Job Title: IT Software Engineer 4 (Java)
Location: Chicago, IL 60603 (Onsite)
Hire Type: Contract (10 months)
Shift: Core Hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Occasionally early morning or late evening meetings with global teams.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a relevant field
- 10-15 years of experience required (10+ years preferred per general description)
Technical Skills (Required)
- Strong design and development skills in Java (10-15 years)
- Cucumber, JBehave, or other BDD testing frameworks (5-7 years)
- At least 8 years of test automation framework design
- Strong experience testing Webservices (REST APIs) (8+ years)
- Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data
- Ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases
- 5+ years of experience developing scenario-based performance testing using Jmeter
- Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties
- End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms.
Soft Skills (Required)
- Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
- Pro-active, flexible, and creative
- Very strong communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with developers and business users
- Expert ability to work independently and manage one's time
- Expert mentoring skills to provide support and constructive performance feedback
- Expert knowledge of the full software development lifecycle (business/systems analysis / requirements gathering / functional specification authoring / development / testing / delivery)
- Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed
- Expert knowledge of computer hardware and software.
Job Responsibilities:
- Extend testing automation framework using Java/JavaScript
- Take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan
- Develop automation test cases using existing automation framework
- Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) of systems, infrastructure, and test framework
- Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results
- Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, Jmeter
- Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects (onshore and offshore)
- Train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites
- Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades
- Understand the use of specific functionality as needed
- Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards
- Review and approve modification of existing databases and database management systems
- Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions
- Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations
- Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost
- Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files
- Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems
- Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
Team & Work Environment Interaction:
- Working with a team of 20+ members
- Onsite hybrid in Chicago office (540 W Madison Street) 3 5 days/week, eventually full return to 5 days/week.