Senior QA Automation Engineer *

About the role

CGI is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to support enterprise mortgage technology applications focused on loan delivery and loan acquisition. The role validates complex business processes, data integrations, APIs, and end‑to‑end workflows supporting the mortgage loan lifecycle. The candidate will combine hands‑on software testing experience with strong test automation, API, and backend data validation skills, working closely with product owners, business analysts, developers, and quality engineering teams in an Agile environment to ensure reliable delivery of business‑critical applications. This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA; Knoxville, TN; Columbia, SC; Birmingham, AL.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional, integration, regression, end‑to‑end, and user acceptance tests.
• Maintain automated regression suites using Selenium and Playwright.
• Test REST APIs.
• Perform backend validation and data reconciliation using Oracle SQL.
• Validate XML‑based mortgage data exchanged between integrated systems.
• Support continuous testing through CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to improvements in test coverage, quality processes, and release readiness.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software quality assurance and testing experience with enterprise, business‑critical applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on test automation experience using Selenium and/or Playwright, including maintaining reusable automated regression suites.
• Programming or scripting experience with Java and/or Python for test automation.
• Experience with BDD/Gherkin and modern automated testing practices.
• Strong REST API testing experience across integrated applications and services.
• Advanced Oracle SQL skills for backend testing, data validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience validating XML files, schemas, and complex data exchanges between systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Git/GitLab and CI/CD pipelines, including incorporating automated tests into continuous delivery workflows.
• Experience performing functional, integration, system, regression, end‑to‑end, and UAT testing.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and quality engineering practices.
• Experience analyzing business and technical requirements to determine test scope, dependencies, risks, and coverage.
• Mortgage industry experience involving loan origination, underwriting, loan delivery, loan acquisition, eligibility, or secondary mortgage market processes is strongly preferred.
• Experience validating mortgage loan data and business rules; familiarity with MISMO standards is a plus.
• Familiarity with AWS/cloud‑based application environments and testing distributed or integrated services.
• Working knowledge of tools such as Jira, IntelliJ IDEA, GitLab, and AI‑assisted development/testing tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

Skills

Key skills include test automation (Selenium, Playwright), programming (Java, Python), BDD/Gherkin, REST API testing, Oracle SQL, XML validation, Git/GitLab, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum, Jira, IntelliJ IDEA, and analytical troubleshooting.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 4