Cognizant

Automation SDET Lead

Cognizant
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13 hours ago
Cincinnati, OH, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$71k - $125k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor automation engineers through technical direction, code reviews, troubleshooting support, work allocation, and delivery oversight.
  • Own and enhance enterprise automation frameworks for scalability, maintainability, reusability, execution speed, and test coverage.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated UI, API, regression, smoke, and end-to-end test solutions.
  • Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and support quality validation throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, Product, and business stakeholders to resolve defects and support successful production releases.
  • Improve automation stability through reusable components, parallel execution, advanced reporting, test data management, and reduction of flaky tests.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, SDET, or Test Automation.
  • Strong Java programming skills and understanding of object-oriented programming principles and automation design patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with Selenium, REST Assured, or comparable UI and API automation frameworks.
  • Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD environments using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring automation engineers, including technical coaching and code reviews.
  • Knowledge of API, functional, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing methodologies.
  • Experience with Git, Agile/Scrum delivery models, defect management, and release validation processes.
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills, knowledge of automation architecture and engineering best practices, and experience with quality metrics reporting.
  • Experience working in large-scale Agile environments supporting business-critical applications.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Education assistance and professional development opportunities.
  • Onsite work five days per week at a client office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tech Stack

GitGitHub ActionsJavaJenkinsSelenium

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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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