Test Manager - API & WebServices Quality (Office-Based)

Cognizant; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Test Manager to plan, coordinate and execute end-to-end testing for complex enterprise applications, with a focus on WebServices and API testing using Postman and SoapUI. The role supports reliable billing and revenue processes in an office-based environment.

You will lead test strategy, design cases, and oversee defect lifecycles across Rest APIs and backend services, collaborating with development, architecture and business teams.

Qualifications

• Experience validating Rest API endpoints and API test cycles.
• Strong SQL joins across multiple tables for data integrity.
• Experience in enterprise environments, 14–16 years.

Responsibilities

• Drive comprehensive test strategy and planning activities for complex WebServices Testing and API testing initiatives to ensure robust coverage across functional integration and regression scenarios for enterprise applications.
• Coordinate end to end test execution cycles for Rest API and backend services ensuring alignment of test activities with sprint goals release milestones and overall project timelines in a structured office based environment.
• Design detailed test cases and reusable test suites for API testing using Postman and SoapUI focusing on request response validation payload structures and error handling to improve product reliability.
• Execute manual and automated test scenarios for Rest API endpoints while monitoring performance indicators such as response time and throughput to identify bottlenecks and potential defects early.
• Validate data integrity and business rules by crafting complex SQL queries for backend database verification ensuring that upstream and downstream systems maintain consistent and accurate transactional data.
• Collaborate closely with development architecture and business analysis teams during requirement grooming to clarify service contracts interface specifications and acceptance criteria for all WebServices.
• Review technical specifications and API documentation to derive test conditions that address edge cases security aspects and data validation rules thereby minimizing production defects and improving customer satisfaction.
• Manage defect lifecycle activities from logging to closure ensuring accurate root cause information prioritization based on impact and timely resolution in partnership with engineering and product stakeholders.
• Monitor and report key quality metrics such as defect density test coverage and execution progress to provide transparent status updates and data driven insights for release readiness decisions.
• Implement reusable frameworks and standards for WebServices Testing and API testing that promote consistency in test design naming conventions data management and documentation across multiple projects.
• Mentor and guide junior test engineers in best practices for API testing SQL based validation and usage of tools like Postman and SoapUI to build a strong quality focused team culture.
• Coordinate with environment and configuration teams to ensure stable test environments controlled test data sets and proper version management for services under test.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing defect trends process gaps and tooling limitations and by proposing pragmatic enhancements that improve test efficiency and accuracy.
• Support domain focused validation activities for Billing and Revenue Management scenarios by ensuring that rating invoicing and revenue recognition flows are thoroughly verified for correctness.

Skills

WebServices Testing

APIs testing

SQL queries

Postman

SoapUI

Test management

Communication

Tools

SoapUI

Postman

Job description

Cognizant in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Test Manager to plan, coordinate and execute end-to-end testing for complex enterprise applications, with a focus on WebServices and API testing using Postman and SoapUI. The role supports reliable billing and revenue processes in an office-based environment.

You will lead test strategy, design cases, and oversee defect lifecycles across Rest APIs and backend services, collaborating with development, architecture and business teams.