Travel Quality Engineering Lead — API & Automation

Cognizant; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

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 for the Travel Domain to lead testing across airline reservation and travel distribution platforms. You will drive functional analysis, API testing strategy, and test automation using Katalon Studio, partnering with stakeholders and development teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership across multiple workstreams, governance, and quality oversight.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in the Travel and Airline domain.
• Hands-on 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

API testing

Katalon Studio

Test automation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Katalon Studio

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager for the Travel Domain to lead testing across airline reservation and travel distribution platforms. You will drive functional analysis, API testing strategy, and test automation using Katalon Studio, partnering with stakeholders and development teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership across multiple workstreams, governance, and quality oversight.