Travel QA Engineering Manager - API & Automation

Cognizant; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 89,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager in the Travel Domain to lead functional analysis, API testing, and test automation across airline reservation and travel distribution platforms. This onsite role may require work from a Cognizant or client office in Denver, CO or Atlanta, GA, with potential remote arrangements based on business needs.

You will partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, define REST API testing strategies, and drive automation with Katalon Studio, providing

Qualifications

• Strong experience in the Travel and Airline domain.
• Deep understanding of airline reservation and travel distribution systems.
• Hands-on experience with REST API testing and analysis.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks using Katalon Studio.
• Strong analytical, requirement-gathering, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working directly with business users and translating business needs into functional solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional analysis and quality engineering initiatives for airline reservation and travel distribution systems.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and translate complex business requirements into functional and testing solutions.
• Define and oversee REST API testing strategies to ensure data integrity and system reliability.
• Drive test automation design and implementation using Katalon Studio and industry best practices.
• Provide leadership, governance, and quality oversight to ensure successful program delivery across multiple workstreams.

Skills

Travel domain

REST API testing

Test automation with Katalon Studio

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Agile collaboration

Tools

Katalon Studio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager in the Travel Domain to lead functional analysis, API testing, and test automation across airline reservation and travel distribution platforms. This onsite role may require work from a Cognizant or client office in Denver, CO or Atlanta, GA, with potential remote arrangements based on business needs.

You will partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, define REST API testing strategies, and drive automation with Katalon Studio, providing