Only Local profile Chicago IL

Senior SDET with 10+years of experience.  Must have a strong Java and APIs testing Webservices (REST APIs) background, experience with BDD framework, Cucumber, the ability to work independently and enhance testing framework.  Must also have strong API testing experience. 

- Technical Skills (Required)

•             Strong design and development skills in Java (5 years)

•             Cucumber, JBehave, or other BDD testing frameworks (3+ years)

•             At least 8+ years of test automation framework design

•             Strong experience testing Webservices (REST APIs) (3+ years)

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

•             Ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases

•             3+ years of experience 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

Soft Skills (Required)

•             Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment

•             Pro-active, flexible, and creative

•             Very strong communication skills

•             Ability to collaborate with developers and business users

•             Expert ability to work independently and manage one''s time

•             Expert mentoring skills to provide support and constructive performance feedback

•             Expert knowledge of the full software development lifecycle (business/systems analysis ? requirements gathering ? functional specification authoring ? development ? testing ? delivery)

•             Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed

•             Expert knowledge of computer hardware and software

Job Responsibilities

•             Extend testing automation framework using JAVA/JavaScript

•             Take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan

•             Develop automation test cases using existing automation framework

•             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

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

•             Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate

•             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

•             Understand the use of specific functionality as needed

•             Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards

•             Review and approve modification of existing databases and database management systems

•             Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions

•             Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations

•             Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost

•             Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files

•             Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems

•             Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information

Team & Work Environment Interaction

•             Working with a team of 20+ members