Automation Tester

Sligo Software Solutions Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sligo Software Solutions, Inc. is seeking an Automation Tester in Albany, NY, to join an urgent client project. The role focuses on validating the UI Job Assist Tool, API endpoints, and Java microservices, with emphasis on data integrity and secure data exchange.

You will design and execute functional, integration, API, and end-to-end tests, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to performance and security testing in a regulated environment. Onsite work is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software testing and quality assurance across enterprise web applications and distributed systems.
• Experience executing automated and manual tests to validate functionality, performance, and data integrity.
• Proficiency with API testing tools (Postman/SoapUI/JMeter) and backend data validation using SQL.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional and integration test scenarios for the AI-enabled UI Job Assist Tool.
• Test REST APIs and Java microservices used to exchange data between the UI system and the Job Assist Tool.
• Perform MCP validation including server/client interactions, tool invocation, and error handling.

Skills

Test automation

Manual testing

API testing

SQL data validation

Java testing

Performance testing

Regression testing

End-to-end testing

Test planning

Documentation

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

JMeter

Job description

Greetings from Sligo Software Solutions, Inc. !!

This is Dasharatham from SLIGO. We have an urgent requirement for Automation Tester position with our client.

Title: Automation Tester

Location: Albany, New York

Duration: 30 Months

Client: NY State - Department of Labor

Job ID: SLG - 26 - 12490

Respond by: 10/26/26 5:00 PM

The position supports the UI Job Assist Tool (JAT), a initiative to develop and integrate secure APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) services between the core UI system of record and an AI-enabled Job Assist Tool. The Senior Tester will perform functional, integration, API, microservice, AI-tool, and MCP validation to ensure reliable and secure read/write data exchange.

Duties

• Develop and execute functional and integration test scenarios for the AI-enabled UI Job Assist Tool.
• Test read/write REST APIs and Java microservices used to exchange data between the core UI system and the Job Assist Tool.
• Perform Model Context Protocol (MCP) validation, including server/client interactions, tool invocation, request/response handling, and error conditions.
• Validate business rules and data-integrity controls designed to prevent corrupt or unapproved AI-generated data from being written back to the UI system.
• Execute positive, negative, boundary, regression, and end-to-end tests across APIs, microservices, MCP components, and AI integrations.
• Create and maintain test cases, test data, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution results.
• Use API testing tools to validate REST endpoints, payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and response behavior.
• Query backend data stores as needed to confirm accurate processing and persistence of data.
• Collaborate with Programmers, Data Architects, Cloud Engineers, vendor technical teams, and business SMEs to investigate defects and clarify expected behavior.
• Support performance and scalability testing for workloads associated with approximately 1,500 concurrent users and document-heavy processing.
• Validate security-sensitive integration behavior in a regulated UI environment and support knowledge transfer to State staff.

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience (10+ Years)
• Conducts automated and manual tests to ensure that the software created/upgraded performs as necessary and meets the user requirements. Develops and maintains user and technical documentation and project process documentation for application teams. Understands the view of applications and/or technology and is able to put procedures in a logical sequence.

Requirements

• This is an 100% Onsite
• 60 months of experience performing functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of enterprise web applications and distributed systems.
• 36 months of experience testing REST APIs and microservices, including request/response payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and backend data validation.
• 36 months of experience testing Java-based enterprise applications or services and using SQL to validate backend processing and data integrity.
• 12 months experience testing or validating AI-enabled applications or integrations, including functional validation of AI outputs and data exchanged with systems of record.
• 12 months experience validating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, clients, tools, or integrations, including expected and error-path behavior.
• 24 months experience using API/service testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, or comparable tools.
• 24 months experience creating test plans, test cases, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution summaries in an Agile delivery environment.R sum
• Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver s License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)
• Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)