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This is a very important role in our company's product development process so they have an interface with a variety of teams. Our QAs conduct tests before the product's launch to ensure the software is running smoothly and meets our partner's needs while focusing on being cost-effective. Ultimately, they monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards and to automate the biggest amount of features and processes.
This is a very important role in our company's product development process so they have an interface with a variety of teams. Our QAs conduct tests before the product's launch to ensure the software is running smoothly and meets our partner's needs while focusing on being cost-effective. Ultimately, they monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards and to automate the biggest amount of features and processes.


As an Automation QA in '''Secure Group''', you will have the opportunity to develop hard skills and soft skills and progress in our Career Journey as:
In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our Android Developers must:</br>
* Meet the criteria of the Level & Step Chart for the chosen path ([[How_we_ensure_people%E2%80%99s_growth#Individual_Contributors_Path|Individual Contributors Path]] or [[How_we_ensure_people%E2%80%99s_growth#Management_Path|Management Path]])
*  Score at least a grade 4 in the [[KAI]] of the position in order to reach Level 3.</br>
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Level 1: Automation QA Developer
= [[KAI]] of the position =
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Level 2: Senior Automation QA Developer
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Level 3: Automation QA Software Engineer
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Level 4: Senior Automation QA Software Engineer
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Level 5: Automation QA Architect
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Level 6: Sr. Automation QA Architect
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=== Introduction ===
In order to achieve the best of their performance, we will introduce the list of requirements and concepts our Automation QAs should focus on to succeed in our business, as well as their remuneration.</br>
In order to progress in our Career Journey, they need to:
 
* Meet the criterias of the [https://careers.securegroup.com/wiki/Career_Journey#General_ICs_Job_Level_Chart General ICs Job Level Chart] & [https://careers.securegroup.com/wiki/Career_Journey#General_ICs_Job_Step_Chart General ICs Job Step Chart]
* Meet the specific criterias of the Automation QA framework regarding:
- [[#General_Knowledge|General Knowledge]] a list of indispensable softwares, tools, platforms and more, for '''Secure Group''', that they need to know (it can be a little bit out of the scope of their position).</br>
- [[#Specific_Knowledge|Specific Knowledge]]: a list of concepts, tools, software and etc, that are indispensable for them to develop under the scope of their position.</br>
- [[#Secure_Group_Knowledge|Secure Group Knowledge]]: a list of products, company profile and features that they need to know in order to succeed in '''Secure Group'''.</br>
- [[#Basic_IT_Concepts|Basic IT Concepts]]: a list of essential concepts that we consider to be basic for our Frameworks and that we expect employees to master.</br>
 
''Observation: if there's any requirement that is repeated in the following tables but with different grades, the higher requested proficiency will prevail in the Performance Evaluation.''
 
=== General Knowledge ===
To be able to reach Level 3 in our Career Journey there is some General knowledge regarding a variety of subjects that we request from our Automation QAs. This means that considering the [[KAI]] grades of proficiency, they will need to score from 4 to 6 in the following items:


