Jr. Database Tester

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in London is seeking an experienced Automation Tester to join the QA team. The role focuses on maintaining and extending a .NET 8 test automation framework built with Reqnroll (BDD) and Microsoft Playwright, ensuring robust test coverage for new features.

You will write Gherkin scenarios, develop page objects, and integrate tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, while addressing flakiness, supporting PR gates, and collaborating with DevOps and development teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in C#/.NET 8 test automation.
• Experience with Playwright and BDD (SpecFlow/Reqnroll).
• Strong Gherkin writing and Page Object Model.
• Experience with NUnit or xUnit in a .NET context.
• Azure DevOps YAML pipelines experience.
• REST API testing and database test data management.
• Ability to manage test data in Excel and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the test automation framework in C#/.NET 8.
• Write and review Gherkin feature files, step definitions and page objects.
• Ensure tests are submitted with PRs and support shift-left testing.
• Investigate flakiness and replace sleeps with waits.
• Maintain Azure DevOps pipelines and publish test results.
• Triage pipeline failures and coordinate with DevOps.
• Manage test data and environment isolation across SIT/UAT/FAT.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies with estimates and risk flags.

Skills

C#/.NET 8

Playwright

Reqnroll/SpecFlow

Gherkin/BDD

NUnit/xUnit

Page Object Model

Azure DevOps YAML

Git

NuGet

REST API testing

Excel data management

SQL

Serilog logging

Tools

Microsoft.Playwright

SpecFlow

NUnit/xUnit

EPPlus

RestSharp

SQL

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Automation Tester to join the QA team. The successful candidate will maintain and extend .NET test automation framework built on Reqnroll (BDD) and Microsoft Playwright on .NET 8.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the Reqnroll (SpecFlow) BDD automation framework written in C# / .NET 8 using Microsoft Playwright
• Write and review Gherkin feature files, step definitions and page objects to support new and changed functionality
• Ensure automated tests are submitted alongside pull requests for new features - contributing to a shift-left testing model
• Investigate and resolve test flakiness - replacing hard sleeps with condition-based waits, standardising step definitions, eliminating duplicate bindings
• Maintain and improve the Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline - test result publishing, environment switching, and PR gate configuration
• Triage pipeline failures and distinguish test failures from environment or infrastructure issues
• Work with the DevOps team to configure and maintain the agent pool
• Manage test data in Excel and database - ensuring data integrity and environment isolation between SIT, UAT and FAT
• Participate in sprint ceremonies - providing test estimates, flagging automation risk, and contributing to Definition of Done

Technical Skills - Essential

• C# (.NET 8): Solid hands-on C# experience - OOP, generics, async/await, LINQ
• Playwright: Hands-on experience with `Microsoft.Playwright` - locators, auto-wait, trace viewer, assertions (`Expect`), async/await patterns
• Reqnroll or SpecFlow: Experience writing and maintaining BDD feature files, step definitions and hooks in a .NET context
• Gherkin / BDD : Ability to write clear, readable Gherkin scenarios - correct use of `Given/When/Then`, `Background:`, `Scenario Outline`
• NUnit or xUnit: Test framework experience in a .NET context
• Page Object Model: Strong POM implementation - separation of locators and functions, reusable components
• Azure DevOps Pipeline authoring in YAML - `VSTest`, `PublishTestResults`, variable groups, agent pool configuration
• Git: Branch strategy, PR workflow, commit hygiene
• NuGet: Package management, version control, dependency resolution
• REST API testing : Experience with RestSharp or similar - cookie-based auth, GET/POST/PUT, response validation
• Excel test data management : EPPlus or similar - reading parameterised test data from Excel sheets
• SQL / database Ability to write and validate SQL queries for test data retrieval and assertion
• Serilog or similar logging: Structured logging in a test context

Technical Skills - Desirable

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 : Experience automating D365 CRM - iframe handling, BPF stages, lookup fields, command bar interactions
• Selenium WebDriver: Prior Selenium experience - useful for understanding existing test patterns and diagnosing legacy issues
• Azure AD / OAuth: Understanding of session tokens, re-authentication popups, service account configuration for pipelines
• Accessibility testing : Axe integration or similar - `a11y` test execution
• PostgreSQL / Npgsql :Database query execution against Azure-hosted PostgreSQL
• AutoIt :Windows automation for file upload dialogs
• PowerShell : Pipeline scripting - config file manipulation, Azure CLI commands