Senior Test Automation Engineer (Payments Platform

Senior Test Automation Engineer – Payments Platform

Location:

Charlotte, NC Duration: 1 year

Rate: DOE

Type: contract

• 7–10+ years of experience in test automation, with 5+ years supporting banking and payments platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Playwright, and API testing using Rest Assured and Postman.
• Experience in message validation including JSON, XML, and ISO 20022 schemas.
• Hands-on exposure to file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven architectures (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/Kubernetes, secrets management, and test parallelization.
• Working knowledge of database validation using SQL and MongoDB.
• Experience validating logs using Splunk.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end payment flows, including Wires, SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, Fed Now, and CHIPS —from initiation through reconciliation.
• Knowledge of SWIFT/ISO 20022 standards, Fed Now principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure testing practices.

• Experience with contract testing using schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).
• Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraud decisioning.
• Experience building automation for performance, soak, and resilience testing (throughput, latency, error budgets).
• Hands-on experience with chaos, failover, and disaster recovery testing, including timeout handling and replay protection.
• Familiarity with Grafana dashboards and monitoring tools.