At Cognizant, our global community sets us apart—an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. And with projects at the forefront of innovation, you can build a varied, rewarding career and draw inspiration from dedicated colleagues and leaders. We are seeking someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration. Cognizant is right where you belong!

About Cognizant’s QEA Practice:

We are the largest Quality Assurance Practice Globally servicing 800+ Clients including 50+ clients in the Fortune 100. We bring industry-leading vision and expertise to help with the Quality Engineering transformation journey for our reputed clients. We provide Next Gen QA offerings like System Modernization assurance, Business Process Assurance, Quality Engineering, Cloud Platform Assurance, Customer Experience Assurance and Robotic Test Automation. We have been ranked #1 for Market Impact by Everest Group four times in a row and ranked #1 for completeness of vision, test advisory and Digital Business Assurance in Gartner Magic Quadrant!

Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Guidewire Tester with 8 to 12 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Guidewire testing and a strong background in Property & Casualty Insurance. This role involves ensuring the quality and reliability of our products through rigorous testing and validation processes.

What you bring to the role:

• Minimum 8+ years of software testing experience with 4+ years of relevant Guidewire testing and Property & Casualty Insurance experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in Guidewire full suite implementation.
• Strong hands-on knowledge in the Policy Center and working knowledge in the Billing Center & Claim Center.
• Experience in integration testing along with upstream and downstream systems integrated with Guidewire.
• Strong experience in different testing phases and methodologies especially in regression testing.
• Good to have database testing skills.
• Good to have API testing experience using tools like SoapUI, Postman, etc.
• Proficient in risk and issue identification, mitigation, and coordination with multiple internal teams as well as external vendors.
• Strong experience in managing client and internal stakeholders along with reporting project status.
• Ability to work independently as well as coordinate with onshore and offshore team.

What you’ll do:

• Own and manage delivery of all testing efforts and ensure timeliness and quality of deliverables.
• Prepare Test Strategy, Plan and estimation.
• Create End-to-End test plan & approach.
• Participate in Sprint planning sessions, Review Test Requirements/Test Cases and help resolve the queries raised by the QA team.
• Conduct thorough regression testing to ensure that new features and updates do not negatively impact existing functionality.
• Ensure effective implementation of processes and manage all testing deliverables, risks & issues.

Hybrid 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 Toronto, ON location. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being 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.