Way4 Test Engineer – Merchant Acquiring, SOD/ETL & Payment Testing
Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Way4 Test Engineer with 4+ years of experience in payment testing, acquiring, and end-to-end card lifecycle validation. The role will analyze BRD, BSO, and DOU documents, prepare test plans and data, execute Way4 PI testing, validate SOD/ETL processes and reports, and manage defects through resolution.The position will contribute to business objectives by improving payment application quality, validating acquiring processes, supporting timely delivery, and ensuring reliable transaction processing across the merchant lifecycle.
Software Requirements
Required
Minimum 4+ years of experience in software testing, payment testing, or related technology roles.
Experience with Way4 PI execution using current and supported project versions.
Experience analyzing BRD, BSO, and DOU documentation.
Proficiency in test planning, test case preparation, test data preparation, test execution, and test result documentation.
Experience with defect management, defect reporting, retesting, and closure validation.
Knowledge of the end-to-end merchant lifecycle.
Experience with acquiring transaction testing.
Knowledge of SOD/ETL process validation and report verification.
Familiarity with test management, defect tracking, project tracking, documentation, and collaboration tools.
Ability to prepare daily status reports and project closure reports.
Ability to work with Leads, Project Managers, business stakeholders, development teams, and other testing teams.
Preferred
Experience testing payment applications, acquiring platforms, merchant systems, card processing, or transaction-processing solutions.
Familiarity with integration testing, system integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
Experience validating financial, operational, settlement, reconciliation, and transaction reports.
Knowledge of automated testing concepts and test execution within CI/CD environments.
Familiarity with SQL for test data validation and database verification.
Experience working with distributed teams and Agile delivery environments.
Knowledge of payment interfaces, transaction messages, batch processing, and downstream system integrations.
Overall Responsibilities
Analyze BRD, BSO, and DOU documents to identify business rules, functional requirements, test conditions, and expected outcomes.
Prepare test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test execution schedules.
Prepare and manage test data required for Way4 PI execution and acquiring transaction validation.
Execute end-to-end tests across the merchant lifecycle, including applicable acquiring and payment processes.
Validate SOD/ETL processing, data movement, transaction outcomes, and business and operational reports.
Record, manage, prioritize, and track defects through investigation, retesting, and closure.
Collaborate with development and project teams to clarify requirements, analyze defects, and confirm fixes.
Perform regression testing after defect fixes, configuration changes, releases, and implementation updates.
Prepare daily status reports, test execution summaries, defect reports, risk updates, and project closure reports.
Participate in meetings and day-to-day coordination with Leads, Project Managers, business stakeholders, development teams, and testing teams.
Identify gaps in test coverage, test data, requirements, and process validation.
Support timely completion of testing activities in accordance with agreed quality and delivery standards.
Maintain test evidence, requirement traceability, defect records, execution results, and project documentation.
Consider data security, operational efficiency, and responsible use of test environments and resources.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages
Essential
Ability to understand technical requirements, payment processes, system behavior, and transaction flows.
Ability to interpret functional specifications, business rules, interface requirements, and data mappings.
Understanding of test conditions, expected results, input data, output data, and validation criteria.
Ability to analyze technical documentation, logs, test results, and application responses.
Preferred
Basic SQL knowledge for test data preparation and database validation.
Familiarity with scripting concepts used for test data generation, test execution, or result validation.
Understanding of structured data formats such as JSON, XML, or delimited files.
Databases/Data Management
Essential
Understanding of data validation, data integrity, data mapping, and data reconciliation.
Experience preparing test data for acquiring, merchant, transaction, settlement, or reporting scenarios.
Knowledge of SOD/ETL validation and data movement between systems.
Ability to verify database outputs, transaction records, processing results, and reports.
Understanding of data privacy and secure handling of test information.
Preferred
Working knowledge of SQL queries, joins, filters, aggregations, and data comparison.
Experience validating merchant, card, account, transaction, settlement, and reconciliation data.
Knowledge of batch processing, interfaces, data transformation, and downstream reporting.
Familiarity with data masking and controlled use of production-like test data.
Cloud Technologies
Essential
Awareness of application environments, test environments, system dependencies, connectivity, and access requirements.
Understanding of environment availability, configuration, deployment, and operational support considerations.
Ability to execute and validate tests across distributed application environments.
Preferred
Experience testing applications deployed in cloud-based environments.
