QA API Automation Tester

Quick Facts

• Role: QA API Automation Tester (Automation Tester)
• Location: 100% onsite in Plano, TX
• Contract: 12 months
• Candidate requirement: Local to Texas only

Description

Design, develop, and maintain automated API test scripts using the Karate Framework for REST and SOAP web services. Create and execute comprehensive test scenarios, including data-driven tests to validate functional and non-functional requirements. Validate API request/response and perform authentication and authorization testing, then integrate automated test suites into CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Build automated API test scripts and reusable utilities (feature files/frameworks)
• Create and execute test scenarios, test cases, and data-driven tests
• Perform API validation: request/response verification, schema validation, authentication, authorization
• Integrate test suites with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and QA teams for complete test coverage
• Analyze results, identify defects, log issues, and work with developers for timely fixes
• Validate backend data with SQL and perform end-to-end testing across integrated systems
• Generate execution reports, track quality metrics, and support release readiness

Requirements

• Local to Texas candidates only
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Plano, TX for a 12-month contract
• Expertise in Karate Framework for API automation
• Experience with API testing for REST and SOAP services
• Proficiency in request/response verification, schema validation, and auth/authz testing
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to use SQL for backend data validation

Benefits

• 12-month contract with onsite work in Plano, TX