1 day ago
Norfolk, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$71k - $113k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks.
- Automate REST API validation for integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of microservices-based applications.
- Apply AI agents and generative AI tools to test generation, intelligent validation, and self-healing automation.
- Validate API contracts, JSON and XML schemas, OAuth and JWT authentication, database integrations, and service responses.
- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and AWS-based cloud applications.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, business teams, and technology stakeholders to support quality software delivery.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, or software testing with strong API automation experience.
- Advanced experience with Java, Rest Assured, TestNG, Maven, and Postman for API automation frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs, microservices testing, JSON and XML validation, API contracts, schemas, OAuth, and JWT authentication.
- Experience with Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
- Hands-on experience with AWS-based applications and services, including API Gateway, Lambda, ECS or EKS, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with SQL, backend database validation, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing.
- Experience using AI agents or generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenAI technologies, or Amazon Q.
- Preferred experience includes agentic AI solutions, Model Context Protocol integrations, self-healing test automation, AWS Bedrock, healthcare domains, Facets, QNXT, and HIPAA-related requirements.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
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About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.