11 hours ago
Irvine, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$71k - $113k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated test scripts and frameworks for web, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and QA teams to define requirements and test scenarios.
- Execute regression, smoke, and functional test suites; analyze results, identify defects, and coordinate resolution.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows.
- Develop reusable automation assets, improve framework efficiency, establish testing best practices, and report test coverage, defect trends, automation metrics, and release readiness.
- Provide technical guidance and lead automation initiatives across cross-functional and client-facing teams.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in quality engineering, software testing, and test automation for enterprise applications.
- Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks for web, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Proficiency with relevant automation tools, programming or scripting languages, API-testing tools, and version-control systems.
- Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and working with Git-based development workflows.
- Strong experience with Agile delivery, defect management, test planning, test metrics, risk assessment, and release-readiness reporting.
- Experience modernizing or scaling enterprise test automation frameworks is preferred.
- Knowledge of cloud-based testing, containerized environments, distributed test execution, continuous testing, and CI/CD optimization is preferred.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Onsite position requiring four days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Irvine, California.
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.