Test Engineer - Automation & Performance (Cincinnati)

Ascendum Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendum Solutions is seeking a Test Engineer to ensure resilience, reliability, and regulatory compliance during our system migration initiative. This role leads testing cycles—functional, regression, performance, and disaster recovery—to validate behavior under high-volume financial transactions.

The position involves automated regression and functional testing using C# TestStack, SIT/UAT execution, and volume testing up to 200% of daily load to safeguard production readiness and reduce risk

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of automation testing experience and 5 years of manual testing experience.
• Background in automated testing frameworks for high-volume transaction systems.
• Familiarity with financial compliance routing (Legal/Brand review triggers).
• Experience querying databases to test data-centric features.
• Strong analytical, organizational, time management, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the full test stack: SIT, UAT, Performance (throughput/latency), and Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Utilize C# TestStack for automated regression and functional testing.
• Conduct volume testing (up to 200% of daily volume) to ensure system stability.
• Manage defect classification, severity tracking, and exit criteria enforcement.

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

C# TestStack

Test planning

defect management

Tools

C# TestStack

Job description

Ascendum Solutions is seeking a Test Engineer to ensure resilience, reliability, and regulatory compliance during our system migration initiative. This role leads testing cycles—functional, regression, performance, and disaster recovery—to validate behavior under high-volume financial transactions.

The position involves automated regression and functional testing using C# TestStack, SIT/UAT execution, and volume testing up to 200% of daily load to safeguard production readiness and reduce risk