Manager - Projects at Cognizant in roseland, New Jersey

Job Description:

 Automation Architect

 Job Summary :

- Create/modify/review Master Test Strategy docuement for large engagements

- Create/update/review Test Estimations  Project/ Sprint Planning effort

- Leverage previous project experience/learning like Retrospection Report  Lesson Learnt for better requirement analysis

- Review architecture & design work products by adopting White Box testing techniques to identify defects by leveraging predefined checklist and cognizant solution accelerators(if any)

Shift : General

Roles & Responsibilities :

Lead Quality Engineer

Graduate (Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science  Technology  Engineering and Math) or related field).Create test strategy  identify test scenarios  create/review test plan  identify risks and take corrective actions  organize training review deliverables  perform automation feasibility & recommend approporiate automation framework & validate test environment WITH the objective of review deliverables  validate test environment  ensuring consistent quality of the deliverables and completion of testing process  WITHIN the project and client requirements. Test Requirement Analysis: 

- Create/modify/review Master Test Strategy docuement for large engagements

- Create/update/review Test Estimations  Project/ Sprint Planning effort

- Leverage previous project experience/learning like Retrospection Report  Lesson Learnt for better requirement analysis

- Review architecture & design work products by adopting White Box testing techniques to identify defects by leveraging predefined checklist and cognizant solution accelerators(if any)

Test Strategy and Test Planning: 

* Create test strategy (that includes release date  types of testing  scope of the project   detail explanation of particular release   RAID - Risk  Assumptions  Issues and Dependencies  etc.) 

* Gather inputs from the client (e.g. Types of testing  Development teams  Client managers etc.)

* Prepare test plan covering timelines  resource (Man /Machine) deployment (  How it will be tested  )

* Seek sign-off on the test plan

- Involve Project/ Sprint Planning to define the sprint goals  scrum review meetings  identify the product backlogs & provide risks/issues to scrum team for quicker remediation

- Review & seek signoff from customer on Retrospection Report  Lesson Learnt for every release 

Test Design Techniques (Design principles/tools/patterns):

- Review the test scenarios and seek review as required Track the root cause of the review comments and take actions to resolve them  

- Review the test cases and traceability matrix to ensure total coverage of requirements 

- Track the downtime and report the same to the client 

- Support the team/ client in conducting  UAT/BUT if applicable 

- Perform sanity testing to ensure system readiness for testing Upload the test cases 

- Validate readiness of the test environment for test execution Prepare test lab for test execution 

- Seek sign off from the client at various stages of the cycle as required 

Only For Onsite Coordinator: 

- Support Business Lead at client side to perform UAT If requested identify the test data for UAT

- Create Run Plan document that captures priority of test cases based on complexity 

Coding Practices & Defect Management:

- Posses holistic view of quality- Domain  User experience  Black box  White box testing

- Able to estimate and commit task level effort and deliver activities on time

- Review the defects logged by team and assign it to the right owner 

- Effective technical communication by participating in architectural/design reviews

- Speak the developer language

- Support Quality Assurance goals

- Adhere to all customer standards  policies and governance practices

- Comprehensive understanding of full development lifecycle and is actively involved in all phases

* Involvement with development

Must Have Skills

• Selenium

• Core Java

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends