Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Job Requisition: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)


Location: Albany, NY

This is an onsite role in Albany, NY requiring two days per week, plus every other Friday


Transform technology into opportunity as an SDET (Java/Selenium). Shape what's next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what's next for your career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT


The work you'll do will be impactful to the mission of our NYS customer. You will play a crucial role as you join our team in partnership with New York State of Health (NYSoH) to provide comprehensive health coverage to more than 7.0 million New Yorkers through its Health Benefit Exchange (HBE)

• Join our talented Automation Test Team. Our project is built on multi-tier architecture including Service Oriented architecture, web applications using Java and various other COTS products.
• Maintain and expand the automated regression suite of test scripts. Our suite is a large-scale Java/Selenium custom framework, utilizing DB2 for our own test data storage, and an associated library of over 2000 scripts.
• Utilize Jenkins, TestNG and other technologies and move toward a more integrated CI/CD method of delivery.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:


This position must have:


Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering ONLY SUBSTITUTION is a Master's degree (in noted subjects) and one year experience

Required Experience

• Five (5)+ years of intensive and progressive experience in software application testing with at least three (3) years of experience performing software testing for complex to highly complex software systems.
• Two (2) years or more of current experience in developing automation frameworks and scripts in Selenium (Java).
• Proven experience in analyzing and writing automation scripts for complex business rules and rules engine.

• Experience in mobile testing
• Understanding of API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in performing Mobile Automation Testing using Appium or Cloud based mobile test platforms like Lambda test/Sauce Labs or Browser stack .
• Knowledge of database (DB2) concepts, EDI (834, 837), SOAP UI, Rational Quality Manager, Agile methodologies, AccelQ and UI Path.
• Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare domain experience
• Knowledge of performance or security testing tools.

Skills

• Core Java coding is required; Record and playback or simply executing scripts is not acceptable for this role.
• SDET specializing in Java and Selenium, leveraging AI technologies like Claude and Copilot to enhance test automation, analysis, and productivity

• SQL queries for data validation from various data sources.
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes using Jenkins.
• Version control systems (e.g., Git/ GitHub or IBM RTC) automation testing techniques to cover all possible corner cases for automation testing, verification, and validation techniques.