SOA – Test Lead

Programmers.io; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Columbus, OH seeks a senior QA/Test Manager to lead integration testing across CIS, ERP, ADMS, and customer platforms, guiding program-level test strategy and governance.

You will own end-to-end testing of APIs, microservices (Java/Spring Boot), Kafka data flows, ETL processes, and DevOps integration, ensuring risk mitigation and executive visibility.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in QA/Test Management, including large transformation programs.
• Experience in Utilities / CIS domain.

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, request/response payloads, HTTP status codes, headers, error handling, and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Azure API Management testing: Test API policies, security rules, subscriptions, routing, transformations, rate limiting, throttling, and monitoring behavior.
• Event, data, and file integration testing: Validate Kafka producers/consumers, topics, message formats, offsets, retries, ETL/batch 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. Drive: Defect lifecycle management.
• Ensure integration of testing into DevOps pipelines.
• Provide executive reporting, risk insights, and decision support.

Skills

QA/Test Management

Stakeholder management

Risk mitigation

Governance

Quality assurance

DevOps pipelines

API testing

Automation testing

Test coordination

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Swagger/OpenAPI

Rest Assured

JMeter

Git

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Defect tracking

Test management tools

Monitoring

Logging

Release validation

Job description

• Integration Testing, API Testing, Automation testing
• API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Swagger/OpenAPI, Rest Assured, JMeter, or equivalent automation frameworks.
• Java, Spring Boot microservices, Azure API Management, Kafka-based integrations, ETL/batch processes, SFTP, PGP, and managed file transfer workflows
• OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, API keys, certificates, mutual TLS, security testing, and negative/error scenario validation.
• Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD test integration, defect tracking, test management tools, monitoring, logging, and release validation.

Key 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, request/response payloads, HTTP status codes, headers, error handling, and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Azure API Management testing: Test API policies, security rules, subscriptions, routing, transformations, rate limiting, throttling, and monitoring behavior.
• Event, data, and file integration testing: Validate Kafka producers/consumers, topics, message formats, offsets, retries, ETL/batch 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. Drive:
• Defect lifecycle management
• Ensure integration of testing into DevOps pipelines
• Provide executive reporting, risk insights, and decision support

Required Experience

• 12+ years in QA/Test Management, including:
• Large transformation programs
• Experience in:
• Utilities / CIS domain

Domain Expertise

• Customer Information System (CIS) transformation and regulatory-driven programs

Leadership & Delivery Strengths

• Stakeholder management across business, architecture, and vendor ecosystem
• Strong focus on risk mitigation, governance, and program-level quality assurance