IT Software Engineer 4 – Sr SDET

Job Title - IT Software Engineer 4 – Sr SDET

Location: Chicago, IL- worker will need to come into office 3x a week - Hybrid

Duration: 12 months

Additional Comments: A full return to office ( 5days in office) will eventually happen, so candidates need to make sure they are good with that.  Also CAT is requiring all candidates to be within 50 miles of the office and/or within 1 hr of the office.

·       Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1.

·       Onsite interview is required.

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

Experience Required:

• Years of experience: 8-10 yrs experience
• Degree requirement: Bachelor’s degree and 8+ 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. 

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