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Job Title: Associate Agile Developer in Test
Location: Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)
Duration: 6-month internship
Hours: 20 40 hours/week

The Manager is looking for current College students or very entry level candidates. The position can be flexible around college classes. First 2-3 days are on site then once a month in the office. The rest is remote.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants requiring sponsorship to work or to change employers will not be considered.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Current college student (Undergrad or Masters)
Recent college grad

Required Skills

JOB SUMMARY:
We build and support in-house enterprise applications used across the organization. Our stack includes Spring Framework 6 / Spring Boot / Spring Security, Java 17, Tomcat, MyBatis, and IBM FileNet (workflow maps). Quality is a shared responsibility and we re actively modernizing our test strategy to shift-left and increase automation coverage earlier in the SDLC.
As an SDET Intern / Recent College Graduate, you ll help with release verification while also contributing to our shift-left automation strategy by designing and delivering test cases and automated tests. You ll work alongside developers, QA, and release/DevOps partners to improve reliability and reduce manual regression effort.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support release verification activities (smoke/regression validation, release readiness checks, documenting results).
• Create, review, and maintain test cases aligned to user stories, acceptance criteria, and risk areas.
• Build and expand automated tests using Java + JUnit + Selenium + Cucumber (BDD).
• Partner with developers early ( shift-left ) to:
• clarify requirements and edge cases,
• identify test scenarios up front,
• promote testability and quality gates.
• Improve test assets and framework components (page objects, step definitions, test data utilities, reusable helpers).
• Help analyze failures and contribute to defect triage (clear reproduction steps, logs/screenshots, root-cause hints).
• Contribute to documentation and continuous improvement (test strategy notes, coverage tracking, regression checklists).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:
(Intern / Recent Grad level)

Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Working knowledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts (coursework or projects are fine); familiarity with Spring Boot is preferred.
Basic understanding of software testing concepts, including Unit Testing (e.g., JUnit) and the defect lifecycle.
Foundational Database testing skills and familiarity with SQL (Oracle or MongoDB a plus).
Exposure to build tools like Maven.
Basic scripting knowledge in at least one language (Bash/Shell, PowerShell, or Python).
Comfortable learning and collaborating in an Agile environment.

FAMILIARITY & DESIRABLE SKILLS:
(Nice to have we ll help you learn!)
CI/CD & DevOps: Exposure to continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions) and artifact repositories (Nexus).
Cloud & Infrastructure: Basic familiarity with Docker or Kubernetes.
Automation Frameworks: Exposure to Cucumber (BDD/Gherkin) and Selenium UI automation principles (locators, page objects).
Performance & Load Testing: Fundamentals of performance/load testing (e.g., JMeter, Performance Center, LoadRunner) and the ability to analyze response times, throughput, and bottlenecks for release verification.
Application Security: Basic understanding of application security concepts and the OWASP Top 10 (theoretical knowledge is fine).
o Familiarity with security testing methodologies (penetration testing, threat modeling, XSS, or SQL injection).
o Exposure to security tools (e.g., Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nessus, Veracode, AppScan) or integrating security scans into CI/CD pipelines.
AI & Innovation: Experience or interest in using AI/Machine Learning tools (like LLMs) to optimize testing or CI/CD workflows.
Any experience with MyBatis, Tomcat, or IBM FileNet workflows.