Software Test Analyst 5 - Local to Michigan

Posting ID- 166580

Tittle- Software Test Analyst 5 

Candidates must be local to the Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles)

Client- State of MI

Projected Start Date- 11/03/2026

Projected End Date/Duration- 09/30/2027

Address - 111 S Capitol Ave Lansing Michigan 48933

Reason for opening: Backfills

Rate- $55/hr 

Interview Process: Should only be a 1 round virtual interview for this one. Virtual Interview via MS Teams (video required). Candidates should join from a laptop and be prepared to share their screen if requested.

-Assignment Duration: Long term contract projected until 9/30/27 with possibility of extension dependent on business need

Hybrid Work Schedule (Non-Negotiable): There is no remote-only option

Required onsite days- Wednesdays and Thursdays

Remote eligible days- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays

Candidates must be local to the Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles)

Required Qualifications

Testing & Quality Assurance Skills

•             Designing and executing manual and automated test cases. (5+ years)

•             Ability to analyze requirements, user stories (in Azure DevOps), and acceptance criteria to design effective, reusable test cases (including positive, negative, and boundary testing). (5+ years)

•             Generating and documenting test plans and strategies. (5+ years)

•             API testing and tools like Postman, Rest Client, and others. (5+ years)

•             Demonstrable experience automating web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.

•             Bachelor’s degree or higher in an IT related field

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

•             Experience automating web applications using the Playwright for Java library.

•             A background in Selenium WebDriver, which provides a strong foundation for understanding the strategies and nuances of browser automation.

•             Experience in financial and government domains

Other Desired Qualification:

•             Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes (Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, System Integration, Accessibility, Performance, Regression, Post Deployment Validation, Data Conversion).

•             Generating testing reports and metrics.

•             Generating and acquiring test data.

•             ADA Compliance testing tools, such as AccVerify, JAWS, etc.

•             Build environments {DEV, UAT, QAT, PRE-PROD} specific test suites with integrated application life cycle management.

•             Experience in identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs clearly and concisely in a tool like Azure DevOps.

•             Senior-level (3–5+ years) hands-on experience performing performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including scripting, executing test scenarios, analyzing results, and identifying system bottlenecks.

Automation & Technical Skills

•             Proven experience writing clean, maintainable, and object-oriented Java code for test automation.

•             Writing clear and effective Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then).

•             Implementing Step Definitions in Java.

•             Writing SQL and P-SQL queries.

•             Ability to write and execute SQL queries (SELECTs, JOINs) for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.

•             Proficiency in using Git for version control (merging, pull requests) as part of a team.

Agile & Collaboration

•             Experience working as an active participant in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.

•             Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design test cases.

•             Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, agile development environment.

•             Strong skills in communicating test results, bugs, and risks to developers, BAs, and other stakeholders.

•             Security & Compliance

•             Understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).

Soft Skills & Other Requirements

•             Strong written and verbal communication skills.

•             Ability to work in person in downtown Lansing 2 days a week.

•             Experience using Azure DevOps Testing Module.

•             Experience with Mobile App testing of iOS and Android applications.

•             Experience using Eclipse as a primary development environment.

•             Experience with the TestNG framework. (This remains valuable since your framework uses it for test running and its skipping logic).

•             Additional experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including advanced workload modeling or CI/CD-based performance automation.

•             Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, RESTAssured, or APIRequestContext.