including processes, tooling, automation testing coverage, value stream, and associated metrics.
• Development and maintenance of automation test scripts for Continuous System Testing/Regression Testing using AstraZeneca’s standard toolset (e.g., Leapwork, UFT, Selenium, Java).
• Integration of automation testing into the CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions/Jenkins.
• Enablement of automated test data and test environments.
• Integration of automation testing records into existing project management toolset, i.e., Jira and Xray plugin.
• Proactively identifying ways to optimize and improve testing processes to ensure delivery excellence and streamline testing efforts.
• Reporting on process compliance, critical metrics, and any process performance trends.

Release Management:

• Oversee the SDLC and end-to-end Release Management process, including processes, tooling, engineering standards, value stream, documentation artifacts, and metrics.
• Proactively identify process optimization and improvements to ensure delivery excellence and improve productivity.
• Change & Configuration Management compliance across GxP environment.
• Release Capacity management and forecasting with the delivery team based on a consolidated backlog.
• Leadership in SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, Platform SCRUM, Sprint Plannings. Run Change Control Board to prioritize Change requests, Defects, BAU or equivalent experience fix changes as part of ongoing release or Product backlog.
• Manage deployment planning, implementations, and optimize JIRA workflows.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation uplift, including embedding CI/CD tooling, automation testing, and practices.
• Leadership and coordination of Delivery and Business Teams to complete Sprint goals.
• Release dependency management between upstream and downstream systems.
• Influence decision-making among Product Owners and Platform Lead/DevOps Leads to prioritize change requests during planning/execution.
• Produce required documentation for releases (e.g., Master Validation Plan, Master Test Approach, Validation Report, Change & Configuration Management SOPs).

Essential Skills/Experience

• Minimum 3 years of automation testing experience within relevant IT areas, including Web applications, Data Testing, and Restful API.
• Hands-on experience with Test Automation toolset such as Selenium, UFT, Leapwork, Playwright, and Postman.
• Experience in enablement of continuous testing, including integration with CI/CD framework.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems such as Git and Bitbucket; integration platforms such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins; working experience with JavaScript/JSON.
• Experience in source code Quality Assurance including static and dynamic analysis; hands-on experience using SonarQube.
• Proficiency with Atlassian Product Suite (i.e., Jira and Confluence).
• Knowledge and understanding of Agile software development process.
• Quality attitude is a must.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of Release Management practices and principles.
• Proficiency in planning, change management, problem-solving; ability to resolve issues of a highly complex and strategic nature.
• Experience in agile delivery of business applications to a globally distributed user base.
• Experience in managing and delivering business change through IT projects.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language.
• Ability to manage negotiations, expectations, solutions across complex groups.
• Experience in managing and sustaining diverse partner relationships.
• Experience with regulated (GxP) systems and processes + knowledge of biopharma industry.
• ISTQB and SAFe Certification.
• Proven ability to operate across multiple domains and geographies.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we couple technology with an inclusive attitude to cross international boundaries and develop a leading ecosystem. Our diverse group works in multi-functional teams at scale, bringing together the best minds from across the globe to uncover new solutions. We think holistically about how to apply technology by building partnerships inside and out. We drive simplicity and efficiencies to make a real difference. Here you can innovate, take ownership, experiment with groundbreaking technology, and tackle challenges that might never have been addressed before.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now to join our team!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.