Key Responsibilities:
- API Test Automation:
- Design, develop, and execute automated API test scripts for RESTful APIs and SOAP Web Services.
- Create and maintain automated test frameworks for API testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured, SoapUI, or JMeter.
- Ensure that API endpoints meet functional, regression, performance, and security requirements through automation.
- Test Plan & Strategy:
- Define the test strategy for API testing and automation.
- Collaborate with product teams to understand API specifications, user stories, and business requirements.
- Develop test plans, test cases, and test data for API automation based on detailed API documentation.
- Test Execution & Reporting:
- Execute automated tests regularly as part of CI/CD pipelines and provide detailed test reports.
- Track and report API testing results, identifying defects and work with developers to resolve them.
- Maintain a detailed record of defects and work with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
- Performance & Load Testing:
- Automate performance and load tests to ensure APIs can handle expected traffic and data loads.
- Utilize performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) to measure API response times, scalability, and stability.
- Security & Compliance Testing:
- Automate security testing for APIs, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
- Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards for API development and testing.
- CI/CD Integration:
- Integrate API test automation into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing.
- Work with DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of API testing into automated deployment pipelines.
- Collaboration with Development Teams:
- Collaborate closely with backend developers to understand API functionality, edge cases, and integration points.
- Review API documentation and provide feedback for improvement to ensure the consistency and clarity of API specifications.
- Maintain Automation Frameworks:
- Continuously improve and refactor automation frameworks to enhance test coverage and efficiency.
- Maintain automated test scripts and libraries to ensure they stay current with changing application functionality and APIs.
- Test Reporting & Analytics:
- Provide detailed test reports and analytics to the team and management on the status and results of API tests.
- Identify trends and areas for improvement based on test results and provide recommendations to enhance API quality.
Skills and Qualifications:
Mandatory Skills:
- Strong experience in API testing (RESTful APIs, SOAP Web Services).
- Proficiency in test automation tools such as Postman, RestAssured, SoapUI, JMeter, or similar.
- Expertise in programming languages like Java, Python, JavaScript, or Groovy to write and maintain automation scripts.
- Strong knowledge of API architecture and API protocols (HTTP, SOAP, JSON, XML).
- Hands-on experience in performance testing and load testing of APIs.
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI to integrate test automation into the development pipeline.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Familiarity with Agile development and test-driven development (TDD) principles.
Desired Skills:
- Experience in security testing for APIs (e.g., OWASP API Security Testing).
- Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP for testing APIs in cloud-based environments.
- Ability to work with mocking frameworks like WireMock or MockServer.
- Experience with load testing and stress testing tools (e.g., Gatling, Apache JMeter).
Skills Required
Aws, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI