Senior Automation Test Engineer

We are looking for Senior Automation Test Engineer to join our QEA team. You'll be key in boosting software quality by designing and implementing robust automated tests. You'll work closely with our business and Client's QA team to catch defects early, maximize test coverage to ensure high-quality automated testing for our data-driven applications.

About Cognizant’s QEA Practice:

We are the largest Quality Assurance Practice Globally servicing 800+ Clients including 50+ clients in the Fortune 100. We bring industry-leading vision and expertise to help with the Quality Engineering transformation journey for our reputed clients. We provide Next Gen QA offerings like System Modernization assurance, Business Process Assurance, Quality Engineering, Cloud Platform Assurance, Customer Experience Assurance and Robotic Test Automation. We have been ranked #1 for Market Impact by Everest Group four times in a row and ranked #1 for completeness of vision, test advisory and Digital Business Assurance in Gartner Magic Quadrant!

In this role, you will:

• Responsible for designing the effective automated test frameworks and data -driven execution approach and test design techniques.
• Create or leverage the existing automation frameworks, tools and artefacts to ensure testing process is continuous, comprehensive and fully autonomous.
• Create test cases and test scripts based on requirement documents and business User Stories.
• Participate in executing of functional testing, system integration, E2E integration testing, regression testing, re-testing.Work with JIRA, Confluence, qTest for test case management, defect management, test reporting and other functions.
• Participate in agile ceremonies like, Sprint planning, grooming sessions, stand-up meetings, demo sessions, and retrospective meetings.
• Participate in defect triage and scrum meetings.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills):

• Minimum 7 years of experience in a QA/test environment with a focus on technical, automated testing in a variety of environments (Cloud, distributed and mainframe, business workflows and services/APIs, databases).
• Must have 5+years of strong experience in test automation frameworks/tools e.g., (Robot Framework, SoapUI or ReadyAPI, Postman and Selenium WebDrive) and development languages (e.g. Python, Java, SQL server stored procedures, etc.).
• Good experience in Micro Service testing and API testing.
• Good knowledge of QE Processes, Testing Life Cycle, SDLC, QE and DevOps tools (JIRA, Confluence, QTest, HP ALM etc.), and Defect Management processes for application testing, development and support with hands-on experience in creating test cases, executing manual/automated test cases.
• Knowledge of Testing Methodologies with hands on experience on various testing tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps Tools such as Jenkins, GIT, etc.
• Good experience with Database technologies (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, IMS) and SQL experience.

What will help you stand out (preferred skills):

• Software Quality Certification.
• Azure Snowflake and Data Lake experience.

At Cognizant, we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you'd be beneficial to this role.

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.

Working arrangements:

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 requiring 3 days a week in a client office in Halifax location. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

La Comunidad Cognizant:
Somos un equipo que se aprecia y apoya mutuamente. Nuestros asociados trabajan en un entorno colaborativo e integrador en el que todos pueden prosperar.

• Cognizant es una comunidad global con más de 300.000+ asociados en todo el mundo.
• No solo soñamos con un mundo mejor, sino que trabajamos para hacerlo realidad.
• Cuidamos de nuestros asociados, clientes, socios, comunidades y entorno haciendo lo correcto.
• Fomentamos un entorno innovador en el que puedes desarrollar tu carrera profesional.

Acerca de nosotros
Cognizant es una de las principales empresas de servicios profesionales del mundo, transformando los modelos de negocio, operativos y tecnológicos de los clientes para la era digital. Nuestro enfoque consultivo único, basado en la industria, ayuda a los clientes a visualizar, construir y gestionar negocios más innovadores y eficientes. Con sede en los EE. UU., Cognizant (miembro del NASDAQ-100 y uno de los mejores empleadores del mundo según Forbes en 2024) está constantemente listado entre las empresas más admiradas del mundo. Descubra cómo Cognizant ayuda a los clientes a liderar con lo digital en www.cognizant.com.

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