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

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Job Title: QA Automation Engineer (Kafka, API & Microservices Testing)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)

Rate: $38/hr On W2 (No C2C )

Job Summary

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Skills

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