Senior Test Analyst (Release management)

Cognizant Technology Solutions is looking for "Senior Test Analyst (Release management)" to join in our team of IT professionals in a permanent role. If you meet our background requirements and skills and are looking for an opportunity with these skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

About Cognizant's QEA Practice:
We are the largest Quality Assurance Practice Globally servicing 800+ Clients. We bring the industry leading vision and expertise to help with 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 for four times in a row and ranked #1 for completeness of vision, test advisory and Digital Business Assurance in Gartner Magic Quadrant!

Senior Test Analyst (Release management)
Location: Hartford, CT - Onsite

Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
* 6 - 8 years of IT experience
* 7 + years of Release management experience along with QEA experience in cloud migration space
* Handled shared services project which has interface across enterprise
* Agile methodologies in both scrum and kanban and its ceremonies
* Release management tools like service now, Rally and version controls - SVN and GIT
* Well experienced in dev ops practices
* Good communication skills (Verbal & Written)

Roles/Responsibilities:
* Release planning - Release calendar for the year with major and CMW releases well planned, release scope, goals and timelines
* Coordinating releases - involving all partners, releasing documentation including contacts, tagging incidents to releases.
* Process management and approvals including hard freeze unlocks, known issues approvals to prod, incidents and RCA process
* Risk management - identify potential risks, mitigation plans, monitor and report risks
* Metrics - define, track the metrics and publish it to stakeholders
* Communication - involving right stakeholders, communication to all impacted LOBs
* Compliance, Budgeting, Resourcing and continuous improvement
* Audit handling

Work Authorization:
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $53,477 - $92,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

* Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
* 401(k) plan and contributions
* Long-term/Short-term Disability
* Paid Parental Leave
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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