Consulting Manager/Senior Consultant/Consultant, Cognizant Consulting
(Manufacturing, Logistics, Energy & Utilities Consulting)
The Role
Our Manufacturing, logistics, Energy and utilities group is looking for a
Consulting Manager/Senior Consultant/Consultant to join our journey. We're looking for someone who is strong IT consultant in the
power utility (Utilities- Water/ Electricity) domain.
We're looking for
Consulting Manager/Senior Consultant/Consultant who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a
Consulting Manager/Senior Consultant/Consultant this means being involved in client-facing engagement, managing escalations, and serving as a the owner of a workstream; maintaining expertise in your domain; meaningfully contributing to the sales process through a mix of RPI development, client presentations, financial modeling, pricing strategy, and flawless delivery; creating service offerings and/or client partner training materials; and contributing to People Care initiatives, recruiting, and mentoring. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.
Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!
Responsibilities
- Work with utility clients to establish a clear connection between business goals/strategies to capability development, and implementation to achieving desired business value.
- Understand and analyze project requirements and acceptance criteria
- Design, write, and execute manual test cases for cloud migration testing
- Collaborate with developers and product owners to clarify requirements and raise any concerns
- Perform various levels of testing including UI, functional, etc.
- Log and track bugs; verify fixes to ensure proper resolution
- Participate in sprint ceremonies and contribute to testing during development cycles
- Support release activities and help with test summary reports or documentation
- Share ideas to improve testing efficiency or suggest areas where automation could be introduced in the future
- Work with cross-functional teams with different time zones
- Active participation in daily meetings with the functional and development team, as well as frequent meetings with stakeholders and key users
- Create and maintain long-term working relationships with technology teams, functional counterparts, vendors, and business partners.
Qualifications
- The track record and experience to achieve the above, which includes ideally 4 to 8 years of experience in the Utilities (Electric or water) domain, where at least 2 of those (though ideally 4+) have been functional testing/functional test lead experience
- Has worked as an IT Test Analyst, Functional Test Analyst, IT Business Analyst/Tester in the Utilities domain
- Exposure to Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), and a basic understanding of story points, user stories, and sprint ceremonies.
- Ability to write clear and concise test cases and bug reports.
- Familiarity with test management tools like Jira, Xray, or TestLink is a plus
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
- Have a proven track record of delivering successful utility testing/consulting projects.
- Display a good understanding of the Energy/ Utility sector
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (Developers, DevOps, QA) to troubleshoot and optimize performance issues.
- Good to have familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and understanding of scalability and capacity planning concepts.
- Be capable of working effectively in a hybrid work model balancing remote and in-office responsibilities.
- Show a commitment to continuous improvement and staying current with industry advancements.
- Exhibit strong leadership qualities with the ability to mentor and develop junior team members.
- Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Work as one, Raise the bar, dare to innovate, Do the right thing, Own it
- Ability to travel if needed for business requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience, with additional certifications preferred, but not mandatory