Familiarity with cloud-based test execution, logging, monitoring, and defect investigation.
Understanding of cloud access controls, environment configuration, and test data security.
Awareness of efficient use of test environments and computing resources.
Frameworks and Libraries
Essential
Experience with structured testing processes and test execution practices.
Knowledge of functional, integration, system, regression, end-to-end, and data validation testing.
Experience with Way4 PI execution and merchant acquiring transaction validation.
Understanding of SOD/ETL processing and report verification.
Ability to create reusable test scenarios, test data sets, validation steps, and execution evidence.
Preferred
Familiarity with payment testing frameworks and transaction simulation tools.
Experience with API testing and interface validation.
Knowledge of automation frameworks and reusable test components.
Experience validating payment messages, batch jobs, settlement files, and operational reports.
Familiarity with test reporting and execution dashboards.
Development Tools and Methodologies
Essential
Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.
Knowledge of software testing lifecycle practices, including analysis, planning, preparation, execution, defect management, retesting, and closure.
Ability to maintain requirement traceability between BRD, BSO, DOU, test cases, defects, and results.
Familiarity with Agile or iterative delivery practices.
Experience preparing daily status reports, execution summaries, risk updates, and closure reports.
Ability to collaborate with Leads, Project Managers, development teams, business stakeholders, and testing teams.
Preferred
Experience with Agile/Scrum ceremonies and distributed delivery teams.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution.
Knowledge of release management, change control, deployment validation, and post-release testing.
Experience with test coverage analysis, quality metrics, defect trend reporting, and test process improvement.
Familiarity with version control and test automation code repositories.
Security Protocols
Essential
Understanding of secure test data handling and data protection requirements.
Awareness of access controls, authentication, authorization, confidentiality, and secure connectivity.
Ability to follow environment access, change management, release, and incident management controls.
Understanding of data integrity and auditability in payment and acquiring systems.
Preferred
Experience validating role-based access, authorization rules, and transaction security scenarios.
Familiarity with data masking, encryption, audit logging, and secure test environment practices.
Knowledge of security and compliance considerations relevant to payment applications.
Experience supporting security validation during releases, upgrades, and implementation activities.
Experience Requirements
Minimum 4+ years of experience in software testing, payment testing, system testing, or related technology roles.
Experience analyzing BRD, BSO, and DOU documents and converting requirements into test conditions.
Experience preparing test plans, test cases, test data, execution reports, and closure documentation.
Experience with Way4 PI execution.
Experience testing the end-to-end merchant lifecycle.
Experience with merchant acquiring and payment transaction validation.
Experience validating SOD/ETL processes and business or operational reports.
Experience managing defects from identification through retesting and closure.
Experience coordinating with Leads, Project Managers, development teams, business stakeholders, and testing teams.
Experience with regression testing, integration testing, system testing, and release validation.
Experience in banking, payments, acquiring, merchant services, card processing, or related financial technology environments is preferred.
Candidates may also qualify through equivalent practical experience, relevant testing certifications, professional training, or demonstrated payment testing outcomes.
Day-to-Day Activities
Analyze BRD, BSO, and DOU documents, prepare test plans and test cases, and create test data for Way4 PI and acquiring scenarios.
Execute end-to-end merchant lifecycle tests, validate SOD/ETL processing and reports, and document test evidence and results.
Manage defects, coordinate with development and project teams, perform retesting and regression testing, and track issues through closure.
Prepare daily status and closure reports, participate in coordination meetings, communicate risks and progress, and make testing decisions within approved quality and delivery standards.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
Minimum 4+ years of experience in software testing, payment testing, Way4 testing, or related technology roles.
Certifications in software testing, Agile, test automation, or payment technologies are preferred.
Complete Synechron-required training related to information security, data protection, payment systems, workplace conduct, and responsible technology use.
Maintain continuous professional development in Way4, acquiring processes, payment testing, SOD/ETL validation, reporting, defect management, and testing practices.
Professional Competencies
Critical thinking, requirement analysis, test investigation, and structured problem-solving.
Effective collaboration with Leads, Project Managers, development, business, and testing teams.
Clear communication, status reporting, stakeholder coordination, and documentation.
Adaptability, continuous learning, and effective response to changing requirements and priorities.
Innovation focused on improved test coverage, defect prevention, process efficiency, and reliable payment solutions.
Effective organization, prioritization, time management, and delivery of multiple testing activities.
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