Cognizant

Senior Automation Engineer

Cognizant
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3 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automated test frameworks for Java-based REST web services and complex enterprise workflows.
  • Develop, maintain, stabilize, and optimize Selenium test suites for web applications.
  • Create Playwright end-to-end scenarios covering cross-browser and cross-device behavior.
  • Translate business requirements into test strategies, test cases, and automated or manual validation.
  • Perform REST API testing, including request and response validation, schema verification, and error coverage.
  • Create data-driven Oracle database tests for queries, stored logic, and transactional integrity.
  • Automate and validate NetSuite ERP integration flows covering finance, billing, and resource management processes.
  • Investigate production and user-acceptance defects, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend remediation.
  • Integrate automated suites into continuous integration and deployment pipelines and refine quality gates.
  • Document testing approaches, automation standards, and quality best practices.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders on test coverage, risk areas, and release readiness in a hybrid work model.
  • Mentor junior quality engineers on automation techniques, test design, Selenium, Playwright, and database utilities.

Requirements

  • Seven to ten years of experience designing and implementing Java-based test automation.
  • Strong knowledge of REST web services, including status codes, authentication mechanisms, payload structures, and error flows.
  • Hands-on Selenium experience with locator strategies, page abstractions, and synchronization.
  • Practical Playwright expertise for resilient cross-browser scenarios, dynamic content, parallel execution, and rich client behavior.
  • Working knowledge of Oracle databases for query validation, test data setup, and data analysis.
  • Hands-on experience with NetSuite ERP modules and finance and operations workflows.
  • Exposure to assessment body domains, compliance requirements, scoring processes, and candidate lifecycle events is preferred.
  • Fluent native-level English communication skills for defect reporting, collaboration, and technical documentation.
  • Strong understanding of software testing principles, including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and risk-based prioritization.
  • Familiarity with hybrid work models and remote collaboration tools.
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level or an equivalent software testing certification is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with day-shift operations and coordination across locations.
  • Opportunity to improve reliability of assessment and ERP solutions serving educational and professional communities.

Tech Stack

JavaSelenium

Categories

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

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.

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