QA Automation Engineer - Berkeley Heights, NJ or Alpharetta, GA

QA Automation EngineerBerkeley Heights, NJ or Alpharetta, GA (Onsite) ContractNo third party C2CRequired:9+ years of related technical experience.Hands-on automation testing experience.Extensive knowledge of information systems elements (hardware, software, and network) and their application to business functions/processes.Knowledge of testing tools, database concepts and MS Office.Experience working with Postman and JMeter.Firm understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and methodologies such as Agile/Scrum.Hands on experience testing APIs, RESTful/JSON web services.Must be informed and cognizant of the key processes in the business and the business rules that impact the development and/or implementation of information systems.Able to drive continuous improvement through all processes, including but not limited to team standards, test planning, resourcing, and test execution, as well as debugging, metric collection, and reporting.Financial services experience.Desired:Merchant Payment Processing – authorizations at either point-of-sale or Card-Not-Present (eCommerce/digital), clearing & settlement systems, merchant on-boarding, merchant reporting, fraud/security analytics.Payment Processing for Financial Institutions, specifically for debit cards, loans and/or credit card systems (new accounts, plastics, letters, notifications, preferences, parameter controls, payments, sales, account updates, memos, rewards, fraud, statements, collections, authorizations, chargebacks/retrievals, merchants, settlement, etc.)Experience with payment industry applicationsEducation:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience and/or Certifications.