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=== Secure Group Knowledge ===
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To be able to reach Level 3 in our Career Journey there is some specific knowledge from our company that we request from our Automation QA team members. This means that considering the [[KAI]] grades, they will need to score a minimum proficiency considering Secure Group Knowledge in a Documentation level in the following perspectives:
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=== Basic IT Concepts ===
To be able to reach Level 3 in our Career Journey there are some IT concepts that we request our Automation QA team to master. This means that considering the [[KAI]] grades of proficiency, they will need to score from 4 to 6 in the following items:
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!rowspan="1"|'''Category'''
!rowspan="1"|'''Concepts'''
!rowspan="1"|'''Description'''
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!rowspan="19"|'''System Administration'''
|Linux server set up
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* How to install a Linux server/workstation distribution
* How to prepare a coding environment on a workstation
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|Remote servers with SSH connection
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* How to set up SSH
* How to connect to a server
* How to use a key to connect to SSH
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|Users management
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* How to create, remove and modify users on a Unix system
* How groups work
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|File permissions
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* How to grant/remove different levels of access to different parts of the file system with chmod and chown.
* How to read files permission
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|Init systems
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* How to configure Init system to start/stop processes at specified run levels
* How to start and stop services
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|Firewall configuration
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* Understand the need for a firewall
* How to limit inbound network traffic to specific ports
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|Basic monitoring
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* Understand the free memory, disk usage, load average and other metrics for server performance
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|Package manager
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* How to install software packages and how to update them
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|Web Server
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* How to set up a static web server
* How to Set up a LAMP server
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|Static file deployment
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* Understand some automated method of updating: using rsync to keep the files up to date or similar
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|Basic Docker management & administration
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* What is Docker engine and what is a docker controller
* How to set up a basic docker environment on a workstation
* How to create, RUN, Pause, Unpause, Start, Stop Restart, Kill container
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|Active Directory
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* What are the major features in Active Directory Domain Services (trees, trust, forest)
* How to create a user, add a mailbox, etc
* How to create a Group policy and how to enforce it
* How to troubleshoot and configure Windows 2008 R2 - 2012 R2
* How to use the administration tools (Active Directory, DNS etc)
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|Storage
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* What is NFS, ISCSI, Samba
* How to share folders in windows
* What is a Security Descriptor
* What is Access Control List (ACL)
* What is a parent directory and a child directory
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|Email Server
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* What's the difference between a transaction e-mail and an email API
* What's the relation between Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Mail Transfer Agent (MTA), Domain Name System (DNS), Mail Exchanger (MX), Post Office Protocol (POP),  Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
* What are the SPAM rules and how to use SPAM engines
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|PKI
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* What's a PGP universal server
* What is a Certificate and a Certificate Authority
* What's the difference between a Public Key and a Private Key and what are they used for
* How to configure a web server certificate with SSL (port443)
* How digital signatures work and how it's related to the authentication
* What's SSL, TLS, PGP, OTR, OMEMO
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|Reading logs
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* What are the basic network events: Intrusion detection, packet blocked or allowed, access log
* How to read the MSexchange tracking log and understand an event
* How to read the PGP server log and understand an event
* How to read, request and identify the problem in the Web Server or API server log
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|Virtualization
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* What is VMware Server/Desktop application and how it works
* How to replicate VMs
* How to restart VMs
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|XMPP
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* What's the XMPP protocol and how to use it
* What are the main extensions
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|SIP Protocol
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* What is the SIP protocol and how to use it
* How to differentiate media from signaling
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!rowspan="5"|System Administration - Day to Day Ops
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|Day to Day Ops
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* How to set up a network printer and put it in the correct driver into a print server
* How to set up a working station and advanced drivers configuration
* How to set up a network printer and put it and the correct driver into a print server
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|Commands
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* What are the universal keyboard commands for operating systems
* What is a command line
* What are the most common CMD commands and what are they used for (Ipconfig, Ping, Dir, Nslookup, Tracert)
* What are the most common PowerShell commands and what are they used for
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|Hardware
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* Understand Advanced hardware: terminology, troubleshoot and the relation between them
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|Root cause analysis
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* What is cause and effect and how they are related
* What is an event in a system log
* How to navigate an event using a timestamp
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!rowspan="6"|'''Android Development'''
|Android Studio
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* How to create a project and how to connect a device
* How to execute real-time debugging
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|Adb command
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* How to perform basic adb to capture log
* How to load an OS via adb
* What are the most basic adb command and how to use them: devices, push, pull, reboot, reboot-bootloader, reboot recovery, fastboot devices, fastboot unlock, install
* How to execute USB debugging
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|Android SDK
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* What are layouts and views and what's the relation between them
* What are activities and their life cycle
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|SQL
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* What is SQL and what it does
* How to write a simple SQL query
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|Android OS architecture
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* What are the basic components of an Android Phone:
* Android Runtime – ART Linux Kernel, Libraries, Application Framework, Applications
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|AndroidOS or Android App log
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* How to identify actions in an app that can cause a log entry
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!rowspan="4"|'''Networking concepts'''
|Network concepts
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* What's the OSI model and how to use it
* What is DHCP
* What is DNS and the type of records as well as how to edit and check them
* What are the differences and relations between Internal DNS and External DNS
* What is a VLAN (from a VERY high level)
* What is TCP and IP
* What are the differences between UDP and TCP and when to use each one of them
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|Basic firewall concept
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* What are the NAT rules
* What is Port forwarding used for
* How to set up port forwarding
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|Basic Traffic Sniffing
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* How to set up Wireshark on a workstation and connect to a device
* How to use a proxy to intercept traffic
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|Basic Networking Command
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* What are the most common CMD commands and what are they used for (Ipconfig, Ping, Dir, Nslookup, Tracert)
* How to use web tools: mxtools, visual trace route, dnstools, etc…
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!rowspan="9"|'''Programming'''
|HTML/CSS
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* How to write or modify a very simple web page and basic HTML tag
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|RestAPI, JSON
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* How to post to an API request
* How to understand the result using a tool
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|Basic arithmetic functions
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* How to work on complex Excel or to use VBA formula
* How to apply general basic arithmetic in any programming language
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|Variable
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* What is a variable and how to use it
* What is math, string, array and boolean and how to use them
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|String manipulation
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* Understand how to concatenate, trim, manipulate strings in any programming language
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|Looping - flow control
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* Understand basic IF, THEN, ELSE clause in any programming language
* Understand how to build a looping array in any programming language
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|SDLC
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* What is the Software Development Life Cycle concept
* What are the phases of the SDLC
* What are software development models
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|Version Control
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* What's version control and where it's used
* How to identify and administrate revisions
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|Conditionals
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* How to apply BASIC boolean algebra
* What are Logical operator (And/Or) and how to use them
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Revision as of 09:27, 23 January 2020

Our Automation QA employees are responsible for developing and executing exploratory and automated tests. Automation QA responsibilities also include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions to ensure the highest product quality. They also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)

This is a very important role in our company's product development process so they have an interface with a variety of teams. Our QAs conduct tests before the product's launch to ensure the software is running smoothly and meets our partner's needs while focusing on being cost-effective. Ultimately, they monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards and to automate the biggest amount of features and processes.

