Senior SDET

Job Title: IT Software Engineer 5
Location: Chicago, IL- worker will need to come into office 2x a week
Additional Comments (if applicable): A full return to office ( 5days in office) will eventually happen, so candidates need to make sure they are good with that.
Daily Schedule (including any anticipated weekly/monthly OT) Hybrid role ( In office 2x days a week)
Duration: 12 months

Position’s 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

Reason/motivation for request:
- New headcount

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
- Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite
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Interaction with team:
- Working with team; team consists of 20 folks

Work environment:
- Chicago Office: 540 W Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60661

Education & Experience Required:
- Years of experience:10 yrs experience
- Degree requirement:Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of experience

Required Technical Skills
(Required)
- Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following
technologies and tools: Java (3-5 years) Cucumber(3-5 years), JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks
- At least 8 years of test automation framework design
- Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) (3 5 years)
- 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.