Position Summary:
This role is to manage and perform below activities.
• Performing the requirements analysis of new changes proposed on the system
• Perform the Guidewire upgrade testing on the received requirements
• Producing automation code that validate the functional requirements
• Perform automated system and Integration testing
• Maintain the code in the version control repository Git
• Perform automated backend testing on Oracle database
• Generating and distributing periodic status reports
• Managing the test data
• Defect management and triage
• Managing the test artefacts
• Perform periodic automated product health checks and report on product status
Mandatory Skills:
* Has around 16 years of experience in IT QA Industry with QA Automation experience of 5+ years
* Has rich experience in implementing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium
* Has excellent coding skills on core Java
* Has expertise in API testing using SOAPUI tool and rich knowledge of Oracle SQL
* Expertise in conducting data testing using the Selenium-Oracle interface capabilities and SQL builder tool to write data queries and experienced in conducting BI testing
* Conversant with API (Rest-Assured), Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Maven, Gradle, Splunk, SQL, TOAD, JIRA, ALM and Eclipse development applications and tools
* Has successfully delivered multiple integration and backend testing projects using the combination of Selenium, Java, Cucumber, Maven, TestNG and Oracle technologies
* Has rich knowledge in maintaining and version controlling the automation scripts using repositories like Git and contributed to continuous integration and delivery through Jenkins Devops tool
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Analyzing the client operation environment and implementing the suitable QA automation framework using the Java and Selenium platforms
• Enable automation across different layers like UI, API, Backend and Micro Services
• Code optimization and refactoring of legacy code and contribute to framework
• Controlling the code versioning using the Devops tools like GitHub and Azure
• Producing technical designs upon which the automation suite can be built on and ensuring automation stubs are appropriately documented, indexed and stored
• Developing automated code scripts using Java, Selenium, Maven POI, Cucumber and database interface tools that validates the system and integration requirements of the product
• Performing peer review and code walkthrough with team members and maintaining feedback log
• Running the automated scripts and capturing the results using the TestNG tool
• Reporting the defects found in automated runs in the JIRA defect management system and coordinate with Business Analyst and Development team for fix and retest
• Coordinating with integrated application teams to perform the end-to-end automated execution
• Perform periodic maintenance on the automation test scripts to reflect the latest product functions and maintaining code versions in Git tool
• Communicating the project status on daily basis to other stakeholders via daily and weekly reports
• Identifying and highlighting the risks to the project to the right stakeholders and undertake mitigations steps
• Results and quality oriented, has excellent written and oral communication skills
• Continuous learner and willingness to keep up to date as technology evolves
• Good team player, but can also contribute individually to projects
Qualifications & Certifications (Optional):
• Candidate should be Engineering graduate BE, B-Tech, ME or MCA
• Guidewire certification is preferred.
• Cloud certification is preferred.
• Any Insurance domain-based certification is preferred.
Salary Range: >$100,000
Date of Posting: 31/July/2025
Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.
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