TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.
At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.
AI Fearlessly.
Location: This is a hybrid role and requires in-office presence at our Austin, TX office three days per week.
Position Summary:
The Staff SDET role will help to build and maintain TrendAI's on-prem & cloud product's continuous build, Automated Testing, and release infrastructure as code. It includes development of automated system test cases, enhancements in the automation framework, integrating the tests in the existing/new CI pipelines, enhancing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining the existing infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
Works with cross-functional teams (Developers, Test Engineers) and create effective Test plans for various functional areas of network security products.
Execute manual and automated test cases of network security products and SaaS offering from Trend.
Contribute towards enhancing test automation framework for functional and system test cases.
Design & Implement automation around our cloud infrastructure: build, test, deploy and release process.
Test network protocol handling across TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS/SSL, and application-layer protocols to ensure proper inspection and policy enforcement.
Leverage AI tools to optimize and streamline workflows
Monitor and enhance metrics collection, feedback management and alerting solutions.
Active participation in agile ceremonies to plan and execute software test plans.
Collaborate with development teams in defect discovery, resolution, reproduction, and verification.
Setup of test environments in the test lab
Understanding new tools/technologies and implementing backend and frontend solutions
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or SDET roles, preferably in cybersecurity, network security, or enterprise infrastructure products.
Strong in Python, familiar with Java/C/React
AWS, Azure or other public cloud service providers infrastructure exposure in practice or coursework
Terraform, CloudFormation or other infrastructure provisioning tools.
Familiarity with packet capture and network analysis tools (Wireshark and tcpdump).
Experience troubleshooting networks, security appliances, or centralized management platforms.
CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins, Jenkins X, GitHub Actions etc.)
Version control systems (GitHub)
Agile software development
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present and convey technical ideas to a varied technical audience.
Experience in working on Linux environment, VMware & KVM
What We Offer You:
You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. TrendAI provides benefit options for you and your family.
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
Short & Long Term Disability
Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave
Mental Health Wellness Program
Adoption Assistance
Wellness Incentive
Pet Insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off
14 Annual Holidays
Tuition Assistance
Employee Resource Groups
We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.
Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.
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At Trend Micro, we embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation in a connected world. Our diversity and multicultural workforce are key contributing factors to our success across the globe. Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Trend Micro does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent experience
- 7+ years experience in software testing, QA automation, or SDET roles (preferably cybersecurity or network security)
- Strong in Python
- Familiarity with Java, C, React
- Experience with AWS, Azure or other public cloud providers
- Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation or other infrastructure provisioning tools
- Familiarity with packet capture and network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump)
- Experience troubleshooting networks, security appliances, or centralized management platforms
- Knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins, Jenkins X, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with version control systems (GitHub)
- Experience with Agile software development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working in Linux environments, VMware & KVM
What We Do
We’re a global cybersecurity leader, helping to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, our platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. Our global threat research team delivers unparalleled intelligence and insights that power our cybersecurity platform and help protect organizations around the world from 100s of millions of threats daily. We have 7,000 employees across 65 countries, singularly focused on security and passionate about making the world a safer and better place. We enable organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. Trend Micro’s “Trenders” are passionate about doing the right thing to make the world a safer and better place.
