Automation Tester

Cognizant

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Location
Alpharetta, GA
Posted
2 days ago
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Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Automation Tester

As an Automation Tester (card processing and payments), you will join the Software Engineering team to validate the quality and reliability of card processing and payments systems. You will perform hands-on functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing while designing test strategies, plans, and detailed scenarios based on banking business workflows. Your daily responsibilities include coordinating defect triage, supporting test data preparation, and managing offshore team deliverables. You must possess strong knowledge of card lifecycle management, ISO 8583 message formats, and payment interchange protocols. Technical requirements include experience with REST/SOAP API testing using Postman, SoapUI, or Thunder Client, and defect management in Jira. You will solve complex problems regarding authorization processing, settlement, and transaction research within a structured Agile SDLC environment.

What you'll do

  • Design test strategies and plans while developing and executing detailed test scenarios based on banking workflows.
  • Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing on card processing and payment systems.
  • Coordinate defect triage with developers and business analysts to investigate, prioritize, and resolve software bugs.
  • Prepare test data, validate test environments, and troubleshoot technical testing dependencies.
  • Manage day-to-day testing activities and deliverables for offshore team members.
  • Provide regular reports on testing progress, defect metrics, and quality risks to support release readiness.
  • Validate ISO 8583 message formats and payment interchange protocols to ensure data integrity.
  • Execute and maintain automation scripts using frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, or REST Assured.

What we're looking for

  • Strong knowledge of card processing, payments, and customer servicing systems including TS2 and card lifecycle management.
  • Strong understanding of ISO 8583 message formats and payment interchange protocols.
  • Strong hands-on experience in REST/SOAP API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, or Thunder Client.
  • Strong experience in defect identification, triage, lifecycle management, and retesting using Jira or similar tools.
  • Good understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, and STLC with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience executing, developing, and maintaining automation scripts using BDD/Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, or Robot (preferred).
  • Experience with data synchronization, source-to-target validation, and data lake/data-processing validation (preferred).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Git (preferred).

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