Payments Automation QA for Card Processing

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an Automation Tester to validate card processing and payments systems. You will design test strategies, coordinate defect triage, and support data and environment readiness.

The role involves working with offshore teams and reporting on quality metrics to ensure release readiness. The ideal candidate has hands-on API testing experience, strong knowledge of ISO 8583, and proficiency with automation and CI/CD supportive tools.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of card processing and payments systems and related workflows.
• Experience validating ISO 8583 messages and payment interfaces.
• Hands-on REST and SOAP API testing with common tools.
• Proficient in defect management and triage processes using Jira.
• Familiarity with Agile SDLC/STLC and strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design test strategy and plan, estimate testing efforts, and create test scenarios from requirements.
• Coordinate defect triage with developers and analysts to prioritize and retest defects.
• Support test data preparation, environments, and dependency troubleshooting.
• Coordinate offshore testing activities and report progress and quality risks to the Test Lead.
• Provide status reports and regression results to support release readiness.

Skills

Card processing

ISO 8583

REST API testing

SOAP API testing

Jira

Agile methodologies

SDLC/STLC

Test analysis

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Thunder Client

BDD/Cucumber

Selenium

Playwright

REST Assured

Robot Framework

Kafka

Splunk

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an Automation Tester to validate card processing and payments systems. You will design test strategies, coordinate defect triage, and support data and environment readiness.

The role involves working with offshore teams and reporting on quality metrics to ensure release readiness. The ideal candidate has hands-on API testing experience, strong knowledge of ISO 8583, and proficiency with automation and CI/CD supportive tools.