Automation Tester (card processing and payments)
As a quality automation tester, you will make an impact by validating the quality and reliability of card processing and payments systems through hands-on functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing. You will be a valued member of the Software Engineering team and work collaboratively with developers, business analysts, testing teams, offshore team members, and Test leads.
In this role, you will
Design the test strategy and test plan, estimate and track testing efforts, and develop, review, and execute detailed test scenarios and test cases based on functional requirements and banking business workflows.
Coordinate defect triage with developers, business analysts, and testing teams to investigate, prioritize, and resolve defects, and perform defect retesting, regression validation, and root cause investigation.
Support test data preparation, test environment validation, and troubleshooting of testing dependencies.
Coordinate day-to-day testing activities across offshore team members, ensuring timely completion of assigned deliverables.
Work closely with the Test Lead to communicate testing progress, defects, blockers, and quality risks, and provide test execution status, defect metrics, and regression results to support release readiness, along with test closure and status reports.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Alpharetta, GA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
Strong knowledge of card processing, payments, and customer servicing systems, including TS2, card lifecycle management, account servicing, card issuance and replacements, authorization processing, settlement, transaction research, fraud blocks, back-office operations, and customer service workflows.
Strong understanding of ISO 8583 message formats and payment interchange protocols, including validating financial transaction card-originated messages such as MTIs, bitmaps, and data elements, plus packet and protocol testing to ensure data integrity during transmission.
Strong hands-on experience in REST/SOAP API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, or Thunder Client, along with web UI functional and integration testing.
Strong experience in defect identification, defect triage, defect lifecycle management, and retesting, with Jira or similar defect and test management tools.
Good understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, and STLC, with strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently on complex testing scenarios while supporting offshore team coordination.
These will help you stand out
Experience executing, developing, and maintaining automation scripts using frameworks such as BDD/Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, or Robot.
Experience with data synchronization, source-to-target validation, and data lake/data-processing validation.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Git.
Knowledge of Kafka or other event-driven messaging platforms.
Basic understanding of microservices architecture, API integrations, and cloud-hosted applications, with experience using application monitoring and log analysis tools such as Splunk.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Applications will be accepted until November 20th, 2026.
The annual salary for this position is from $53k to $92.500K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
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
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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