Test Automation EngineerLocation: Chicago, ILPosition Type: Full TimeSalary: DOE US Citizen, Green Card, GC EAD and TN visa only. NO Visa Sponsorship (H1B Transfer) or no Corp. to Corp no 1099Job DescriptionExperience identifying the relationship of bugs to software codeExperience developing design specifications, test plans and protocols for REST, Soap, Synchronous and Asynchronous components in IOT and CloudExperience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.At least 5 years of experience in API and SOA testing frameworks / tools – like REST Client, Soap UI, Client UFTExperience with building and maintaining test automation frameworksExperience with testing different databases including No SQL databases will be plusExperience with virtualization concepts or concepts of any virtualization toolsExperience with both White Box and Black Box TestingExperience with Maven/ Jenkins/ Bamboo for CI and CDCapacity to multi-task several testing activities concurrentlyPrevious experience working in large enterprise environments following Agile methodologyRoles and ResponsibilitiesReviewing business and functional requirements in order to produce strategies and casesAssisting in building an automated testing frameworks for API layer, Data Validation and backendCreating Test Plan, defining resources and testing suites required for each test cycleIdentifying dependencies, risks and defining the overall strategy for systemsPerforming all aspects of verification (functional, structural, regression and system testing)Testing in a multi-tiered based architectureTroubleshooting software / hardware configuration problemsR&D on new tools and technologies and find innovative solutionsLeading a distributed testing effort