QA & Testing Associate Advisor - HIH - Evernorth

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The QA & Testing Associate Advisor role at Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company is based in Hyderabad, India, and operates in a hybrid work model (3 days in the office, 2 days at home). The candidate will implement QA practices, design testing strategies, and work closely with developers and testers in small scrum teams to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions.

Required 8–11 years of experience, strong experience with test automation, Selenium, Java, and SQL testing; proficiency with

Qualifications

• 8–11 years of experience in QA/testing
• Experience with onshore/offshore models
• Proven experience testing large-scale enterprise applications
• Bachelor’s degree in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement a consistent testing methodology with IT partners
• Prepare complex test data and support test cases
• Design and maintain regression test beds and test cycles
• Execute manual and automated tests; ensure regression scripts are automation-ready
• Coordinate UAT and End to End testing; report risks and defects to agile team
• Provide guidance during PI Planning, retrospectives, and daily stand‑ups
• Contribute to post-implementation testing and lessons learned analysis
• Mentor junior team members and introduce new testing knowledge

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Java

TestNG

Cucumber

SQL Testing

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Git

Agile / SCRUM

CI/CD

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related technical/business areas

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Git

Job description

QA & Testing Associate Advisor Position Overview

The QA & Testing Associate Advisor is responsible for implementing QA practices and process across the PBM organization. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining and adhering to Safe agile practices. The candidate will work with the team in designing and ensuring overall integrity of the testing strategy. The QA will also work closely with Software Developers and other testers in small scrum teams to deliver the highest quality products in a timely and cost-effective manner. Specific duties and responsibilities include creating, comparing and manipulating data; creating, maintaining and executing test plans and test cases; estimating test efforts; analyzing and communicating test results; defect tracking and participating in day-to-day testing activities. The candidate will also support ensuring regression test scripts are current and are in the appropriate format for automation. This role provides counsel and advice across several stakeholders on Q&A matters, often requiring coordination between organizations. This role may provide thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines and will acts as a lead within the team in mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Works with business partners and IT staff to establish and implement a consistent testing methodology
• Identify and prepare complex test data to support the test cases defined by the team
• Supports senior team members and may design a comprehensive testing strategy and build test suites
• Develop and maintain regression test beds and schedule test cycles
• Leverage the testing process and test tool kit to create re-usable test sets
• Ensure regression scripts are in appropriate format for automation
• Test execution-manual and automated
• Perform UAT of functional requirements
• Utilize appropriate testing tools
• Assist in the coordination of User Acceptance testing (UAT) and End to End (E2E) testing
• Validate and report progress, risks, issues and defects to agile team
• Communicates with business partners and agile team members throughout the project life cycle, to assist and support the design, development and implementation of effective systems and deliverables
• Acts as a support during PI Planning, retrospective and daily stand-up meetings and business demonstrations
• Support all post implementation activities, such as post implementation testing and lessons learned analysis
• Be a part of an ongoing effort to bring new testing knowledge and methodologies to the team

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Proficiency with most of the following technologies- test automation, selenium, sauce labs, Java, Selenium, Test NG, Cucumber, Strong SQL Testing and triaging of defects and issues.
• Knowledge of defect tracking / task tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of build automation and deployment tools such as Jenkins as well as source code repository tools such as Git.
• Good understanding of multiple test automation frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Strong influencing/negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal/relationship skills.
• Strong time and project management skills.
• Familiarity with agile methodology including SCRUM team leadership.
• Familiarity with modern delivery practices such as continuous integration, behavior/test driven development, and specification by example.

Required Experience & Education:

• 8-11 years of experience
• Experience with an onshore/offshore model.
• Proven experience with testing large-scale enterprise application solutions.
• College degree (Bachelor) in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience.

Desired Experience:

• Healthcare experience including Disease Management Coachingof junior team members

Location & Hours of Work

Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH)

Equal Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity Statement Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.