Job Description
Looking for: Software Test Analyst 5
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Lansing, MI (Hybrid Role)
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12 Months Contract
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Required Qualifications
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Testing & Quality Assurance Skills
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• Designing and executing manual and automated test cases. (5+ years)
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• 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)
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• Generating and documenting test plans and strategies. (5+ years)
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• API testing and tools like Postman, Rest Client, and others. (5+ years)
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• Demonstrable experience automating web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
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• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an IT related field
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Highly Preferred Qualifications:
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• Experience automating web applications using the Playwright for Java library.
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• A background in Selenium WebDriver, which provides a strong foundation for understanding the strategies and nuances of browser automation.
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• Experience in financial and government domains
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Other Desired Qualification:
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• Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes (Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, System Integration, Accessibility, Performance, Regression, Post Deployment Validation, Data Conversion).
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• Generating testing reports and metrics.
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• Generating and acquiring test data.
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• ADA Compliance testing tools, such as AccVerify, JAWS, etc.
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• Build environments {DEV, UAT, QAT, PRE-PROD} specific test suites with integrated application life cycle management.
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• Experience in identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs clearly and concisely in a tool like Azure DevOps.
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• 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.
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Automation & Technical Skills
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• Proven experience writing clean, maintainable, and object-oriented Java code for test automation.
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• Writing clear and effective Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then).
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• Implementing Step Definitions in Java.
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• Writing SQL and P-SQL queries.
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• Ability to write and execute SQL queries (SELECTs, JOINs) for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.
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• Proficiency in using Git for version control (merging, pull requests) as part of a team.
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Agile & Collaboration
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• Experience working as an active participant in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.
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• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design test cases.
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• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
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• Strong skills in communicating test results, bugs, and risks to developers, Client, and other stakeholders.
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• Security & Compliance
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• Understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).
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Soft Skills & Other Requirements
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• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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• Ability to work in person in downtown Lansing 2 days a week.
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• Experience using Azure DevOps Testing Module.
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• Experience with Mobile App testing of iOS and Android applications.
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• Experience using Eclipse as a primary development environment.
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• Experience with the TestNG framework. (This remains valuable since your framework uses it for test running and its skipping logic).
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• Additional experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including advanced workload modeling or CI/CD-based performance automation.
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• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, RESTAssured, or APIRequestContext.