Automation Engineer Associate Analyst

Automation Engineer Associate Analyst [Selenium Automation]

Band 2

About Cigna:

Cigna exists to improve lives.  Together, with our 74,000 employees worldwide that service Cigna, Express Scripts and other affiliate customers, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions.

We are going through an exciting period of expansion; at the centre of our International division’s ambitious growth strategy we are currently working towards multi-year effort to implement a consistent digital strategy for the International Market.

The Position:

Reporting to the QE Manager,the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring on quality and on time delivery of test planning and executions activities in the delivery of Quality Assurance (QA) Testing for new or modified applications/systems across multiple platforms. The Automation Engineer Associate Analyst will be a high-performing individual who is methodical, inquisitive and has 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 optimisation of our test automation capability in support of key strategic outcomes for our business.   

Working across our IH IT Team to deliver successful QE – Test Automation solutions enabling all methodologieswith a focus on SAFe Agile.  You will work with individuals from across the world, with both in-person and remote teams.

Main Duties / Responsibilities:

·       Responsible for delivering the QE Automation roadmap for each team

·       Build & maintain the automation for critical & complex business applications

·       Product understanding and creating test automation for In-sprint & regression testing

·       Execute automation scripts and report bugs

·       Determine priority for test cases and create effective execution plans with maximum coverage

·       Participate in PI & Sprint planning and Agile ceremonies

·       Track & report automation progress as per the plan

·       Develop skills in new automation tools to improve the automation penetration

·       Contribute towards implementation of new ideas & solutions

·       Mentor & develop junior resources

·       Adheres to the organization's Quality Engineering best practices and help to drive changes to achieve more efficiency

·       Identify & Support Automation and DevOps opportunities; looking at efficiencies in ‘In Sprint’ Automation as well as Regression as we develop our CI/CD pipelines

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and at least two, typically five or more years’ experience in a system quality environment, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 0 - 1 Yrs. experience in QE - Test Automation
• 0 – 1 Yrs. experience in Selenium with Cucumber automation tool
• Knowledge/ Experience in automation of web-based applications and API’s
• Knowledge/ Experience in Java scripting to develop automation scripts
• Knowledge/ Experience of developing custom automation solutions & functions
• Knowledge/ Experience of doing deep failure analysis to address automation failures
• Good Knowledge of working in all phases of Test Cycle (Test Design, Test Execution, Defect management & reporting)
• Knowledge of the Software Delivery Lifecycle with specific expertise of Software Testing
• Broad knowledge of automated testing and modelling tools
• Good knowledge of different web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, MS Edge, Chrome
• 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 or as part of a team.
• Demonstrate accuracy and possess a keen eye for detail
• Strong interest in personal development

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Knowledge/ Experience in web automation using other automation tools & frameworks
• Codeless automation tools Knowledge
• Knowledge/ Experience in automating desktop & mainframe applications
• Knowledge/ Experience in implementation of CICD pipeline using Jenkins/Azure DevOps
• Knowledge experience on mainframe applications
• Knowledge in testing Salesforce & Vlocity applications
• Experience in Python or C# coding

About The Cigna Group

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our 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 us in driving growth and improving lives.