Test Automation (Java, Playwright, API Testing) : Strong Payment domain (Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022) : Visa Independent & W2

Position : Test Automation (Java, Playwright, API Testing) : Strong Payment domain (Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022) : Visa Independent & W2

Location : Charlotte NC (Onsite)

Type of Job :Contract: 12 Months

Experience :10 Years

Required Qualifications

1. 7 10+ years in test automation with 5+ yearsin banking/payments platforms.

2. Strong in : Java,; hands on with Playwrightand API testing (RestAssured/Postman).

3. Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-timeprocessing, asynchronous and event-drivensystems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).

4. Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.

5. Basic knowledge on data base validation on both SQL and Mongo.

6. Experience in Splunk logs validation

7. Understanding end-to-end payment journeys (Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips) : initiation validation routing posting notifications reconciliation.

8. Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNowprinciples, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

Nice-to-Have

1. Contract testing with schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).

2. Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraudsignals/decisioning.

3. Build automation for performance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).

4. Execute chaos/failover/dr testing: timeouts, downstream unavailability, duplicate submissions, replay protection.

5. Experience with Grafana dashboards