About the role

As a Senior QA Automation Lead, you will make an impact by leading quality activities across the full project lifecycle and ensuring the delivery of high‑quality applications through robust testing practices, automation, and continuous improvement. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and collaborate closely with product owners, developers, scrum teams, and QA leadership to drive testing excellence and process maturity.

In this role, you will:

• Represent the Quality Engineering team throughout the entire project lifecycle, including grooming, sprint planning, defect triage, root‑cause analysis, and risk mitigation.
• Support QA leadership by gathering and reporting quality metrics and contributing to ongoing process improvements.
• Actively participate in requirement‑grooming sessions to ensure acceptance criteria are clear, complete, and testable, enabling comprehensive test coverage.
• Plan and coordinate test activities including test design, in‑sprint automation, regression automation, execution, defect tracking, and overall functional and regression testing cycles.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, improving QA procedures and providing guidance, coaching, and best practices to team members.
• Perform thorough manual and automated testing to prevent defects across Regression, End‑to‑End, Client, and Production environments.
• Translate QA, UAT, and business scenarios into effective automated regression test cases.
• Enhance automation frameworks and guide team members in resolving automation or framework‑related challenges.
• Leverage AI‑driven techniques and tools to increase efficiency, optimize test coverage, and improve quality outcomes.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this position is a hybrid role based in Mississauga, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on business or client needs. We will always communicate expectations clearly.

What you need to have to be considered:

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong exposure to Agile development environments.
• Hands‑on experience performing both manual and automation testing.
• Strong automation expertise, including the ability to enhance and maintain automation scripts aligned with evolving application functionality.
• Experience applying AI techniques in projects to improve testing efficiency and quality outcomes.
• Strong SQL and Core Java programming skills.
• Proficiency with Cucumber BDD, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, GitHub, and Jenkins.
• Ability to work effectively in high‑pressure environments while managing multiple parallel initiatives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

These will help you stand out:

• Experience coaching QA teams or leading test strategy discussions.
• Demonstrated ability to improve automation frameworks and uplift team capability.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to collaborate across distributed teams.

Total compensation:

We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between CAD 69,750 to 110,500 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification listed. Think about your transferable experience and unique strengths that can bring fresh value to the role.

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.

Applications for this position are reviewed by our recruitment team without the use of artificial intelligence screening tools.

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you.

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 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. 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 characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.