Senior Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer; Payment Processing​/Berkeley Heights NJ

Senior Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer (Payment Processing) // Berkeley Heights NJ

Base pay range: $55.00/hr - $60.00/hr

Job Type: Long‑Term Contract – Rate: $55‑$60/hr on W2 (No C2C)

As a Senior Quality Assurance and Test Automation Engineer, you will work on functional and regression testing of Gateway Services products. You will operate independently while collaborating with senior management and global technical teams. This role requires strong business, functional, and technical expertise to develop and execute test strategies and plans. You will support multiple programs/systems on projects of moderate complexity and serve as an active project team member.

• Design and execute automated test scripts for functional, performance, and regression testing across multiple platforms.
• Develop and maintain testing frameworks and tools to improve automation efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather testing requirements and create effective test plans
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• Analyze test results, identify defects, and work closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution
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• Lead and participate in test planning and quality review sessions
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• Oversee the writing of test cases and test scripts
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• Perform various types of testing including application, network, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Participate in daily calls as required to support hands‑on testing activities.

• Perform testing activities including planning, design, scripting, execution, debugging, and reporting
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• Monitor and execute automation testing for large‑sized projects
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• Work closely with Technical and Business teams to define the scope of testing
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• Research new testing tools and methodologies and support their implementation and monitoring
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• Conduct post‑test execution activities including error debugging, reporting, and internal/external communication
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• Contribute to the CI/CD pipeline to enable consistent and reliable testing.
• Drive continuous improvement across test planning, standards, resourcing, execution, debugging, metrics collection, and reporting.

• 9+ years of related technical experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and/or certifications.
• Extensive knowledge of information systems (hardware, software, and networking) and their application to business processes.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as Agile/Scrum
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• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C#, or Python
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• Experience with API testing
  , including RESTful/JSON web services and TCP/HTTP applications.
• Hands‑on experience with test automation tools such as:
• QTP/UFT
• JMeter
• TestNG
• Knowledge of testing tools, database concepts, and MS Office
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• Awareness of key business processes and rules impacting system development and implementation.

• Authorizations (POS and Card‑Not‑Present / eCommerce)
• Clearing and settlement systems
• Merchant onboarding and reporting
• Fraud and security analytics
• Payment Processing for Financial Institutions
  , including:
• Debit cards, credit cards, and loan systems
• Rewards, fraud, statements, collections
• Merchant and settlement processing
• Experience in financial services environments with high‑volume, large‑scale processing and reporting.
• Experience working with highly available OLTP applications
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Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Information Technology

Software Development, Banking, and Financial Services

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