The position supports the UI Job Assist Tool (JAT), a initiative to develop and integrate secure APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) services between the core UI system of record and an AI-enabled Job Assist Tool. The Senior Tester will perform functional, integration, API, microservice, AI-tool, and MCP validation to ensure reliable and secure read/write data exchange.
Duties
Develop and execute functional and integration test scenarios for the Al-enabled UI Job Assist Tool.
Test read/write REST APIs and Java microservices used to exchange data between the core UI system and the Job Assist Tool.
Perform Model Context Protocol (MCP) validation, including server/client interactions, tool invocation, request/response handling, and error conditions.
Validate business rules and data-integrity controls designed to prevent corrupt or unapproved Al-generated data from being written back to the UI system.
Execute positive, negative, boundary, regression, and end-to-end tests across APIs, microservices, MCP components, and Al integrations.
Create and maintain test cases, test data, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution results.
Use API testing tools to validate REST endpoints, payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and response behavior.
Query backend data stores as needed to confirm accurate processing and persistence of data.
Collaborate with Programmers, Data Architects, Cloud Engineers, vendor technical teams, and business SMEs to investigate defects and clarify expected behavior.
Support performance and scalability testing for workloads associated with approximately 1,500 concurrent users and document-heavy processing.
Validate security-sensitive integration behavior in a regulated UI environment and support knowledge transfer to State staff.
Mandatory Requirements
Experience (10+ Years)
Conducts automated and manual tests to ensure that the software created/upgraded performs as necessary and meets the user requirements. Develops and maintains user and technical documentation and project process documentation for application teams. Understands the view of applications and/or technology and is able to put procedures in a logical sequence.
Requirements
This is an 100% Onsite
60 months of experience performing functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of enterprise web applications and distributed systems.
36 months of experience testing REST APIs and microservices, including request/response payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and backend data validation.
36 months of experience testing Java-based enterprise applications or services and using SQL to validate backend processing and data integrity.
12 months experience testing or validating AI-enabled applications or integrations, including functional validation of AI outputs and data exchanged with systems of record.
12 months experience validating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, clients, tools, or integrations, including expected and error-path behavior.
24 months experience using API/service testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, or comparable tools.
24 months experience creating test plans, test cases, traceability, defect documentation, and test execution summaries in an Agile delivery environment.
R sum
Copy of Candidate Identification (i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)
Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications (i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)