It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._ **IMPORTANT:** **English language resume is needed for consideration** **Se necesita currículum en inglés para su consideración.** **The Role** At Proofpoint, you will find an environment where innovation comes from creative collaboration and where everyone is empowered to go fast and have fun. If you find joy in making the impossible possible you will feel right at home with our team! The Security Products and Services Group is the core of Proofpoint’s success, and you will be contributing to our efforts to do what we do, even better. If you are excited about delivering high performance scalable solutions that protect Fortune 500 companies and stops the bad guys, this is the place for you. As **QA Automation Engineer** on the Core Detection team, you should be able to create, maintain and expand the existing automated regression suites to support ongoing Product Development for our backend services. Additionally, you must be able to devise test cases from requirements, perform exploratory testing and write and execute automated regression tests. We are looking for someone who is an outstanding team player with a positive attitude, and high energy, to help us deliver state-of-the-art products. **Your day-to-day** + Analyze product requirements and develop test plans and test cases. + Design and develop test automation scenarios to validate system interfaces and system integrations. + Perform manual exploratory testing on new requirements, prior to writing automated integration tests, and maintaining them as regression tests. + Collaborate with developers to build quality in, and make sure new software goes out with the proper automated tests coverage. + Evaluate unit test coverage to determine QA automation tests on new and current features. + Review and reproduce product defects that are reported by customers before corrections are delivered for testing. + Review and validate tests written by Developers and other QA members. **What you bring to the team** + **Three or more years of experience in Software QA and Test Automation.** + **Must have strong Java and/or Ruby Python skills, or very good skills and experience in another object-oriented language.** + Experienced in code development, code review, and automation frameworks. + Experience with BDD implementations/frameworks is a plus. + **Experience with load and stress testing.** + We are moving towards automated testing in an EKS/Docker environment and experience with these technologies is a plus. + Experience collaborating with Agile teams during the design and implementation phases to develop the best test approach incorporating the appropriate level of testing while understanding test coverage. \#LI-AB1 _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ Proofpoint has been honored with five Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams. To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos. We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees. Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace. At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: + Build and enhance our proven security platform + Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture + Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel + Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges   We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.