Senior SDET - 246/948

DSM-H Consulting; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DSM-H Consulting in Chicago seeks a seasoned QA Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for web services and applications. You will develop robust automation frameworks, lead junior engineers, and collaborate with product owners to define testing needs.

Required 8+ years in testing with strong Java/Python skills, experience with Jenkins, JMeter, and AWS. The role offers a hybrid onsite work model in Chicago and opportunities to grow within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in software testing.
• 8+ years in test automation framework design.
• Strong design and development skills in Java, Cucumber and JBehave.
• Experience testing REST Webservices and APIs.
• Python and AWS Cloud experience.
• CI/CD, Jenkins, and Git in DevOps environments.
• 2+ years on Agile teams with Agile/Lean practices.
• Understanding of microservice architecture and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop test automation code for CI/CD pipelines and automation of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
• Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework for scripting, execution, and results analysis.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers across multiple projects; train and mentor teams to build automated regression suites.
• Coordinate with product owner to resolve issues and understand functionality needs.
• Develop automated functional scripts using Java, Karate, and JMeter.
• Perform exploratory/manual testing as needed.
• Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices and standards.
• Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1; interviews may be onsite.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

REST APIs testing

Agile/Lean

CI/CD

Test automation

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

Git

JMeter

Apigee

AWS

Cucumber

JBehave

Job description

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
• Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite

Interaction with team

• Working with team; team consists of 20+ folks

Work environment

Chicago Office

Education & Experience Required:

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

Required Technical Skills

• 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
• 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

Soft Skills

• 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.