Analytics Automation Engineer

REF#: 36782CBS BUSINESS UNIT: CBS InteractiveJOB TYPE: Full-Time StaffJOB SCHEDULE: JOB LOCATION: Burbank, CAABOUT US:CBS Interactive, a division of ViacomCBS, is the world’s largest publisher of premium digital content and a perennial top 10 Internet company. CBS Interactive’s brands span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and gaming.Properties include the websites, apps and streaming services of the CBS Television Network such as the CBS All Access subscription service, CBS News Digital platforms including the 24/7 digital news network CBSN, and CBS Sports Digital brands including the 24-hour streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ, as well as digital-first properties in key content verticals, including CNET, ZDNet, TVGuide.com, GameSpot, Last.fm, Metacritic and Chowhound.Follow CBS Interactive on Twitter and Facebook.DESCRIPTION:Role Details:Data plays a central role at CBS Interactive, and as part of the Data & Insights Group (DIG), our Measurement Operations team is a crucial part of our success. It drives business, product, and operational decisions by providing rich data, strategic insights, and analytical products. We are looking for an Analytics Automation Engineer who is passionate about data and entertainment, and who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The position is anchored around implementing measurement solutions on our growing portfolio of products that offer CBS content on multiple access points, including its increasing Originals’ slate with shows such as Star Trek: Picard, The Good Fight, and Why Women Kill to name a few.In particular, CBS Interactive is looking for a talented and highly motivated individual with strong technical and problem-solving skills to join our Measurement Operations group. The Analytics Automation Engineer is responsible for delivering quality, well-tested solutions to support analytics QA as well as custom tracking solutions. The ideal candidate will create test plans, architect end-to-end solutions, develop and deploy solutions to production.Your Day-to-Day:

Build and maintain QA automation frameworks for Web, Mobile Apps, OTT, and Smart TV platforms

Partner with our central video engineering team to develop tracking libraries and troubleshoot video playback issues related to analytics implementations

Perform tag manager audits to ensure and improve quality analytics JavaScript code

Analyze and document test results and create detailed Jira bug tickets

Work with Marketing, Product, and Engineering teams to collect requirements and stay up to date with new releases and product features

Key Responsibilities:

Automate data audits to identify tracking gaps/inconsistencies and solve technical implementation/tracking issues.

Participate in the continuous development and enhancement of client tracking, data collection and data validation capabilities.

Build and deploy analytics APIs for data collection across multiple platforms.

Creative problem-solving skills, including the ability to articulate high-level technical solutions.

Perform data quality audits, QA marketing tags, identify data collection issues, suggest improvements, and work to implement fixes.

Service custom javascript modules within our tag manager, namely Tealium IQ & Adobe Launch, to maintain the integrity of our implementations and data layer.

QUALIFICATIONS:What you bring to the team:You have -

Expert in automation frameworks such as Selenium Webdriver, and Appium.

Bachelor's degree and 2+ years work experience in a QA role with automation experience.

Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Strong problem solving and creative-thinking skills.

Development experience with Python, JS, Java, and APIs.

Experience with test planning, test execution, test automation and acceptance testing in an Agile environment.

Ability to define best practices for test automation and testing tools (e.g. BrowserStack).

Experience using proxying tools (e.g. Charles, Wireshark, Chrome DevTools, BrowserMob).

You might also have -

Experience working with tag management tools (e.g. Tealium, Adobe Launch).

Knowledge of Customer Data Platform (CDPs) (e.g. Segment IO, mParticle).

Agile experience and familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.

Experience working with analytics tools (e.g. Adobe analytics).

Testing experience with mobile applications and OTT platforms using ADB/Xcode.

Success in building a culture of good engineering processes and practices.

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