Software Test Analyst

OP Consulting Group LLC; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OP Consulting Group LLC is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer in Lansing, MI. The role involves designing manual and automated tests, analyzing requirements, and building robust test plans. You will perform API testing with Postman/REST Assured, automate web apps with Playwright/Selenium/Cypress, and thrive in an Agile team.

A Bachelor's in IT or related field is required. Hybrid work arrangement with in-person collaboration in downtown Lansing, 2 days per week, and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field is required.
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies and QA processes.
• Experience generating testing reports and metrics.
• Experience acquiring test data and validating test results.
• Familiarity with ADA/software accessibility testing tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual and automated test cases (5+ years).
• Analyze requirements and acceptance criteria to create effective test cases.
• Generate and document test plans and strategies.
• Perform API testing using Postman, REST Assured, and similar tools.
• Automate web applications with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress or similar.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Skills

Test automation

Agile/Scrum collaboration

Strong communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Performance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Postman

REST Assured

APIRequestContext

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Git

Eclipse

TestNG

Job description

Responsibilities and Requirements

• Designing and executing manual and automated test cases. (5+ years)
• Ability to analyze requirements, user stories (in Azure DevOps), and acceptance criteria to design effective, reusable test cases (including positive, negative, and boundary testing). (5+ years)
• Generating and documenting test plans and strategies. (5+ years)
• API testing and tools like Postman, Rest Client, and others. (5+ years)
• Demonstrable experience automating web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an IT related field

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience automating web applications using the Playwright for Java library.
• Experience in financial and government domains

Other Desired Qualification:

• Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes (Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, System Integration, Accessibility, Performance, Regression, Post Deployment Validation, Data Conversion).
• Generating testing reports and metrics.
• Generating and acquiring test data.
• ADA Compliance testing tools, such as AccVerify, JAWS, etc.
• Build environments {DEV, UAT, QAT, PRE-PROD} specific test suites with integrated application life cycle management.
• Experience in identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs clearly and concisely in a tool like Azure DevOps.
• Senior-level (3–5+ years) hands‑on experience performing performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including scripting, executing test scenarios, analyzing results, and identifying system bottlenecks.

Automation & Technical Skills

• Proven experience writing clean, maintainable, and object-oriented Java code for test automation.
• Writing clear and effective Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then).
• Implementing Step Definitions in Java.
• Writing SQL and P‑SQL queries.
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries (SELECTs, JOINs) for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.
• Proficiency in using Git for version control (merging, pull requests) as part of a team.
• Experience working as an active participant in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.
• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design test cases.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast‑paced, agile development environment.
• Strong skills in communicating test results, bugs, and risks to developers, Client, and other stakeholders.

Security & Compliance

• Understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).

Soft Skills & Other Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in person in downtown Lansing 2 days a week.
• Experience with Mobile App testing of iOS and Android applications.
• Experience using Eclipse as a primary development environment.
• Experience with the TestNG framework. (This remains valuable since your framework uses it for test running and its skipping logic).
• Additional experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including advanced workload modeling or CI/CD-based performance automation.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, RESTAssured, or APIRequestContext.