What it does: Virtusa helps companies in various sectors grow their business with operational efficiency using digital engineering and IT applications infrastructure.
Mission: To contribute to clients’ success by delivering solutions that provide significant and sustainable value
Size and presence: It has 35,000 employees worldwide, including around 146 staff in Australia
Best known for Information technology services and solutions
The good bits: The management is approachable and easy to talk to (according to Great Place to Work 2021 Australia National Employee Engagement Study)
The not-so-good bits: Work-life balance is hard to maintain since it depends on the client for whom you will be working
In 1996, Virtusa Corporation was founded as eRunway in Sri Lanka. The company was rebranded to Virtusa six years later. Despite its origin, the company is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, and has several delivery centres in Sri Lanka and India.
Today, they help more than 220 clients in 25 countries in more than 50 locations around the world. Their capabilities include digital transformation, data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other technology consulting services.
Within their consulting arm, rather than providing typical strategy support, Virtusa focuses on services like UX design, customer journey, IT strategy, and operational processes.
The IT industry is always advancing, and it is important to stay up to date with the innovations. This includes understanding the systems, modern programming dialects, machine learning, and developing manufactured insights.
This will assist you to work within the IT industry, where you need to help clients engage with new technology paradigms and build solutions creatively so that they can move to the forefront of their industry.
At Virtusa, you will also work with a diverse team, with people from various backgrounds and industries to solve problems for global brands. That is why, in addition to specialized abilities, you also need to develop communication aptitudes and the capacity to collaborate with others.
The selection process at Virtusa starts with a Written/Online Test consisting of questions tailored to assess specific skills and knowledge, usually about programming languages and data structures.
The next round is Technical Interview, where the questions may come from your resume, your past projects, or what you learned from your school related to software development. You will need in-depth technical knowledge and a lot of preparation for this stage.
The third round is Group Interview. In this stage, they will look at your capacity to collaborate with others, leadership qualities, and adaptability to work with the team. The final round, which is an HR interview, may include a behavioural interview, where candidates are assessed based on their problem-solving skills, communication skills, and fit with the company culture.
When you are going to attend an interview, you may need to carry the following documents: copies of your resume, passport-size photographs, previous year's mark sheet, and internship certificate (if any).
The firm supports its employees’ professional development by providing job training and conferences, as well as tuition reimbursement. It also has a global scope that enables you to drive real-world impact and develop professionally.
The annual pay at Virtusa is approximately: Tester (AU$10,000), Customer Support Officer (AU$50,000), Database Administrator (AU$60,000), Software Engineer (AU$60,000-120,000), Project Manager (AU$80,000), Software QA Lead (AU$90,000), Business Analyst (AU$40,000-150,000), QA Automation Engineer (AU$100,000-110,000).
Some of the roles have higher pay, such as Associate Architect (AU$130,000), Lead Consultant (AU$100,000-140,000), Senior Manager (AU$142,915), Director Service Delivery (AU$150,000), Senior Data Engineer (AU$156,000), Technical Lead (AU$160,000), Architect (AU$170,000), Associate Director (AU$223,320), Head of Delivery (AU$255,000).
Virtusa offers the following benefits to their employees:
To manage all CSR initiatives, they established the Virtusa Foundation which carries out community outreach activities, including donating and volunteering. Some of the projects are one-time activities, while others are continuing projects such as: