Test Automation (Java/Camel/Kafka/Rest) – Test Lead

Overview

• At least 8+ years of experience as a Test engineer or similar role.
• Proven experience testing API-driven, event-driven, and data integration solutions (Apache Camel, Kafka) in Java-based environments.
• Strong experience with automated testing frameworks and test tooling (Test containers, Camel Test, Kafka test utilities).
• Experience validating REST/SOAP APIs, JMS messaging, and data formats (JSON, XML, Avro) with schema evolution.
• Understanding of security and data governance considerations in integrations (data privacy, encryption, access controls).
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills; excellent written and verbal communication; collaborative mindset in Agile teams.
  
  

• Collaborate with developers to ensure testable design, contract testing (consumer/producer agreements), and robust test data management.
• Monitor, log, and trace test results; contribute to telemetry requirements and dashboards for test coverage and quality metrics.
• Support release readiness activities: create and maintain test plans, test data, and rollback plans; participate in defect triage and risk assessments.
• Provide quality guidance, participate in code reviews, and contribute to test strategy documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies for integration platforms using Apache Camel, Kafka-based pipelines, and containerized deployments.
• Create and maintain automated test suites (unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end) for integration components and data pipelines.
• Implement tests that cover REST/SOAP APIs, messaging (JMS), data formats (JSON, XML, Avro), and schema evolution.
• Use Test containers, Camel Test, JUnit (or equivalent), and Kafka test utilities to validate components in isolation and in full-stack scenarios.
• Validate real-time processing, data integrity, and event streaming behavior (Kafka producers/consumers, topics, offsets, partitions, schema registry).
• Perform performance, load, and stress testing where applicable; identify bottlenecks and collaborate on optimization.
• Verify CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation, including pipeline tests, deployment validation, and rollback strategies.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and related service testing (managed Kafka, storage, IAM)
• Experience with monitoring/logging/tracing concepts and tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK) to validate observability in tests.