Role will be part of our Quality Engineering & Assurance (QE&A) Practice. With more than 650 clients across industry verticals and a global footprint, Cognizant QE&A practice is a recognized thought leader in quality engineer and Assurance .As enterprises simplify, modernize and secure their legacy environments for the digital era, robust quality Engineering and assurance is essential. Quality takes an end-to-end connotation and must straddle both legacy and digital systems. Cognizant QE&A is reimagining QE&A, employing an end-to-end ecosystem approach with intelligent and automated QA processes. In so doing, increasing quality and speed to promote faster business and technology change, as well as a better customer experience.
Job Summary
· Senior Product Test Specialist with strong years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, and Enterprise Application Testing.
· Responsible for defining and executing end-to-end test strategies across functional, regression, integration, API, BI, and system testing.
· Designs and maintains automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, UFT, Cucumber/SpecFlow, and CI/CD tools to improve quality and delivery speed.
· Performs backend data validation, defect management, and enterprise application testing to ensure reliable and high-quality releases.
· Collaborates with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to validate requirements and drive quality outcomes.
· Mentors testing teams, promotes best practices, and supports Agile delivery of scalable, resilient, and customer-focused solutions.
Key Responsibilities
· Define and execute comprehensive test strategies across functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.
· Design and maintain manual and automated test cases using Selenium, UFT, Java, Cucumber/SpecFlow, and BDD frameworks.
· Develop and enhance scalable automation frameworks and API test suites for continuous delivery environments.
· Perform backend data validation using SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MySQL, and BI reporting platforms to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
· Manage defect lifecycle activities using Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, and Zephyr, ensuring timely resolution and quality governance.
· Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to refine requirements and acceptance criteria.
· Execute Workday and enterprise application testing, ensuring stable, secure, and reliable system functionality.
· Implement and monitor CI/CD-enabled test execution pipelines using Jenkins and related testing tools.
· Prepare test reports, quality metrics, risk assessments, and release recommendations for stakeholders.
· Mentor junior testers, promote testing best practices, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
· Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to high-quality product delivery across enterprise applications.
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.
Additional employment information
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