IT - Technology Analyst - IT Services | Finacle-IVS | Automation testing

Job Title: Technology Analyst - IT Services | Finacle-IVS | Automation testing
Work Location: Charlotte, NC (this is for NC location only)
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Contract duration: 10
Target Start Date: 01 Jun 2026
Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? YES
**hybrid work set-up**

Job Details:

Must Have Skills
7-10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
Strong in : Java,; hands-on with Playwright and API testing (RestAssured/Postman).
Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.
Basic knowledge on data base validation on both SQL and Mongo.
Experience in Splunk logs validation
Understanding end-to-end payment journeys (Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips) : initiation → validation → routing → posting → notifications → reconciliation.
Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

Nice-to-Have

Contract testing with schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).
Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraudsignals/decisioning.
Build automation for performance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).
Execute chaos/failover/dr testing: timeouts, downstream unavailability, duplicate submissions, replay protection.
Experience with Grafana dashboards

Minimum years of experience
5-8 years

Certifications Needed :No

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute
Establish automation standards, best practices, and governance models
Design and build scalable, reusable automation frameworks supporting enterprise applications
Drive shiftleft and continuous testing approaches aligned with DevOps and Agile practices

Interview Process (Is face to face required?)
No

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