Senior SDET / QA Lead (Chicago)

Note : Need local candidates only and interview will be onsite

Role and Overview of the role :

Looking for a candidate who has 8 to 10 years of experience. It's a Senior lead kind of a role who would be involved in trying to understand development solutions for different features that are coming available, try and understand the testing scope for these new solutions, come up with a test approach, test plan, outline the test cases. Perform automation for these cases and develop automated squirts and then continuously monitor. This candidate will do the PR reviews, be sort of the senior QA who will be helping out the juniors with the questions they have for somebody who can take ownership and then make sure on time without any issues. Looking for somebody who is really strong in Java. Candidates should have Java Background and use Karate and then different automated testing tools.

Top Skills : l Java

l Cucumber

l JBehave / BDD

l At least 8 years of test automation framework design

l Strong experience in testing Web Services (REST APIs) (3+5 years)

l The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases

l 3+ years of experience in developing scenario based performance testing using JMeter

l Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties

l End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms

Education and Experience :

l Years of experience : 8-10 yrs experience

l Degree requirement : Bachelors degree and 8+ years of experience

Positions Contributions to Work Group :

• AKA Senior SDET Extend testing automation framework using JAVA / JAVA Script Take ownership in understanding business requirements / ACs and develop test strategy / test plan Develop automation testcases using existing automation framework

Typical task breakdown :

Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.

Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results

Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications / projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites

Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues / enhancements / upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed

Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.

Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate

Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards

Technical Skills

(Required)

At least 8 years of test automation framework design

Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs)

Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data

The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases

3+ years of experience in developing scenario based performance testing using JMeter

Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties

End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms

(Desired)

Hands on experience with Python

Development experience in AWS Cloud technology

Experience in TDD, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired

Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus

Experience with DevOps concepts and tools (e.g., CI / CD, Jenkins, Git)

At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile / Lean practices

Understanding of a micro service Architecture

Experience load and performance testing

Strong documentation skills

Soft Skills

(Required)

Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment

Pro-active, flexible and creative

Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.