Quality Engineer (Entry Level)
Job Description
Role Overview
With the growth of smart phones, tablets and new operating systems requiring constant updates daily, quality products are more critical than ever before. Cognizant’s Quality Engineering & Assurance (QEA) practice partners with you to bolster development initiatives, providing reliable support across a range of hardware and software, testing infrastructure, and testing products that ensure automated test coverage and drive product quality.
As an Entry-Level Quality Engineer, you will become part of our Canada based QEA practice, which provides a full range of QEA services to our Canadian clients across multiple industry sectors, including automation test development, agile QE, DevOps engineering, performance testing, manual testing, test design, and test consulting.
What you’ll do
Business Focus:
Know your customer: understand processes and how the software being tested impacts the client’s business
Identify right bugs to fix and reject the ones that would put client’s end customers at risk
Map processes to your testing methodology
Quality Focus:
Work with Analysts, Developers, and PM teams to identify what needs to be tested in existing or new features of the software product
Understanding of QA process for software development, debugging and release
Ability to objectively review and qualify objective data
Technology Focus:
Become a ‘future focused’ quality assurance (QA) leader: develop a good understanding of rising trends in the QA industry (QE, DevOps, Agile QA & Digital) and apply these technologies to your client’s QA environment
Gain knowledge of the architecture – code structure, underlying database, and interactions with other software
Find new and innovative ways of breaking the software using automated and manual tests
Learn new tools/technologies to automate tests, such as Selenium, Tosca, Cucumber Java, and Python
What you bring to the role
Bachelor’s degree with preferred majors: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems
Understanding fundamentals of software development process and importance of quality management and processes
Hands on demonstrable development experience in Automation – Java, Cucumber and API skills – or equivalent programming languages
Actively participate in developing complex applications involving innovative technology and frameworks
Self-motivated individuals with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the passion and appetite to learn newer technologies
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively with global project teams
Working arrangements
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Halifax, NS Canada. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
Start Date(s)
Quality Engineers will start in February 2025. While we will attempt to honor candidate start date preferences, business need and position availability will determine final start date. Exact start dates will be communicated with enough time for you to plan effectively.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
While our system allows application in all languages, job required language(s) and proficiency level(s) vary. However, basic English proficiency is required for Company-wide communications purposes.
What we offer
The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com with your request and contact information.
About us
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.
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Key job details
Job number:
45241
Job category:
Technology & Engineering
Location:
Canada / Canada
Date published:
Oct. 25 2024
Employment type:
Full-time
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