Tester

MVP Consulting Plus, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

MVP Consulting Plus, Inc. is seeking a Senior Tester for a 30-month contract to support the UI Job Assist Tool project.

The role focuses on functional, integration, API, microservice, AI-tool, and MCP validation to ensure secure data exchange between the core UI system and the AI-enabled Job Assist Tool. The Senior Tester will create and execute test plans, validate REST endpoints, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while supporting performance testing for large-scale workloads in a

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 MCP validation, including server/client interactions, tool invocation, request/response handling, and error conditions.
• Validate business rules and data-integrity controls 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 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.

Skills

Functional testing

Integration testing

REST API testing

Java enterprise apps

SQL data validation

AI-enabled testing

MCP validation

Agile testing

API testing tools

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

JMeter

Job description

HBITS: HBITS-08-15057

Senior, Tester

30 month contract

Interview: Virtual Interview

Work model: 50% telecommuting, 50% Office per week

Project Description

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.

Day-to-Day Tasks

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

Required Qualifications

• 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.

MVP Consulting Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process.