Forward Deployment Engineer - UiPath Test Cloud

Job Summary

Cognizant is seeking a Forward Deployment Engineer - UiPath Test Cloud to drive the successful adoption, implementation, and optimization of UiPath's modern test automation platform within complex enterprise environments. This role combines deep expertise in quality engineering, test automation, and platform integration to help organizations enhance software quality, accelerate delivery, and improve testing governance at scale.

The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in test automation frameworks, enterprise application testing, and UiPath Test Cloud capabilities, with the ability to guide customers through deployment strategies, platform enablement, CI/CD integration, and automation best practices across cloud and on-premises ecosystems.

* Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

As a Forward Deployment Engineer - UiPath Test Cloud, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor responsible for helping enterprise teams modernize and scale their testing capabilities using the UiPath platform. You will work closely with stakeholders to implement and operationalize test automation solutions, enable seamless integrations with existing quality engineering ecosystems, and promote best practices for automation governance, traceability, and execution management.

In this role, you will leverage your expertise in UiPath Test Cloud, Test Manager, Studio, Orchestrator, and related platform capabilities to support testing initiatives across UI, API, mobile, SAP, and enterprise applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate testing processes with ALM, Dev Ops, and CI/CD tool chains while ensuring scalable, resilient, and efficient automated testing operations.

Success in this role requires a strong foundation in quality engineering, enterprise test automation, platform deployment, and customer-facing engagement, along with the ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into effective testing solutions that drive measurable quality outcomes.

• Use and work with your QA automation background, Test Cloud or Tricentis Tosca with SAP integration experience
• Drive adoption of UiPath Test Manager for requirements traceability, test planning, test sets, execution governance, visual logging, defect triage, and quality reporting.
• Advise on resilient UI, API, mobile, and enterprise application automation using Studio low-code and coded testing, reusable assets, object repositories, and data-driven testing.
• Operationalize Orchestrator and test robots for on-demand, scheduled, parallel, and CI/CD-triggered execution across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Integrate Test Cloud with ALM, Dev Ops, version-control, and issue-tracking tools such as Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Service Now, SAP Solution Manager, Git, SVN, and TFS.

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in New York, NY. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

* Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Deep expertise in UiPath Test Cloud and its integration with Tricentis Tosca.

Strong knowledge of UiPath Test Manager for requirements traceability, test planning, execution management, and quality reporting.

Hands-on experience with UiPath Studio and Studio Web for automated test development.

Proficiency in configuring and managing UiPath Orchestrator and Test Robots.

Experience leveraging Autopilot for Testers to…