Automation Engineer Analyst

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring on quality and on time delivery of test planning, test data preparation, and execution activities in the delivery of Testing new or modified applications/systems across multiple platforms. The Automation Engineer Analyst will be a highly skilled individual capable of performing both automation and functional/manual testing with a passion for quality. They will partner with their Scrum Team and business colleagues on a journey of continuous learning and improvement to ensure ongoing optimization of our test automation capability in support of key strategic outcomes for our business. Working across our International Health IT Team to deliver successful Test Automation solutions enabling all methodologies with a focus on SAFe Agile, you will work with individuals from across the world, with both in-person and remote teams. Leads and coordinates the test execution activities, which may involve manual or automated testing, or a combination of both. Builds & maintains the automation for critical & complex business applications. Product understanding and creating test automation scripts for In-sprint & regression testing. Creating and executing test scripts in test management tool and reporting bugs. Determines priority for test cases and creates effective execution plans with maximum coverage. Participates in PI & Sprint planning and other Agile ceremonies. Tracks & reports automation progress as per PI plan. Develops skills in new automation tools to improve the automation penetration. Contributes towards the implementation of new ideas & solutions. Adheres to the organization's Quality Engineering best practices and helps to drive changes to achieve more efficiency. Identifies & Supports Automation and DevOps opportunities; looking at efficiencies in In Sprint Automation as well as Regression as we develop our CI/CD pipelines. The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline and at least two, typically five or more years of experience in a system quality environment, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. They should have 2-4 years of experience in QE - Test Automation, automation of mobile app testing with Appium, experience of REST API testing, experience in Programming language preferably Java, good experience in SQL, experience of accessibility testing and automating accessibility checks, experience of test automation in BDD process, experience of developing custom automation solutions & functions, experience of doing deep failure analysis to address automation failures, good experience of working in all phases of Test Cycles, experience of running the test execution through CI/CD pipelines, broad knowledge of the Software Delivery Lifecycle with specific expertise of Software Testing, proven experience of working within an Agile environment, competent user of Microsoft office applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, excellent written and oral communication skills, strong problem-solving and analytical skills, comfortable working independently, leading a team or as part of a team, and demonstrate accuracy and possess a keen eye for detail. Desirable skills and experience include experience in web automation using other automation tools & frameworks, codeless automation tools experience, experience in implementation of CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins/Azure DevOps, knowledge of Health Insurance Industry, good to have experience in Salesforce testing, and experience in Test Management tools like Zephyr. The Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. They guide their customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join them in driving growth and improving lives.,