Automation Tester

• Description

The position supports the UI Job Assist Tool (JAT), a initiative to develop and integrate secure APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) services between the core UI system of record and an AI-enabled Job Assist Tool. The Senior Tester will perform functional, integration, API, microservice, AI-tool, and MCP validation to ensure reliable and secure read/write data exchange.

Duties

• Develop and execute functional and integration test scenarios for the Al-enabled UI Job Assist Tool.
• Test read/write REST APIs and Java microservices used to exchange data between the core UI system and the Job Assist Tool.
• Perform Model Context Protocol (MCP) validation, including server/client interactions, tool invocation, request/response handling, and error conditions.
• Validate business rules and data-integrity controls designed to prevent corrupt or unapproved Al-generated data from being written back to the UI system.
• Execute positive, negative, boundary, regression, and end-to-end tests across APIs, microservices, MCP components, and Al integrations.
• Create and maintain test cases, test data, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution results.
• Use API testing tools to validate REST endpoints, payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and response behavior.
• Query backend data stores as needed to confirm accurate processing and persistence of data.
• Collaborate with Programmers, Data Architects, Cloud Engineers, vendor technical teams, and business SMEs to investigate defects and clarify expected behavior.
• Support performance and scalability testing for workloads associated with approximately 1,500 concurrent users and document-heavy processing.
• Validate security-sensitive integration behavior in a regulated UI environment and support knowledge transfer to State staff.

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience (10+ Years)
• Conducts automated and manual tests to ensure that the software created/upgraded performs as necessary and meets the user requirements. Develops and maintains user and technical documentation and project process documentation for application teams. Understands the view of applications and/or technology and is able to put procedures in a logical sequence.

Requirements

• This is an 100% Onsite
• 60 months of experience performing functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of enterprise web applications and distributed systems.
• 36 months of experience testing REST APIs and microservices, including request/response payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and backend data validation.
• 36 months of experience testing Java-based enterprise applications or services and using SQL to validate backend processing and data integrity.
• 12 months experience testing or validating AI-enabled applications or integrations, including functional validation of AI outputs and data exchanged with systems of record.
• 12 months experience validating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, clients, tools, or integrations, including expected and error-path behavior.
• 24 months experience using API/service testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, or comparable tools.
• 24 months experience creating test plans, test cases, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution summaries in an Agile delivery environment.
• R sum
• Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)
• Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)