Java API Automation Engineer — Spring Boot & REST Assured

Cognizant; Región Centro; Híbrido; MXN 360.000 - 600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cognizant is seeking an automation engineer with strong Core Java/Advanced Java knowledge and hands-on Spring Boot expertise. You will implement REST Assured-based API tests and manage automation with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid work setting.

Ideal candidates have experience designing scalable automation frameworks, executing tests across functional areas, and collaborating with developers and product owners to ensure high quality releases.

Formación

• Strong knowledge of Core Java and Advanced Java is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot.
• Proficient in REST Assured for API test automation.
• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines for build and deployment processes.

Responsabilidades

• Design scalable and maintainable Selenium-based automation frameworks aligned with enterprise quality standards.
• Develop comprehensive automated test suites covering functional regression, integration, and smoke tests.
• Execute and monitor automated test runs in a day-shift hybrid model, analyze failures, and report defects clearly.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and other QA engineers to refine acceptance criteria and quality gates.
• Optimize test execution strategies by reducing redundancy, improving test data management, and tuning automation for faster feedback.
• Ensure robust test environment configuration and validation so automation results reflect real-world usage.
• Perform root-cause analysis of defects and translate findings into actionable improvements in code, scripts and processes.
• Create documentation for automation frameworks, test strategies, and execution guidelines to enable onboarding and collaboration.
• Drive continuous quality improvements by evaluating new tools and practices in Selenium automation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define measurable quality metrics and use them to guide ongoing improvements.

Conocimientos

Java

Rest Assured

Spring Boot

Katalon Studio

Herramientas

GitHub

Selenium

Descripción del empleo

Cognizant is seeking an automation engineer with strong Core Java/Advanced Java knowledge and hands-on Spring Boot expertise. You will implement REST Assured-based API tests and manage automation with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid work setting.

Ideal candidates have experience designing scalable automation frameworks, executing tests across functional areas, and collaborating with developers and product owners to ensure high quality releases.