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Cognosante employees are passionate about improving people’s lives. With an innovative mindset and an unwavering commitment to those we serve, we partner with healthcare, civilian and defense agencies to deliver exceptional public services and programs. Our multi-faceted technology and customer experience (CX) solutions achieve program outcomes, solve critical challenges and create meaningful change. Whether we are helping Veterans access healthcare faster, ensuring that members of the military complete their missions safely, or helping people obtain health insurance, our work touches millions of people. Are you ready to make a difference?

Come Join Our Team

As a Sr. Automation Tester, your primary responsibility is to design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality and functionality of software products. You will work closely with the development team to understand product requirements and design test cases that cover various scenarios. Your role involves creating and maintaining automated test scripts using testing frameworks and tools. Additionally, you will analyze test results, identify defects, and collaborate with the development team to resolve issues. Continuous improvement of testing processes and methodologies to enhance efficiencies and effectiveness is also a key aspect of your role.

What is the position?

Cognosante is seeking an experienced Sr. Automation Tester with a history of delivering high caliber results with high client satisfaction. The successful candidate must be energetic, communicative, intelligent, motivated, and have a passion and aptitude for ensuring software quality. The Sr. Automation Tester will have experience and knowledge to design, code, test, debug, and document software in a variety of programming languages and will have the knowledge of the latest programming languages and techniques. Additionally, the Sr. Software Engineer will have experience in creating strategies for developing IT systems and applications. Has experience in evaluating alternative and selecting optimal approaches and will create and improve the existing suite of automation tests and overall automation framework at the direction of the Testing Manager. This individual will act on behalf of business stakeholders, playing a key role on Agile Scrum development teams, collaborating closely with developers and other stakeholders to understand functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical and security concerns, and will implement automated testing in support of DevOps best practices. They will ensure that testing artifacts are maintained appropriately, as required by the applicable SDLC processes. They must scope and define test plans for the team in support of overall program roadmaps, releases, and sprints. Superior communication and collaboration skills are essential to this role. The ideal candidate will have a knowledge of VA, Community Care, and VIP. This role is a temporary position with high potential to transition to full time.

What will I get to do?

• Design, code, test, debug, and document software in a variety of programming languages

• Create strategies for developing IT systems and applications

• Coordinate and execute test events in accordance with approved test plans, procedures, and scripts

• Create test data

• Develop test plans and test procedures

• Ensure that test environments are set up accurately

• Test IT hardware, software, systems, and networks

• Create test execution reports and test data

• Configure necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete assigned testing

• Evaluate existing test artifacts and design test cases/scripts for new releases independently

• Assist in creating project resource estimates and defining metrics to track completion phase, defect reports, defect prevention and test coverage

• Work closely with the Scrum Master, business analyst, scrum master, developers, project manager, and stakeholders to understand product specifics and to create corresponding test strategies

• Execute testing on both frontend and backend systems

• Be an advocate for our VA customer stakeholders and the ultimate beneficiaries of our solution - our Nation’s Veterans

• Collaborate with project leadership and client stakeholders to deliver the project on time, with high quality, and in alignment with the customer’s expectations

• Interact effectively and professionally with clients, stakeholders, partners, sub-contractors, and vendors recognizing you will be the face of Cognosante in many conversations

• Develop a keen understanding of program goals and requirements and develop a vision to both meet the customer’s current needs, and for evolution of the program to meet changing client needs

• Anticipate project challenges, risk scenarios, and prepare, lead, and execute proactive mitigation strategies to ensure optimal results

• Escalate key issues and recommend solutions to project and client leadership

• Ensure targets for contractual performance metrics/SLAs are met or exceeded, and provide analysis and communication to ensure appropriate focus on critical attention areas

• Identify and execute on opportunities for process improvements

• Meet individual potential and performance expectations

• Maintain knowledge of VA rules and regulations

• Understand and comply with SDLC and Agile methodology used for the project

• Ensure compliance with client-driven management and development methodologies/standards including VA DevSecOps (DSO) processes

• Promote team building and provide a positive working environment

• Other duties as assigned by project leadership

What qualifications do I need?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is required, 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

• 5 years relevant experience required

• experience testing in UNIX/LINUX or Windows environments

• Experience in the coordination and execution of test events in accordance with approved test plans, procedures, and scripts

• Able to work in fast-paced Agile development environment

• Must have knowledge and skills to ensure that test environments are set up accurately

• Must be able to create test reports

• Must be able to test IT hardware, software, systems, and networks

• Experience with automated tester experience using tools such as Cypress, Jira, Xray, Ready API, Postman, SOAP UI, Selenium, and Groovy scripting experience

What additional characteristics will help me thrive?

• Strongly prefer experience with testing middleware Java, Node.Js, AWS Native Cloud products

• Knowledge of DevSecOps and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies

• Experience with Agile methodology and Scrum approach

• Experience supporting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and/or other federal organizations

• Knowledge of VA’s Integrated Veteran Care Program (IVC) and systems

• Basic understanding of healthcare system to include patients, providers, payers, pharmacy, hospitals and their associated business processes and operations

• Demonstrated experience working with a geographically dispersed project team

• Experience with Performance Testing, Regression Testing, and Integration Testing

• Experience with automating tests for CI/CD pipeline and experience with AWS Lambda and Canary

• Ability to demonstrate solution features to stakeholders, share knowledge, and provide tool and process guidance

• Strong ability to foster collaborative work in dynamic team environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong creative, analytical, customer service, problem solving, and trouble-shooting skills

• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, MS Teams, MS Project, GoToMeeting, and SharePoint

• Passionate and motivated self-starter that excels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment requiring only limited supervision

What We Offer  

Our mission is to provide comprehensive and competitive pay, benefits, services, and programs to eligible employees and their dependents that: 

• Ensure optimal health and productivity of our employees  

• Support employee retention and attraction 

• Provide work/life balance to ensure our employees succeed inside and outside of the office 

Compensation

$96,760.98 - $154,817.56

The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration - contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of Cognosante’s total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee.

Cognosante will not provide sponsorship for employment-based immigration benefits for this position.

What We Promise  

Cognosante employees are inspired by our bold mission to improve lives. To achieve this mission, we put our people first. No matter where they're located around the nation, our innovative workplaces enable individuals to apply their skills and experience to work toward a greater good.

We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. And we invest in the next generation of diverse talent to foster an inclusive, progressive, adaptable workplace that prioritizes advancement for all. As an affirmative action employer, we are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.  

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At Cognosante, we innovate with purpose. Each day, we create meaningful change by delivering mission-driven solutions for healthcare, civilian, and defense government agencies. When you work at Cognosante, you’ll apply your talents and grow your career with an organization that believes in the missions of our customers – and the right every employee has to an inclusive, flexible, and collaborative workplace. Work with us, and you’ll be challenged and supported—and have the platform to elevate your career to wherever your professional aspirations lead.​

Get to know Cognosante employees

• We’re driven by our customers’ missions, and measure success by how we improve lives.

• We believe innovative solutions start with an innovative culture.

• We believe customer understanding is the key to creating innovative solutions.

• We know we are stronger together, and we value the diversity of our people.

• We believe growth should be a core job benefit.

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