Job Summary
Work as a test analyst focusing on functional analysis for enterprise applications in a global organization designing and executing detailed test scenarios that improve software reliability and user experience. Collaborate with cross functional teams from home during day shifts to identify defects early support efficient releases and help deliver robust solutions that strengthen business operations and positively impact customers and society.
Responsibilities
- Analyze functional requirements and user stories to design precise test conditions and test cases that ensure business needs are fully validated and software behaves as expected in real world scenarios.
- Execute functional test cases systematically and document outcomes clearly to provide accurate defect evidence that helps development teams resolve issues quickly and improve product stability.
- Collaborate with business analysts and developers to clarify requirements and functional flows so that test coverage remains comprehensive and system behavior aligns closely with stakeholder expectations.
- Create and maintain reusable test data sets and simple test scripts that support repeatable regression testing and enhance overall test efficiency for successive releases.
- Use defect tracking tools to log prioritize and retest issues while providing concise impact descriptions that assist teams in assessing risk and making informed release decisions.
- Support end to end functional testing across integrated systems to verify data consistency process completeness and accurate system interactions in a remote work environment.
- Participate in test planning activities by estimating effort identifying dependencies and highlighting functional risk areas that require deeper validation.
- Provide clear daily status updates and test progress reports to project teams during day shifts to maintain transparency and enable timely adjustments to testing scope or focus.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing practices by suggesting enhancements in test design documentation and use of tools that raise quality standards for products and services.
- Engage with user experience and operations stakeholders to understand practical usage patterns and translate those insights into meaningful functional test scenarios.
- Ensure adherence to organizational quality policies and compliance expectations so that delivered solutions support trusted experiences for customers and communities.
- Support root cause discussions for recurring defects by sharing functional insights that help teams refine requirements and reduce future production issues.
- Participate in remote knowledge sharing sessions and maintain organized test artifacts that can be reused across projects to accelerate delivery and promote consistent quality.
Qualifications
- Apply foundational knowledge of functional analysis by interpreting requirements mapping workflows and validating system responses against defined business rules.
- Demonstrate awareness of core concepts in property and casualty insurance by understanding policies claims flows and billing aspects when working on solutions for that domain.
- Show familiarity with life and annuities insurance processes by recognizing key lifecycle events such as policy issuance premium handling and benefits processing where applicable.
- Utilize basic finance and accounting concepts to validate functional scenarios involving ledgers reconciliations and financial reporting when engaged on financial applications.
- Adapt quickly to new business domains and tools by learning from documentation and team guidance while maintaining high attention to detail in all testing activities.
- Communicate clearly in written and spoken form with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to ensure shared understanding of defects impacts and test outcomes.
- Maintain discipline in a work from home setting by organizing tasks meeting timelines and staying available during day shifts to support collaborative project delivery.
Certifications Required
ISTQB Foundation Level Certification or equivalent entry level software testing certification is preferred and supports strong fundamentals in functional analysis.
À savoir avant de postuler
- Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
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- Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
- Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
- Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.
À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
