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QA Test Automation Lead

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QA Test Automation Lead in USA

  • Cognizant
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Irvine, CA

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.

Salary: $71k - $113k/yr

Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value. We build full-stack AI solutions powered by deep industry, process and engineering expertise — embedding an organization's unique context into technology system...

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