Senior Software Test Analyst - Java, Playwright/Selenium & API TestingPosition Overview Work on a software testing role focused on
manual and automated testing, web application automation, API testing, test strategy, and quality assurance. This position requires hands-on experience translating requirements and user stories into effective test cases while supporting Agile/Scrum development through test execution, defect tracking, reporting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What You'll Do - Design and execute manual and automated test cases.
- Analyze requirements, user stories in Azure DevOps, and acceptance criteria to design effective, reusable test cases, including positive, negative, and boundary testing.
- Generate and document test plans and strategies.
- Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, REST Client, and others.
- Automate web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
- Generate testing reports and metrics.
- Generate and acquire test data.
- Perform ADA Compliance testing using tools such as AccVerify, JAWS, and others.
- Build environment-specific test suites for DEV, UAT, QAT, and PRE-PROD with integrated application life cycle management.
- Identify, document, and track bugs clearly and concisely using tools such as Azure DevOps.
- Perform performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including scripting, executing test scenarios, analyzing results, and identifying system bottlenecks.
- Write clean, maintainable, object-oriented Java code for test automation.
- Write clear and effective Gherkin scenarios using Given/When/Then.
- Implement Step Definitions in Java.
- Write SQL and P-SQL queries.
- Write and execute SQL queries, including SELECTs and JOINs, for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.
- Use Git for version control, including merging and pull requests, as part of a team.
- Participate actively in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design test cases.
- Work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
- Communicate test results, bugs, and risks to developers, BAs, and other stakeholders.
- Apply an understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).
Required Qualifications - 5+ years designing and executing manual and automated test cases.
- 5+ years analyzing requirements, user stories, 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 of API testing experience using tools such as Postman, REST Client, and others.
- Demonstrable experience automating web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in an IT-related field.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in person in downtown Lansing 2 days a week.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience automating web applications using the Playwright for Java library.
- Background in Selenium WebDriver.
- Experience in financial and government domains.
- Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes, including Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, System Integration, Accessibility, Performance, Regression, Post Deployment Validation, and Data Conversion.
- Experience generating testing reports and metrics.
- Experience generating and acquiring test data.
- Experience with ADA Compliance testing tools, such as AccVerify and JAWS.
- Experience building DEV, UAT, QAT, and PRE-PROD specific test suites with integrated application life cycle management.
- Experience identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs using a tool such as 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.
- Proven experience writing clean, maintainable, object-oriented Java code for test automation.
- Experience writing Gherkin scenarios using Given/When/Then.
- Experience implementing Step Definitions in Java.
- Experience writing SQL and P-SQL queries.
- Ability to write and execute SQL queries, including SELECTs and JOINs, for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.
- Proficiency using Git for version control, including merging and pull requests.
- Experience working as an active participant in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.
- Understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).
- Experience using the Azure DevOps Testing Module.
- Experience with mobile application testing for iOS and Android applications.
- Experience using Eclipse as a primary development environment.
- Experience with the TestNG framework.
- Additional experience with JMeter or LoadRunner, including advanced workload modeling or CI/CD-based performance automation.
- Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, RESTAssured, or APIRequestContext.
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