API QA Engineer Manual Testing with Automation Experience

API QA Engineer – Manual Testing with Automation Experience
Experience: 7+ Years
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced API QA Engineer with strong manual API testing expertise and working knowledge of automation tools to validate enterprise APIs and integrations.
Key Responsibilities & Skills:
* Strong hands-on experience in manual API testing using Postman, SoapUI, or ReadyAPI.
* Experience testing REST and SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, and HTTP methods.
* Validate API requests, responses, status codes, headers, authentication, and error handling.
* Strong knowledge of API testing concepts, integration testing, and end-to-end testing.
* Experience with Microsoft Azure services and Azure Data Factory (ADF) testing.
* Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for test management, defect tracking, and Agile workflows.
* Strong SQL skills for backend data validation and database testing.
* Working knowledge of API automation tools such as Postman/Newman, Rest Assured, or Karate.
* Experience with OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, and authentication mechanisms.
* Experience with regression, functional, negative, and integration testing.
* Collaborate with developers and business teams to troubleshoot API issues.
* Strong communication skills and experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Preferred: Experience testing MuleSoft APIs, Swagger/OpenAPI, and basic Java or JavaScript scripting.
Focus: 75% Manual API Testing / 25% Automation.
Note: CI/CD experience is not required for this role.

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