Senior software engineer-Client AutomationThis role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Job Family Definition:

We are looking for a talented senior automation developer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, secure, and scalable automation for desktop and mobile platforms. You will work on cutting-edge projects in the realm of networking and security, contributing directly to enhancing secure access to networks and data. You will collaborate with highly skilled engineers and architects to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions.

This is a hands-on role focused on building and operating secure access and traffic management systems that enable users to safely connect to applications and resources across distributed environments. You will develop components for identity-aware access control, policy evaluation, and secure traffic handling, while ensuring high performance, scalability, and consistent security enforcement.

Management Level Definition:

Contributions include applying developed subject matter expertise to solve common and sometimes complex technical problems and recommending alternatives where necessary. Might act as project lead and provide assistance to lower level professionals. Exercises independent judgment and consults with others to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.

What you will do :

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks for desktop and mobile client applications. (Windows, Linux, Android, IOS, macOS, ChromeOS)
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
• Analyze automation failures and improve reliability/stability of automation suites.
• Work closely with development teams to improve application testability and automation support.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and test strategy planning.
• Debug complex issues involving networking, tunnels, OS integrations, client server communication etc.
• Build utilities for log analysis, diagnostics, and environment validation.
• Support execution across cloud device farms and internal automation labs.

What you will bring :

Education and Experience Required:

• Minimum education at BE or Master level in Computer Science or related fields.
• 10-15 years of relevant industry experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in designing test and automation strategy for client applications.
• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming and automation framework design.
• Experience developing scalable automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong experience with UI automation frameworks such as:
  • Playwright
  • Appium
  • Selenium/WebDriver
• Experience automating Electron desktop applications or desktop clients.
• Experience with mobile automation for Android and/or iOS platforms.
• Strong understanding of locator strategies, synchronization, retries, and automation reliability techniques.
• Good understanding of processes/services, file systems, logs, networking commands, Os level debugging.
• Mandatory understanding of TCP/IP fundamentals, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPN concepts, posture enforcement.
• Experience with Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI, docker, Automation reporting tools, Source control systems such as Git.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills with ability to troubleshoot automation failures, client and server side issues, OS environmental issues, network issues etc.
• Powershell/Shell/Bash scripting.
• Experience with packet capture tools such as Wireshark.

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