Business Analyst / QA – Test Automation

Req Number: R8808 | Full-time contract | Hybrid (Trenton, NJ) | Local candidates only; no sponsorship

About the role

CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

As a Business Analyst / QA – Test Automation professional, you will lead cross-platform regression testing at the API and workflow layers for key initiatives supporting a New Jersey state agency, including the agency's HR Modernization initiative. You will build automated tests and a reconciliation harness that proves the new system produces the same results as the legacy system.

Responsibilities

• Define and run cross-platform regression testing at the API and workflow layers
• Maintain regression suites as the system changes across releases
• Build automated tests against APIs and event-driven services
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and report results to delivery teams
• Build a reconciliation harness that compares the outputs of two systems processing the same inputs
• Analyze and categorize discrepancies and route them to the right team for resolution
• Manage test data across environments working with the Data Engineer on masked data sets
• Source expected results only from production output and reject machine-generated expected values
• Work with the Rules Verification Business Analyst to keep test oracles traceable to their origin
• Log, track, and verify defects through resolution
• Report test coverage, pass rates, and reconciliation results to the Project Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• 5+ years of experience in quality assurance including 3+ years of test automation
• 5 years with test automation against APIs and event-driven services
• 5 years experience building a reconciliation harness that compares outputs of two systems processing the same inputs
• 5 years experience with test data management
• Discipline to source expected results from production output only and to reject machine-generated expected values
• 5+ years proficiency with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira

Qualifications

• Parallel-run or dual-run validation on a prior modernization
• Familiarity with statistical sampling
• ISTQB or comparable testing certification
• Experience supporting State of New Jersey agencies

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

Pay

$73–$83 per hour. Exact compensation may vary based on location, experience, and education.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k retirement account access
• Paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law