Test Automation Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Test Automation Engineer!!

Location: Vienna, Austria

Job ID: 41786

At ZeroSSL GmbH (part of HID Global, Assa Abloy), we are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Test Automation Engineer with a strong technical background to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our SaaS platform. 

In this role, you will be responsible for testing and maintaining high-quality standards across our Symfony-based backend (with Codeception in place), AWS cloud infrastructure (DevOps), and customer-facing frontends (Cypress or a comparable tool, to be determined).

You will play a crucial role in automation, software testing methodologies, and infrastructure validation, requiring hands-on experience with test automation frameworks, programming, and CI/CD pipelines.

If this sounds like you keep on reading !

Who are we? 

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 

Identity and Access Management Solutions (IAMS):

HID Global IAM products protect more than 85 million user identities.

HID Global Identity and Access Management Solutions products protect more than 85 million user identities. At HID Global, we understand that no person, device, or workplace can go unprotected. This philosophy of Zero Trust drives us to create new advances in risk-based multi-factor authentication, leads us to secure user identities in converged access environments and drives the need to expand implementations with our industry-leading digital certificates and PKIaaS solution to manage them at scale.

As our Test Automation Engineer , you’ll support HID’s success by:

Backend (Symfony, PHP, Codeception):

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for Symfony- and PHP-based backend services using Codeception and potentially other testing tools
• Implement and extend API, functional, integration, regression, unit, penetration, and performance tests
• Identify and report bugs, vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks, collaborating closely with the development team.

Frontend (JavaScript, UI Testing, Accessibility):

• Develop and maintain frontend test suites to ensure high-quality user experience.
• Automate UI testing using tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Conduct manual and exploratory testing to validate usability, visual consistency, and accessibility.

Infrastructure & Monitoring (AWS, DevOps, CI/CD, Sentry, Security):

• Ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of our AWS infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure tests for security, resilience, and performance.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) configurations.
• Monitor key performance metrics to proactively prevent incidents.

Your Experience and Background include:

Strong Technical Expertise

• 3+ years in QA Engineering, with a focus on test automation and DevOps testing.
• Proficiency in PHP and experience with other languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go).
• Solid understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, WAF, etc.).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and monitoring tools.
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
  
  

Test Automation & Tooling

• Experience with Codeception, PHPUnit, or similar frameworks.
• Expertise in Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or other UI testing tools.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, especially GitLab CI/CD.
• Familiarity with performance and penetration testing (e.g., OWASP).
• IT Security & Web Application Protection
• Knowledge of threat modeling and attack scenarios.
• Ability to implement security measures (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
• Experience in code reviews with a focus on security vulnerabilities.

IT Security & Web Application Protection

• Knowledge of threat modeling and attack scenarios.
• Ability to implement security measures (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
• Experience in code reviews with a focus on security vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain frontend test suites to ensure high-quality user experience.
• Automate UI testing using tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Conduct manual and exploratory testing to validate usability, visual consistency, and accessibility.

Soft Skills & Collaboration

• A collaborative, supportive and respectful team culture
• Opportunity to work with modern tech and clean architecture
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Proactive mindset and ability to work independently.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds

Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.