Software Engineering Manager

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

Key Responsibilities:

1. Testing & Quality Assurance Leadership:

• Define implement and evolve the overall testing strategy methodologies and processes (manual and automated) across the enterprise application landscape with a focus on SAP HANA and Aveva integrated solutions.

• Oversee the planning design and execution of various testing cycles including functional integration regression performance security and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Establish quality gates and metrics to ensure high-quality software releases.

• Drive a shift-left quality approach embedding testing early into the development lifecycle.

2. Test Automation Strategy & Implementation:

• Architect develop and maintain robust and scalable test automation frameworks for complex applications particularly those involving SAP HANA Aveva products and their critical integrations.

• Lead the selection implementation and optimization of test automation tools and technologies (e.g. Selenium SAP CBTATosca API testing tools performance testing tools like JMeter/LoadRunner).

• Ensure seamless integration of automated tests within CI/CD pipelines to facilitate Continuous Testing.

• Monitor and report on test automation coverage and effectiveness.

3. DevOps & CI/CD Management:

• Lead the design implementation and continuous improvement of end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for application development testing and deployment.

• Champion DevOps best practices including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configuration management automated deployments and continuous monitoring.

• Manage and optimize version control systems build servers artifact repositories and deployment orchestration platforms (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI/CD AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild).

• Ensure adherence to release management policies security standards and compliance requirements within the DevOps pipeline.

4. Collaborative Engagement & Vendor Management:

• Act as a central point of contact and bridge for all testing and DevOps activities fostering strong collaborative relationships with:

  • Internal Development Teams: Partner to embed quality testability and automation from the outset.

  • Business Stakeholders: Translate business requirements into comprehensive test plans and automation strategies.

  • Operations & Infrastructure Teams: Collaborate on environment provisioning monitoring incident response and production support for deployed solutions.

  • Project Managers: Provide accurate estimates progress reports and risk assessments for testing and deployment phases.

  • System Integrator (SI) Vendors: Manage guide and oversee the testing test automation and DevOps contributions of SI partners ensuring their deliverables align with company standards quality expectations and project timelines. This includes reviewing their test strategies automation scripts and CI/CD implementations.

• Facilitate knowledge transfer training sessions and workshops to uplift internal capabilities in test automation and DevOps practices.

5. SAP HANA & Aveva Integration Expertise:

• Possess a strong practical understanding of SAP HANA architecture data models development (e.g. ABAP CDS Views AMDP) and its integration capabilities.

• Have a good understanding of Aveva product suite relevant to the industrial gas sector (e.g. PI System MES Engineering Design & Operations applications) and their integration points.

• Demonstrated experience in testing complex integrations between SAP HANA and Aveva products including data synchronization API interactions business process orchestration across systems and reporting.

• Familiarity with the full lifecycle of development support and maintenance for these integrated enterprise environments.

6. Team Leadership & Mentorship:

• Lead mentor coach and develop a team of test automation engineers QA specialists and DevOps engineers.

• Foster a culture of innovation continuous learning and accountability within the team.

• Manage team performance conduct regular reviews and support professional growth.

Are you a MATCH

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.

• 10 years of progressive experience in Software Quality Assurance and IT with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership role focusing on Test Automation and DevOps.

• Proven track record of successfully architecting implementing and scaling test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines in complex enterprise environments.

• Essential: Deep understanding and hands-on experience with SAP HANA ecosystems including its integration patterns and testing methodologies.

• Essential: Good understanding of Aveva product suite (e.g. PI System MES) and experience with testing their integration with other enterprise systems particularly SAP.

• Proficiency with a variety of testing types (functional integration performance security UAT etc.).

• Hands-on experience with:

  • Test Automation Tools: Selenium SAP CBTA Tosca Postman/Newman JMeter LoadRunner etc.

  • CI/CD Tools: Jenkins GitLab CI/CD AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild

  • Version Control Systems: Git (GitHub GitLab).

  • Scripting Languages: Python Groovy PowerShell Shell scripting JavaScript.

  • Cloud Platforms: Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS GCP) and their respective DevOps services is highly desirable.

  • Containerization & Orchestration: Docker Kubernetes (advantageous).

• Demonstrated experience working effectively with System Integrator (SI) vendors managing their technical contributions and ensuring adherence to quality standards.

• Exceptional communication interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of an organization.

• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced agile and evolving environment.

• Prior experience in the Industrial Gas Manufacturing Process Industry or a similarly complex engineering-centric sector is highly preferred.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for this Role:

• Test Automation Coverage (percentage of automated test cases).

• Defect Escape Rate (number of critical/high defects found in production).

• Deployment Frequency and Lead Time for Changes.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.