We are seeking an experienced Automation Engineer with 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in UI and API automation, scripting, CI/CD integration, and test execution across multiple environments.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts for .NET web applications.
- Perform UI automation testing using Selenium WebDriver.
- Develop API automation tests for REST APIs.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing.
- Validate API request/response, status codes, headers, and data.
- Create and maintain automation test frameworks.
- Identify, document, and track defects using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
- Work closely with developers to investigate and resolve issues.
- Execute automated test cases as part of CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain test scripts and documentation as applications evolve.

Required Skills
- 5 to 8 years of experience in Software Testing / Test Automation.




- Strong experience with Selenium WebDriver.
- Programming experience in C#.
- Good understanding of .NET / .NET Core web applications and REST APIs.
- Experience with automation frameworks such as NUnit, xUnit, or MSTest.
- Experience with API testing/automation using Postman, RestSharp, or similar tools.
- Good knowledge of SQL for database validation.
- Experience with Git or other version-control systems.
- Basic experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
- Good understanding of QA processes, defect life cycle, and testing methodologies.

Valuable to Have
- Experience with Playwright or Cypress.
- Experience with SpecFlow / BDD.
- Experience testing applications hosted on Microsoft Azure.
- Knowledge of Docker and containerized applications.
- Experience integrating automation tests into CI/CD pipelines.

📌 Automation Test Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 CognitiveValueTech
📍 Chennai