In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our Android Developers must:


KAI of the position

General Knowledge

Concepts Scrum
Frameworks Scrum
Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Usage Atlassian Bamboo
Atlassian Bitbucket
Atlassian Confluence
Atlassian Jira
BambooHR
Docker Harbor
Elastic Kibana
Kamailio
Libib
OpenSTF
Small Improvements
Atlassian Jira SynapseRT
Thycotic Passwordbox
Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Configuration Docker Engine/Container
Elasticsearch
Languages (Idioms) Advanced English

Specific Knowledge

Concepts Agile
Application Lifecycle
Balanced Scorecard
Defect life cycle
IDE
Test Automation
Frameworks JUnit
PHPUnit
Selenium
Languages CasperJS
JavaScript
Libraries Espresso
Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Usage Appium
Countly
Git
Instabug
Jenksins
SQuirrel SQL client
Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Configuration Apache Tomcat
Microsoft Azure

IT Knowledge

System Administration
System Administration - Day to Day Ops
Networking concepts
Android Development
Programming

Secure Group Knowledge

Secure Group Knowledge What's Expected Impact Product Minimum Grade
User Documentation Good, user-level knowledge regarding the product and its functionalities. From the user documentation, all employees across the company are required to be well aware of our solutions’ core features and functions such as the Password Advisor or how to send an automatic crash report. This knowledge helps us facilitate a user-centric approach internally, which we believe is essential to develop our business and solutions. The user documentation helps team members understand user behavior and needs more thoroughly and feel the impact of their everyday efforts. Secure OS 4
SAS 4
Secure Chat 4
Secure Email 4
Secure Vault 4
Secure Manager 4
Sales Documentation Employees should gain significant knowledge regarding the business side of Secure Group. They need to be aware of commonly used concepts in our day-to-day activities such as our business and distribution model, value proposition, selling prices, key selling points, and target audience. The information in the Sales Documentation supports employees in their daily routine. It conveys the overall business vision within the company. This documentation contributes to making employees aware of how our solutions are distributed, who are our key partners and target market to know exactly the people towards whom team members’ efforts should be aimed. Alignment on company-wide priorities is also achieved through clear communication of our value proposition and key selling points, helping everyone understand the things that matter most. Secure OS 3
SAS 3
Secure Chat 3
Secure Email 3
Secure Vault 3
Secure Manager 3
Support Documentation People within the company need to be aware of commonly occurring problems with our solutions. From the Support Documentation, employees should also extract general level knowledge regarding support processes, the issues that we’re currently having product-wise, and the approach to troubleshooting them. o The Support Documentation helps employees understand short-term priorities more clearly and communicate more openly why they’re needed. It also gives them general knowledge of how to spot and report a problem, which helps us facilitate a company-wide contribution to product development. Last but by no means least, it helps team members understand customers pains and behavioral patterns to strengthen our user-centric approach. Secure OS 3
SAS 3
Secure Chat 3
Secure Email 3
Secure Vault 3
Secure Manager 3
Functional Documentation Through the Functional Documentation, employees should get a thorough understanding of the solutions and their multiple features. People that work closely with the products must understand exactly how they function, how users interact with them, how to configure different settings, and what’s the expected behavior of different software solutions. o The information in the Functional Documentation helps employees whose work is closely connected with our solutions, to gain significant in-depth knowledge into their functionalities that far exceeds users‘ understanding. Such thorough product expertise helps us remain objective, evaluate market data more adequately, and constantly increase our internal expertise. Secure OS 4
SAS 4
Secure Chat 4
Secure Email 4
Secure Vault 4
Secure Manager 4
Technical Documentation Employees concerned with the Technical Documentation and more concretely - software development, must gain complete mastery over all solutions. Such people are regarded as technical experts and need to be well aware of data structures, relational databases, algorithms, programming languages, models, etc. The Technical Documentation is used to make sure people that are technically involved in product development have the required knowledge to perform their day-to-day tasks, optimize our solutions more easily, and support other teams with their in-depth expertise. Secure OS 4
SAS 4
Secure Chat 4
Secure Email 4
Secure Vault 4
Secure Manager 4

Salary Grid

Automation QA Step
Level
Individual Contributor Path Management Path 1 2 3 4
1: Automation QA Developer - 1.500 lv 1.650 lv 1.800 lv 1.950 lv
2: Sr. Automation QA Developer - 2.500 lv 2.650 lv 2.800 lv 2.950 lv
3: Automation QA Software Engineer Manager 3.500 lv 3.650 lv 3.800 lv 3.950 lv
4: Sr. Automation QA Software Engineer Sr. Manager 4.500 lv 4.650 lv 4.800 lv 4.950 lv
5: Automation QA Architect Head of 5.500 lv 5.650 lv 5.800 lv 5.950 lv
6: Sr. Automation QA Architect Director 6.500 lv 6.650 lv 6.800 lv 6.950 lv
- Sr. Director 9.000 lv 9.400 lv 9.800 lv 10.200 lv
- Chief of 11.200 lv 11.600 lv 12.000 lv 12.400 lv
- VP 13.400 lv 13.800 lv 14.200 lv 14.600 lv
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