Tosca Automation Lead

About the Position

Tosca Automation Lead

Date published: Sep 18 2026

Location: Saint Louis / United States

Job category: Technology & Engineering

Work model: Work from Home

As a Tosca Automation Lead, you will make an impact by designing, developing, and optimizing automated testing solutions that improve software quality, accelerate release cycles, and drive testing efficiency across enterprise applications. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with test engineers, developers, business stakeholders, and client teams to deliver high-quality automation solutions.

Responsibilities

In This Role, You Will:

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute Tosca automation solutions for web applications, APIs, web services, and backend databases.
• Build reusable Test Step Blocks, test cases, and automation frameworks aligned with business and functional requirements.
• Prepare and manage test data using Tosca Test Data Management (TDM) and Test Data Service (TDS) to support comprehensive test execution.
• Assess, remediate, and enhance large-scale Tosca automation suites to improve stability, maintainability, and coverage.
• Lead, mentor, and collaborate with automation engineers while providing execution reporting, defect analysis, and automation best practices to client and project teams.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Test Automation.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
• Advanced expertise in designing, developing, and executing Tosca automation solutions.
• Active Tricentis Tosca certification (AS1, AS2, or AE1).
• Experience automating web applications, APIs, web services, and database validations using Tosca.
• Strong experience creating reusable automation assets, test cases, and framework components.
• Hands-on experience with Tosca Commander, XScan, TestCase Design, Test Data Service (TDS), TDM, Execution Lists, Test Events, and DEX Agents.
• Experience developing Tosca automation for Pega and other enterprise web-based applications.
• Ability to analyze execution results, troubleshoot failures, and distinguish environmental issues from application defects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading or mentoring Tosca automation teams in large enterprise environments.
• Experience remediating and modernizing large-scale automation suites.
• Exposure to Agile, Scrum, and DevOps testing practices.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as Healthcare, Banking, or Insurance.
• Knowledge of API validation, service virtualization, and end-to-end test automation strategies.
• Ability to create executive-level automation execution reports and quality metrics.

We Offer

• Salary: The annual salary for this position is between $71,100 to $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• Benefits:
  • 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

About the Company

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Additional employment information

Compensation 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.

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