QA Test Automation Lead

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.