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At Forescout, we build defenses that keep civilization running smoothly in an increasingly connected world.\nFor more than 25 years, Fortune 100 organizations, government agencies, and large enterprises have trusted Forescout as their foundation to manage cyber risk, ensure compliance, and mitigate threats. From power grids and healthcare systems to financial networks and transportation hubs, Forescout protects the critical infrastructure of our modern world.\n(Only US Citizens & US Permanent Residents will be considered for this position.)\n(Hybrid role Tuesday through Thursday in our Plano office.)\n.\nWhat You Will Do\nForescout is seeking a highly motivated SDET to join our U.S. On-Prem Delivery team. You will design and execute automated test strategies. Your work will directly impact customers running some of the world’s most critical networks. The ideal candidate brings excellent automation testing skills, attention to detail, and the initiative to fill gaps to ensure product quality in an on-prem environment.\nTest Planning & Design Ownership: Analyze product requirements and develop comprehensive test strategies. Create well-structured test plans and test cases to validate new features and system behavior.\nAutomated Testing Development: Develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for both front-end and back-end components of our cloud-based applications. This includes scaling UI and API test suites to increase regression coverage across multiple deployments.\nManual & Exploratory Testing: Execute both manual and automated tests to verify functionality across various areas of the product. Validate security and compliance controls (RBAC, patching, logging) through automated test suites. Generate test execution reports as evidence for audits\nDefect Tracking & Resolution: Identify, document and track software defects using our bug tracking system (e.g. Jira). Work closely with developers to reproduce issues, troubleshoot root causes, and verify fixes ensuring timely resolution of all high-priority bugs.\nRegression & Performance Testing: Improve and scale our test frameworks for regression and performance testing. Continuously enhance internal testing tools (e.g. expanding automated regression suites) and contribute to performance testing efforts to ensure the application meets scalability and response time goals\nQuality Best Practices: Ensure that QA best practices and processes are followed at all stages. Proactively review requirements and design documents for testability and provide feedback to improve product quality and user experience.\nCI/CD Integration: Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Monitor test results from CI runs (e.g. in Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and work with the team to address failures quickly.\nWhat You Bring to Forescout\nKey Skills\n5+ years of SDET experience with a technical bachelor's degree.\nSDET skills to create automation scripts, preferably from scratch, not UI/Selenium/Playwright testing.\nAI experience with prompt engineering, AI-assisted testing and data analysis, automated research, and AI-driven test automation optimization.\nProficient in manual testing techniques and familiar with automated testing tools (e.g., Pytest, JUnit, TestNG).\nFamiliar with version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration processes.\nExcellent knowledge of testing methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.).\nExcellent analytical and problem-solving skills to identify, isolate, and resolve issues.\nSolid understanding of bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, qtest).\nAbility to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, such as developers and product managers.\nTime management and ability to work independently on tasks.\nAttention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality products.\nCore Technical Competencies\nProficiency in modern programming languages (e.g, Python, Java).\nSDET skills to create test automation scripts, preferably from scratch.\nGeneral computer networking background with preferably SSH, SNMP, and HTTP Restful interface experience.\nExperience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and testing frameworks.\nUnderstanding performance optimization, security best practices, and software scalability.\nProficiency in scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, or Ruby for automating tests.\nFamiliarity with API testing (REST, SOAP) and tools like Postman or SoapUI.\nUnderstanding of database testing (e.g., SQL queries for data validation).\nUnderstanding of LLM as a judge.\nExperience with written prompt engineering for QA outcomes.\nWhat Forescout Offers You\nCompetitive compensation and benefits, including coverage of 85% of employee and dependent health care premiums, 100% company-paid employee life and disability insurance premiums, a 401(k) match, generous flexible time off for U.S. employees, voluntary life, accident, and critical illness insurance options, employee assistance program, maternity and parental bonding leave, and more.\nA collaborative, innovative environment where you can help advance global security while working with leading technology.\nSupportive leadership that encourages professional growth and development.\nLearn more @ www.forescout.com .\nOur Mission - Continuously identify, protect, and ensure the compliance of all cyber assets across the modern organization.\nOur Values\nOne Team - We all work together, and we all win together.\nCyber Obsessed - We are curious about technology, and we are innovative and passionate about solving big programs.\nCustomer Driven - We listen, we learn, and we make it right.\nRelentless - We're smart, determined, and find a way. We figure stuff out.\nCollaborative, without Ego - No one succeeds alone. We strive to be the humble person that people want to work with.\nThank you for taking the time to learn more about us.If this opportunity intrigues you, we encourage you to apply!\nAt Forescout, we are “Cyber Obsessed”\nWe are committed to maintaining a secure environment for our customers, employees, and business operations. To support these efforts, candidates may be asked to complete job-related pre-employment screening and verification processes, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Depending on the role and location, these measures may include identity verification, employment verification, background screening, work authorization verification, and other lawful security-related checks. Forescoutconductstheseprocessesinaccordancewithapplicablelawsandregulations,includingprivacyanddataprotectionrequirements,andobtainsanyrequirednotices,authorizations,orconsent beforeconductingsuchscreenings.\nFor roles supporting U.S. federal environments, candidates must meet applicable federal eligibility requirements, including U.S. Person status and may be required to obtain and maintain a government background investigation or security clearance.\nNotice RegardingtheUseofArtificialIntelligenceinRecruitment\nAs part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (\"AI\") or automated decision-support tools to assist with reviewing applications, assessing job-relatedqualifications,matchingcandidatestorolerequirements,schedulinginterviews,andsupportingcandidateevaluation.Thesetoolsaredesignedtoassistourrecruitersandhiringmanagersandarenotthesolebasisforhiringdecisions.Qualified personnel review relevant candidate information and exercise humanjudgmentthroughouttherecruitmentprocess.\nWearecommittedtotheresponsibleuseofAIandseektodeployanduseAI-enabledrecruitingtoolsinaccordancewithapplicablelaws,regulations,andourinternalgovernance standards.\nNOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Forescout does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.\nForescout Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value and embrace diversity, equality, inclusion, and collaboration at the core of our “One Team” philosophy. 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