About the role
As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will make an impact by leading test automation initiatives for mission-critical loan servicing applications. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with product teams, software development leads, architects, business partners, and other stakeholders to improve software quality and accelerate delivery.
In this role, you will:
Develop and execute an enterprise test automation strategy aligned with software development, quality engineering, and business objectives.
Design and maintain scalable automation solutions for regression, smoke, sanity, API, mobile, and performance testing, ensuring appropriate test coverage, traceability, and reusability.
Establish automation success metrics, measure automation effectiveness and return on investment, and communicate results to management.
Define approaches for test-data management, stable automation environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and integration with DevOps tools.
Partner with cross-functional product, engineering, architecture, and business teams to prioritize automation, support in-sprint testing, estimate delivery efforts, and drive process improvements throughout the software development lifecycle.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position in Coppell, Texas. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
6+ years of experience leading manual and automation testing programs for large, complex enterprise applications.
Four or more years of hands-on experience designing, developing, implementing, and executing automated test scripts.
Strong experience with Selenium-based automation frameworks and at least one programming language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
Experience developing test strategies and plans across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, API, and automated testing.
Experience integrating automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Bamboo.
Hands-on experience with API testing, defect management, and version-control tools such as Postman, Jira, Azure DevOps, Git, or GitHub.
Ability to estimate testing efforts, communicate execution status, document software defects, and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
These will help you stand out
Experience with behavior-driven development, test-driven development, scriptless automation, or robotic automation frameworks.
Experience with Appium for mobile testing and JMeter for performance and load testing.
Working knowledge of Bash, PowerShell, Ruby, Bugzilla, or SVN.
Prior experience with Qualitia.
Experience supporting mortgage servicing, loan servicing, banking, or financial-services applications.
We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Benefits
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
