Role: SDET Lead

Location: Okemos, MI

Duration: Long term

Rate: Market

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five years of experience in application testing and test automation of web-services (REST/SOAP).
• Three years of Java and J2EE development skills with strong understanding of Java APIs, J2EE web components and containers.
• Position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related field.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

1. Works with Feature Teams to understand the business and system impact of requested change across multiple applications and can explain impact of the change to team members.
2. Determines testing impacts for online transactions, web services, and batch jobs and understands how the applications are integrated. Participates in design sessions and promotes test-first culture.
3. Maintains, and enhances test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as mobile, desktop, and web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests.
4. Offers inputs on the testability of functional elements and product designs.
5. Develops/updates and executes test cases from the user story acceptance criteria that thoroughly tests the change and documents results. Utilizes the test case management tool for test case development and test case execution. Collaborates with team members to ensure that the test cases validate all aspects of impacted systems. Includes test cases to validate that no unintended changes have occurred in application because of the change.
6. Develops, optimizes and refactors automated test scripts for web applications using Selenium-Java or company approved automation tool.
7. Develops and executes API / Integration/ Service tests for REST or SOAP services using corporate tools.
8. Extracts data from databases by developing/updating SQL queries and monitors database structures and the impact of application changes to the data or database structure.
9. Acts as a Subject Matter Expert for assigned applications in the enterprise and provides direction for types of automation required for user stories.