Automation Test Engineer Jobs

We are seeking a passionate, high energy, Automation Test Engineer to join our growing and dynamic Banking practice. Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our people and clients. We are seeking someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration. If you are excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we would love to hear from you!

Why choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. We help clients engage customers by envisioning and building creative products and services. But we do not stop there. We develop go-to-market strategies and invent entirely new business models, ensuring that every company we work with walks away with both inspiration and a plan. Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

What do you need to succeed?

• Qualifications:

Graduate (Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or related field)

Responsibilities

Test Requirement Analysis:

• Create/modify/review Master Test Strategy docuement for large engagements.
• Create/update/review Test Estimations, Project/ Sprint Planning effort.
• Review architecture & design work products by adopting White Box testing techniques to identify defects by leveraging predefined checklist and cognizant solution accelerators(if any).
• Leverage previous project experience/learning like Retrospection Report, Lesson Learnt for better requirement analysis.

Test Strategy And Test Planning

• Gather inputs from the client (eg Types of testing, Development teams, Client managers etc).
• Involve Project/ Sprint Planning to define the sprint goals, scrum review meetings, identify the product backlogs & provide risks/issues to scrum team for quicker remediation.
• Create test strategy (that includes release date, types of testing, scope of the project, detail explanation of particular release, RAID Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies etc).
• Prepare test plan covering timelines, resource (Man /Machine) deployment (How it will be tested).
• Seek signoff on the test plan.
• Review & seek signoff from customer on Retrospection Report, Lesson Learnt for every release.

Test Design Techniques (Design Principles/tools/patterns)

• Seek sign off from the client at various stages of the cycle as required.
• Upload the test cases.
• Validate readiness of the test environment for test execution.
• Review the test scenarios and seek review as required.
• Perform sanity testing to ensure system readiness for testing.
• Track the root cause of the review comments and take actions to resolve them.
• Track the downtime and report the same to the client.
• Prepare test lab for test execution.
• Review the test cases and traceability matrix to ensure total coverage of requirements.
• Support the team/ client in conducting UAT/BUT if applicable.

Only For Onsite Coordinator

• If requested identify the test data for UAT.
• Support Business Lead at client side to perform UAT.
• Create Run Plan document that captures priority of test cases based on complexity.

Coding Practices & Defect Management

• Posses holistic view of quality Domain, User experience, Black box, White box testing.
• Able to estimate and commit task level effort and deliver activities on time.
• Review the defects logged by team and assign it to the right owner.
• Involvement with development teams, architects early in the project life cycle to identify the dependencies on architecture design, low level design components & coding standards, test data dependencies, environment dependencies etc.
• Effective technical communication by participating in architectural/design reviews.
• Support Quality Assurance goals.
• Adhere to all customer standards, policies and governance practices.
• Speak the developer language.
• Comprehensive understanding of full development lifecycle and is actively involved in all phases.

Test Execution (Automation/Specialized Testing)

• Review metrics to identify areas for process optimization.
• DevOps Define, deploy & monitoring metrics configuration.
• Periodically generate metrics based on the audience.
• Design & implement bestinclass automation framework based on AUT.
• Prepare Test summary Report and share the same for review/ Review the test results/test reports submitted by the test analyst.
• Possess specialist knowlege on Continous integration/deployment & delivery using industry best tools & technologies.
• Discussion with the development, release & deployment team stakeholders to make gono go decision based on test results and test closure summary report.
• Perform Script fixing for any errors/issues.
• Has expert knowledge of multithreading & other QE tools & technology.
• Web Services Design the Web Services testing framework.
• Capture lessons learnt and the best practices adopted.
• Create robust test automation scripts.
• Frequent Optimization /Maintenance.
• Review the test results and clarify doubts/query raised by team during execution.
• Status is shared to onsite across all teams.
• Perform Frequent monitoring & Failure analysis will be done.

Technology Consulting Research & Analysis

• Participate in quality, design decisions for automations, stability, usability & scalability of application under test.
• Code quality , coverage & productivity analysis to ensure all areas of program are exercised by test suites.

People Management

• Identify training needs of team members.
• Organize the boot camp for new entrants.
• Develop and sustain positive relationships with peers.
• Identify, groom, reward and develop high performers.
• Resolve escalated conflicts and grievances.

Knowledge & Innovation Management

• Institutionalize systems and processes in place to implement innovation suggestion made by the team (eg adoption of Cognizant proprietary best practices / tools, process optimization like usage of tools, automation, etc ).
• Identify the time and cost savings made due to adoption of the best practices.
• Mentor/coach the team to create knowledge artefacts (eg collaterals, reusable assets) to drive knowledge management.
• Create condusive environment for team members to innovate & share ideas.
• Improvise already existing processes based on the experience.

Project, Configuration & Release Management

• Create and share weekly status reports and daily status reports with the team/ relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the release manager to keep abreast with the various activities in the test environment (eg build schedule) and to ensure the right components move to the production.
• Create estimation for enhancements based on the understanding of requirement.
• Perform POCs on the tools (eg accelerators, performance enhancers ) if required.
• (Only For Maintenance/Enhancements Project).
• Facilitate calls between onsite and offshore teams to discuss the project status.
• Identify resources based on the estimation and required skill set.
• Review the daily deliverables and share it with the stakeholders appropriately.

Must Have Skills

• Core Java
• Selenium
• Cucumber

Good To Have Skills

• Automation

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.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Jul 04 2023

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.