AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.

We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.

If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/.

Position: Quality Assurance Lead

Employment type: Full-time

Location: Calgary, Canada/ Houston, TX/ Lake Forest, CA – Hybrid

Benefits: Competitive salary; 20 Vacation days with increase for time served; high quality healthcare; FSA and supplemental insurance; paid parental leave; 3 days paid volunteering; flexible lifestyle benefits (fitness/tuition reimbursement)

About the Role

When you join AVEVA’s Research & Development team, you are joining a global team of over 2000 engineers and computer scientists. We work on more than 75 leading industrial automation and engineering products. Our focus, passion, and collaboration help us to deliver innovative, high-quality, and secure industrial software and delight our customers.

At AVEVA, we’re all about limitless possibilities. Are you?

As part of the Research and Development function, the global Cloud DevOps team combines software development and cloud operations to provide continuous integration and delivery of cloud-enabled products and solutions. Responsible for deployment and continuous monitoring to ensure various cloud-specific customer requirements/SLAs are met.

As part of the Research and Development function, the global Cloud DevOps team combines software development and cloud operations to provide continuous integration and delivery of cloud-enabled products and solutions. Responsible for deployment and continuous monitoring to ensure various cloud-specific customer requirements/SLAs are met.

As a Quality Assurance Lead, you will utilize your experience to continually improve the quality and security posture of AVEVA’s Cloud solutions, as well as lead and implement test design and test plans and continuous improvements to the operations following proper Root Cause Analysis. You will also support and guide the Cloud DevOps teams and create best quality practice templates and processes.

Working closely with your development and portfolio colleagues, together you will bring new solutions to the cloud following a standard framework to ensure they are operationally secure with unnegotiable quality.

The global, 24x7 nature of the team means there may be a requirement for occasional work outside of the standard day and to be on call.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for the overall quality within the global team.

• Provide guidance, leadership, and training to all QA members integrated into the CDO teams and ensure consistency of our built-in quality efforts across all teams.

• Responsible for assigning competing solutions and priorities.

• Define test plans.

• Define the test automation strategy.

• Define the Performance, Scalability, Reliability strategy.

• Recommend and implements test tools in cloud.

• Ensure test results are recorded, available, and report test status to stakeholders.

• Track and report on key Quality metrics and incidents.

• Use Continuous Improvement initiatives to improve CDO’s quality.

• Guide the entire team towards a culture of built-in quality and continuous improvement using LEAN principals.

• Work with the teams to ensure that User Stories are testable.

• Perform internal audits periodically to ensure that the department is adhering to practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Subject matter expert on quality best practices.

• Experienced Root Cause Analysis conductor.

• Experience with incident and incident management.

• Experience managing a quality assurance software product organization.

• Experience with performance, scalability, reliability testing.

• Able to observe bottlenecks in process and then develop processes and procedures to overcome them.

• Independent decision maker – develop ideas and proposals to suggest changes and make decisions.

• Experience managing remote employees and/or offices.

• Experience with QA Test Automation.

• Experience with source control management systems.

• Experience with either Azure or AWS cloud providers and solutions.

Salary Range:

This pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation that the position offers, and final compensation can vary within the range depending on work location, job experience, skills, and relevant educational attainment and/or training.

USA Benefits: Competitive salary; high quality healthcare; 401(k) with 6% employer match; FSA and supplemental insurance; paid parental leave; 20 days PTO with increase for time served; 7 days of sick time; 3 days paid volunteering; flexible lifestyle benefits (commuter plans, backup care, emergency leave and fitness/education reimbursement opportunities)

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify AVEVA at recruitingaccommodations@aveva.com . Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.

Empowering you with pioneering tech

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.

We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.

If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/.