Automation Test Engineer – API & CI/CD Expert

Sovereign Technologies, Inc.; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sovereign Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Testing Automation Engineer in Minneapolis, MN to drive testing across the software lifecycle. You will contribute to test strategy, create and maintain automation frameworks, and work with architects, developers, and product teams to validate complex systems.

The role requires hands-on experience with Selenium, API testing, CI/CD tooling, and Agile/Scrum practices. Strong communication skills and a passion for quality are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in with focus on test plan creation, quality assurance testing, and testing automation.
• Experience with multiple testing strategies including: high availability, disaster recovery, rogue testing, happy path, negative testing, performance testing, and functional testing
• Solid experience with automation frameworks/tools (e.g. Selenium, QTP)
• Experience with web services and APIs testing using API testing frameworks (e.g. Rest Assured, JMeter, SOAP- UI, Postman)
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools (e.g. git/github, Jenkins, bamboo, gradle/maven, artifactory)
• Basic knowledge on Linux/ Unix commands.
• Good knowledge and experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL).
• Experience with Agile task management tools (e.g. JIRA, Rally, VersionOne).
• Ability to communicate effectively via multiple channels (verbal, written, etc.) with technical and non-technical staff
• Strong consulting and communication skills
• Knowledge and experience in developing software using Agile/Scrum methodology
• Experience with Rest Assured testing framework, Cucumber a plus
• Passionate about pushing the envelope on current technologies and motivating others to adopt new development and testing methodologies
• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Math, Engineering or comparable major

Responsibilities

• Participates in test strategy, planning and execution including load/stress testing.
• Develops test plans and procedures to ensure high quality products.
• Creates and maintains the automation test framework.
• Collaborates with solution architects and developers on testing practices.
• Collaborates with product owner and engineers to define detailed test scenarios.
• Creates functional and integration test scripts, automated and manual.
• Ensures real-time automation of tests and collaborates with developers.

Skills

Test planning

Quality assurance

Testing automation

Selenium

APIs testing

CI/CD

Linux/Unix

Databases

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS/Math/Engineering

Tools

QTP

Rest Assured

JMeter

SOAP-UI

Postman

Git/Jenkins

Bamboo

Gradle/Maven

Artifactory

Job description

Sovereign Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Testing Automation Engineer in Minneapolis, MN to drive testing across the software lifecycle. You will contribute to test strategy, create and maintain automation frameworks, and work with architects, developers, and product teams to validate complex systems.

The role requires hands-on experience with Selenium, API testing, CI/CD tooling, and Agile/Scrum practices. Strong communication skills and a passion for quality are essential.