Test Lead, Data Migration & Conversion Testing

Cognizant

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Salary: $71,100–$112,500 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Test Lead, Data Migration & Conversion Testing

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The Test Lead (Data Migration & Conversion Testing) will lead quality assurance initiatives for large-scale data migration, conversion, and cloud transformation programs within the payments domain. This role involves leading end-to-end testing activities, including planning, execution, defect management, and stakeholder reporting. Key responsibilities include performing source-to-target validation, data reconciliation, and verifying customer, account, card, and transaction data. The candidate will validate data synchronization, Data Lake processing, and business workflows while conducting API, integration, and web application testing. Required technical skills include experience with REST and SOAP services, ISO 8583 message formats, and packet testing. Proficiency in tools like Postman, SoapUI, Selenium, Playwright, and Jenkins is necessary. The role also requires knowledge of Kafka, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure data integrity.

Skills

Data Migration Data Conversion AWS API Testing REST SOAP ISO 8583 Test Automation CI/CD Data Lake Kafka Microservices Selenium Playwright Cucumber REST Assured Robot Framework Jenkins Git Jira Splunk Postman SoapUI Thunder Client

What you'll do

Lead end-to-end testing activities for data migration, conversion, and cloud migration programs.
Perform source-to-target validation and data reconciliation for customer, account, card, and transaction data.
Validate data synchronization, Data Lake processing, and end-to-end business workflows across platforms.
Conduct API, integration, and web application testing using REST and SOAP services.
Validate payment transaction flows and ISO 8583 message formats.
Perform packet and protocol testing to ensure secure and accurate data transmission.
Support and maintain automated test suites while troubleshooting execution failures.

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience in data migration, data conversion, cloud migration testing, source-to-target validation, and data reconciliation within AWS-supported environments.
Expertise in validating customer, account, card, and transaction data, including Data Lake and data-processing platforms.
Strong understanding of ISO 8583 message formats, payment processing, and payment interchange protocols.
Hands-on experience with REST/SOAP API testing using Postman, SoapUI, Thunder Client, or similar tools.
Experience with packet and protocol testing using Soap Sonar, WSDL Weaver, or comparable tools.
Proficiency in automation testing using BDD/Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, or Robot Framework.
Knowledge of Jenkins, Git, Kafka, microservices architecture, cloud-hosted applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong troubleshooting, defect management, Jira, Splunk/Argo log analysis, and Agile testing experience.

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