Automation Engineer Lead Analyst - HIH - Evernorth

Evernorth Health Services India, established in Hyderabad in 2024, is an innovation hub for Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care and benefits division of The Cigna Group. The innovation hub will support innovation-focused areas, such as generative AI, product development, process improvement, analytics, and software engineering across The Cigna Group and its businesses. Evernorth Health Services India builds on The Cigna Group's existing presence in India.

Evernorth Health Services (Evernorth) is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group - a Fortune 16 global health company with 75,000 employees, 186 million customers in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions around the world. Evernorth exists to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. We do this by creating and connecting premier health services offerings, such as benefits management, pharmacy, care solutions, insights and intelligence.

The Cigna Group is a global health company committed to improving the health and vitality of individuals and communities around the world and includes products and services marketed under its Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services subsidiaries. Cigna Healthcare is the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group, serving customers and clients through its U.S. Employer, U.S. Government, and International Health business. Evernorth Health Services is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group Position Overview : Are you a passionate QE prepared to take on complex application challenges and elevate quality across modern, high‑performance platforms? We are looking for a talented Automation Engineer (QE) with experience in automation to join our team that works to solve challenges for both the

and

, ultimately delivering amazing experiences for

As an Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products through

and continuous improvement initiatives. You will work closely with our development teams to

, identify areas for improvement, and contribute to the overall quality assurance strategy

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: Design, build, and maintain automation across UI (Selenium WebDriver), API (RestAssured), and integration/contract layers; structure suites for speed, stability, and readability. •

: Start automation in parallel with development; balance exploratory and automated testing; raise risks early and minimize post‑sprint carryover. •

: Monitor service latency and throughput; optimize network bandwidth where tests surface bottlenecks; validate and enforce data encryption, access controls, and compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA). •

: Embed automated checks (unit, API, UI, contract, smoke/perf) into CI/CD so builds give rapid, reliable feedback; keep suites deterministic and failure‑diagnostic. •

: Validate end‑to‑end data flows (MongoDB, Postgres, DB2); manage safe test data strategies; assert data integrity/consistency across services. •

: Instrument tests with meaningful logs/metrics to accelerate failure triage; analyze defect clusters and flakiness to prevent recurrence. •

: Contribute to go/no‑go with evidence from automated runs, performance smoke, and critical path validations; support post‑deploy checks. •

: Maintain clear, auditable records of test plans, results, defects, and performance metrics; contribute to runbooks and quality dashboards. •

: Coach junior QEs/testers on tooling, patterns, and test design; drive reuse of frameworks/components; promote best practices across teams.

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: Proven 5-8 year experience in quality assurance and test automation for web/services. •

: Proficiency in

(preferred) and/or

for test and utility code. •

: Hands‑on with

and

; build runners and utilities with

; IDE:

. •

: Strong experience automating REST APIs using

; functional, negative, and contract‑style checks; Postman for quick validations when appropriate. •

: Working knowledge of

(or similar) for load/perf smoke integrated into pipelines; ability to interpret latency/throughput/error‑rate trends. •

: Familiarity with pipelines and tooling such as

(or GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps); capable of gating builds on test quality signals. •

: Solid understanding of software lifecycle, Agile/Scrum, story refinement, and "shift‑left" quality practices. •

: Experience with

and

(or equivalent) for planning, traceability, and reporting. •

: Practical experience validating data with

,

, and

; ability to write queries to set up/verify test scenarios. •

:Proficient using

(e.g.,

) to draft and refine

,

, and

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: Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities; clear written/verbal communication; strong collaboration across engineering, product, and business. •

: Ability to work effectively across time zones to support onshore/offshore team members with responsiveness and reliability.

: Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

· 11:30 AM IST to 8:30 PM IST

Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.