API Tester (Automation)

Tata Consultancy Services; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Cary, NC seeks a QA/API Tester with 5+ years of API testing experience to join our software quality team. You will validate RESTful APIs, design and execute test cases, and automate using Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and Java Rest Assured or Python frameworks.

You will also validate security with OAuth/JWT, perform backend SQL validation, and collaborate in Agile ceremonies with analysts, developers, DevOps, and product teams. Salary ranges $80k-$90k.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA/API Testing experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and REST API testing.
• Experience in API automation using Java + Rest Assured or Python-based frameworks.
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation.
• Experience with JSON, XML, OAuth, JWT, API security validation, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.

Responsibilities

• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Design, develop, and execute API test cases using Postman, Swagger, and automation frameworks.
• Validate request/response payloads, authentication mechanisms, status codes, error handling, and data integrity.
• Execute backend testing using SQL against relational databases.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps, and Product teams during Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Participate in test planning, defect tracking, root cause analysis, and release validation.
• Develop and maintain automated API test suites within CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Rest Assured

SQL

OAuth/JWT

CI/CD

Jira

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Rest Assured

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

• Strong hands-on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and REST API testing.
• Experience in API automation using Java + Rest Assured or Python-based frameworks.
• Experience with JSON, XML, OAuth, JWT, API security validation, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Design, develop, and execute API test cases using Postman, Swagger, and automation frameworks.
• Validate request/response payloads, authentication mechanisms, status codes, error handling, and data integrity.
• Execute backend testing using SQL against relational databases.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps, and Product teams during Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Participate in test planning, defect tracking, root cause analysis, and release validation.
• Develop and maintain automated API test suites within CI/CD pipelines.

Job Description

• 5+ years of QA/API Testing experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and REST API testing.
• Experience in API automation using Java + Rest Assured or Python-based frameworks.
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation.
• Experience with JSON, XML, OAuth, JWT, API security validation, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Design, develop, and execute API test cases using Postman, Swagger, and automation frameworks.
• Validate request/response payloads, authentication mechanisms, status codes, error handling, and data integrity.
• Execute backend testing using SQL against relational databases.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps, and Product teams during Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Participate in test planning, defect tracking, root cause analysis, and release validation.
• Develop and maintain automated API test suites within CI/CD pipelines.

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000

Qualifications:

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE