Senior API & Integration Testing Leader

Programmers.io; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Columbus, OH is seeking a senior QA/Test Manager to lead program-level testing across transformation initiatives. The role covers integration testing for CIS, ERP, ADMS, and customer platforms, with emphasis on REST APIs, Java/Spring Boot, and OpenAPI specifications.

You will validate API policies in Azure API Management, oversee data and file integration testing from Kafka to ETL outputs, and enforce governance for phased migrations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in QA/Test Management, including large transformation programs.
• Experience in utilities CIS domain and cloud-native & API-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define program-level test strategy aligned to multi-phase transformation roadmap.
• Lead end-to-end integration testing across CIS, ERP, ADMS, and customer platforms.
• API and microservices testing: Validate REST APIs, Java/Spring Boot microservices, payloads, HTTP status, headers, error handling, and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Azure API Management testing: Test API policies, security rules, subscriptions, routing, transformations, rate limits, and monitoring behavior.
• Event, data, and file integration testing: Validate Kafka producers/consumers, topics, formats, offsets, retries, ETL outputs, SFTP transfers, PGP encryption, and end-to-end data reconciliation.
• Govern testing for dual-system coexistence and phased migration releases.
• Drive test execution, defect management, and quality gates across workstreams.
• Ensure integration of testing into DevOps pipelines.
• Provide executive reporting, risk insights, and decision support.

Skills

Integration testing

API testing

Automation testing

Postman

SoapUI

Swagger/OpenAPI

Rest Assured

JMeter

Java

Spring Boot

Azure API Management

Kafka

ETL/batch

SFTP

PGP

Mutual TLS

OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect/JWT

API keys/certificates

Git

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Defect tracking

Test management tools

Monitoring/Logging

Release validation

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Swagger/OpenAPI

Rest Assured

JMeter

Azure API Management

Kafka

SFTP

PGP

Git

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

Programmers.io in Columbus, OH is seeking a senior QA/Test Manager to lead program-level testing across transformation initiatives. The role covers integration testing for CIS, ERP, ADMS, and customer platforms, with emphasis on REST APIs, Java/Spring Boot, and OpenAPI specifications.

You will validate API policies in Azure API Management, oversee data and file integration testing from Kafka to ETL outputs, and enforce governance for phased migrations.