Senior API Automation Engineer (AWS & AI Testing)

Cognizant is a technology and engineering company seeking a Senior API Automation Engineer to advance scalable API automation and intelligent testing practices for cloud-native applications. The role involves developing API automation frameworks, validating APIs and integrations, applying AI tools to testing, and integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and AWS services.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, TestNG, Maven, and Postman
• Automate REST API validation across integration, regression, and end-to-end testing scenarios for microservices-based applications
• Apply AI agents and generative AI tools to support test generation, intelligent validation, and self-healing automation capabilities
• Validate API contracts, JSON and XML schemas, OAuth and JWT authentication, database integrations, and service responses
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and AWS-based cloud-native applications, while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to ensure quality delivery

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, or software testing, with strong hands-on experience in API automation.
• Advanced experience developing API automation frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, TestNG, Maven, and Postman
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, microservices testing, JSON and XML validation, API contracts, schemas, OAuth, and JWT authentication
• Experience integrating automated tests with Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience validating AWS-based applications and services, such as API Gateway, Lambda, ECS or EKS, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch
• Experience with SQL, backend database validation, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing
• Experience using AI agents or generative AI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenAI technologies, or Amazon Q, in testing or engineering workflows
• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
• Experience designing agentic AI solutions, Model Context Protocol integrations, or self-healing test automation frameworks
• Exposure to AWS Bedrock or other AI-powered testing solutions
• Healthcare payer or provider domain experience
• Knowledge of healthcare business functions such as claims, enrollment, utilization management, or care management
• Experience working with healthcare platforms such as Facets or QNXT, along with an understanding of HIPAA-related requirements**.**