Description
**Job Family:** Buildings
**Req ID:** 506700
**Position Location:** This role supports our Buffalo Grove, IL branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Chicago, IL area.
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. We are improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?
Our Smart Buildings help to create efficient, safe, adaptable, and responsible environments. Our aim isn’t just about improving buildings; it’s about creating perfect places that improve people’s lives.
**Transform the everyday with us!**
The **Lead Test Engineer / DevOps Engineer** drives cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, deployment reliability, and continuous testing across a modern engineering environment. The role is DevOps forward: building scalable pipelines, managing development environments, improving automation, and ensuring high quality software delivery. Testing leadership supports this mission by validating system performance and maintaining strong quality practices. You’ll develop and maintain appropriate data management systems and stores relevant data.
**As a Dev-Ops Engineer and Test Lead, you will:**
+ Design, implement, and maintain repositories and development infrastructure
+ Build, optimize, and administer CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred)
+ Manage Git workflows, branching strategies, and repository structure
+ Automate build, test, validation, and deployment processes
+ Support system monitoring, reliability, backups, and troubleshooting
+ Improve deployment automation, release processes, and security practices
+ Develop automation scripts to streamline engineering workflows
+ Integrate automated testing into CI/CD and DevOps pipelines
+ Ensure storing and retrieval of relevant documents, software sources and defines rules on how to manage the data
+ Lead software, integration, regression, and performance testing
+ Develop test strategies, plans, procedures, and automated scripts
+ Drive defect tracking, root cause analysis, and release readiness
+ Maintain test documentation, traceability, and quality metrics
+ Manage application database
+ Analyze the current testing process and practices and drives improvements
+ Define testability requirements
+ Provide testing infrastructure requirements
+ Drive integration of testing infrastructure with the System Under Test
+ Guide and coach system and software architects and development teams in testing related topics
+ Define and implement an effective test strategy for the project, aligned with the business and quality goals
+ Define and maintain an effective and efficient test architecture
+ Ensure quality of the test code
+ Manage the internal quality of the whole testing environment
**You will make an impact with these qualifications:**
_Basic Qualifications:_
+ Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field
+ 3+ years in DevOps, cloud engineering, or software/system testing
+ Must be able to demonstrate:
+ Hands on experience with, shell scripting, and CI/CD tools
+ Familiarity with Git workflows and cloud security fundamentals
+ Troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills
_Preferred Qualifications:_
+ Experience with:
+ Docker and GitLab CI/CD administration
+ MATLAB/Simulink
+ Automated test frameworks and continuous testing
+ Agile/Scrum experience and enterprise scale deployment support
**Ready to create your own journey?** Join us today!
**About Siemens**
We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers.
**Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion in our Diverse Global Workforce**
We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us. #LI-TAG #HQ-EREF #VeteranCareers #TransitioningServiceMember #MilitarySpouse
**You’ll Benefit From**
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $112,669 – $193,147 annually with a target incentive of 10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
**Organization:** Smart Infrastructure
**Job Type:** Full-time
**Category:** Research & Development
