Automation Engineer Analyst

Automation Engineer Analyst

Band 2

Mainframe Test Engineer

About Cigna:

Cigna exists to improve lives.  Together, with our 74, 000 employees worldwide that service Cigna, Express Scripts and other affiliate customers, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions.

We are going through an exciting period of expansion; at the centre of our International Health division’s ambitious growth strategy we are currently working towards multi-year effort to implement a consistent digital strategy for International Health.

The Position:

We’re looking for a skilled Mainframe Test Engineer with strong hands-on experience in testing Mainframe systems and a solid foundation in test automation. While automation skills are essential, the core expertise must be in Mainframe technologies. The candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability and quality of our Mainframe platform, while also driving automation practices across the testing lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and execute test cases for Mainframe applications
• Perform functional, regression, integration and system testing
• Analyse business and technical requirements to define test strategy
• Product understanding and creating test automation scripts for In-sprint & regression testing using UFT, AccelQ
• Creating and executing test scripts in test management tool and reporting bugs
• Determine priority for test cases and create effective execution plans with maximum coverage
• Participate in PI & Sprint planning and other Agile ceremonies
• Track & report automation progress as per PI plan
• Develop skills in new automation tools to improve the automation penetration
• Contribute towards implementation of new ideas & solutions
• Adheres to the organization's Quality Engineering best practices and help to drive changes to achieve more efficiency
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated tests into pipelines
• Identify & Support Automation and DevOps opportunities; looking at efficiencies in ‘In Sprint’ Automation as well as Regression as we develop our CI/CD pipelines

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and at least five or more years’ experience in a system quality environment, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Strong hands-on experience in Mainframe testing
• 5 - 6 Yrs. experience in Software QA & Testing
• Broad knowledge of the Software Delivery Lifecycle with specific expertise of Software Testing
• Excellent defect management and test documentation skills
• Proven experience with test automation frameworks and tools
• Knowledge of the Health Insurance Industry
• Proven experience of working within an Agile environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Comfortable working independently, leading a team or as part of a team
• Demonstrate accuracy and possess a keen eye for detail
• Strong interest in personal development

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with test management tool, JIRA
• Understanding of DevOps principles in testing environments
• ISTQB Foundation or Intermediate Certified
• Knowledge of relational databases using SQL queries
• Selenium/UFT skills

About The Cigna Group

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.