QA Automation Engineer (Only W2) (OPT or Any EAD Works)

cloudingest inc
Braddock, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
$ 79K

Job location

Braddock, United States of America

Tech stack

Java
API
Agile Methodologies
Confluence
JIRA
Automation of Tests
Software Bug Management
Data Validation
IBM DB2
Database Testing
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Github
Monitoring of Systems
JSON
Log Analysis
Maven
Microsoft SQL Server
MongoDB
Oracle Applications
Scrum
Swagger
Selenium
SoapUI
XML
Freeform SQL
Postman
Backend
Gitlab
Event Driven Architecture
Kafka
REST
Cucumber
Splunk
Selenium Webdriver
Api Management
Jenkins
Microservices

Job description

Client is seeking a highly skilled QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in Kafka testing, API automation, Microservices validation, and backend testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing scalable automation frameworks, validating event-driven architectures, and ensuring quality across distributed systems. This role requires close collaboration with development, DevOps, and business teams within an Agile environment., * Design, develop, and execute automated test suites for APIs, microservices, and event-driven applications.

  • Validate Kafka producer/consumer workflows and message integrity across distributed systems.
  • Perform API testing using REST Assured, Karate Framework, Postman, Swagger, and SoapUI.
  • Build and maintain automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, and Karate.
  • Execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing activities.
  • Validate JSON/XML payloads and perform backend data verification.
  • Conduct database testing across Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, and DB2 environments.
  • Integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, GitHub/GitLab.
  • Analyze logs and troubleshoot issues using Splunk and monitoring tools.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, requirement reviews, defect management, and test planning.

Requirements

Automation & Testing

  • Java Automation
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Cucumber BDD
  • Karate Framework
  • REST Assured
  • API Automation Testing

Kafka & Microservices

  • Kafka Producer/Consumer Validation
  • Event-Driven Architecture Testing
  • Microservices Testing
  • Message Queue Validation

API & Backend Testing

  • REST API Testing
  • Postman
  • Swagger
  • SoapUI
  • JSON/XML Validation

Database Testing

  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • DB2
  • Advanced SQL Queries

DevOps & Agile

  • Jenkins
  • Maven
  • Git/GitHub/GitLab
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Agile/Scrum

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