Way4 Test Engineer – Merchant Acquiring, SOD/ETL & Payment Testing
Description
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
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Minimum 4+ years of experience in software testing, payment testing, or related technology roles.
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Experience with Way4 PI execution using current and supported project versions.
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Experience analyzing BRD, BSO, and DOU documentation.
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Proficiency in test planning, test case preparation, test data preparation, test execution, and test result documentation.
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Experience with defect management, defect reporting, retesting, and closure validation.
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Knowledge of the end-to-end merchant lifecycle.
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Experience with acquiring transaction testing.
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Knowledge of SOD/ETL process validation and report verification.
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Familiarity with test management, defect tracking, project tracking, documentation, and collaboration tools.
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Ability to prepare daily status reports and project closure reports.
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Ability to work with Leads, Project Managers, business stakeholders, development teams, and other testing teams.
Preferred
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Experience testing payment applications, acquiring platforms, merchant systems, card processing, or transaction-processing solutions.
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Familiarity with integration testing, system integration testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
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Experience validating financial, operational, settlement, reconciliation, and transaction reports.
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Knowledge of automated testing concepts and test execution within CI/CD environments.
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Familiarity with SQL for test data validation and database verification.
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Experience working with distributed teams and Agile delivery environments.
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Knowledge of payment interfaces, transaction messages, batch processing, and downstream system integrations.
Overall Responsibilities
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Analyze BRD, BSO, and DOU documents to identify business rules, functional requirements, test conditions, and expected outcomes.
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Prepare test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test execution schedules.
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Prepare and manage test data required for Way4 PI execution and acquiring transaction validation.
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Execute end-to-end tests across the merchant lifecycle, including applicable acquiring and payment processes.
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Validate SOD/ETL processing, data movement, transaction outcomes, and business and operational reports.
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Record, manage, prioritize, and track defects through investigation, retesting, and closure.
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Collaborate with development and project teams to clarify requirements, analyze defects, and confirm fixes.
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Perform regression testing after defect fixes, configuration changes, releases, and implementation updates.
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Prepare daily status reports, test execution summaries, defect reports, risk updates, and project closure reports.
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Participate in meetings and day-to-day coordination with Leads, Project Managers, business stakeholders, development teams, and testing teams.
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Identify gaps in test coverage, test data, requirements, and process validation.
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Support timely completion of testing activities in accordance with agreed quality and delivery standards.
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Maintain test evidence, requirement traceability, defect records, execution results, and project documentation.
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Consider data security, operational efficiency, and responsible use of test environments and resources.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages
Essential
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Ability to understand technical requirements, payment processes, system behavior, and transaction flows.
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Ability to interpret functional specifications, business rules, interface requirements, and data mappings.
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Understanding of test conditions, expected results, input data, output data, and validation criteria.
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Ability to analyze technical documentation, logs, test results, and application responses.
Preferred
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Basic SQL knowledge for test data preparation and database validation.
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Familiarity with scripting concepts used for test data generation, test execution, or result validation.
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Understanding of structured data formats such as JSON, XML, or delimited files.
Databases/Data Management
Essential
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Understanding of data validation, data integrity, data mapping, and data reconciliation.
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Experience preparing test data for acquiring, merchant, transaction, settlement, or reporting scenarios.
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Knowledge of SOD/ETL validation and data movement between systems.
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Ability to verify database outputs, transaction records, processing results, and reports.
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Understanding of data privacy and secure handling of test information.
Preferred
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Working knowledge of SQL queries, joins, filters, aggregations, and data comparison.
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Experience validating merchant, card, account, transaction, settlement, and reconciliation data.
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Knowledge of batch processing, interfaces, data transformation, and downstream reporting.
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Familiarity with data masking and controlled use of production-like test data.
Cloud Technologies
Essential
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Awareness of application environments, test environments, system dependencies, connectivity, and access requirements.
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Understanding of environment availability, configuration, deployment, and operational support considerations.
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Ability to execute and validate tests across distributed application environments.
Preferred
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Experience testing applications deployed in cloud-based environments.
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Familiarity with cloud-based test execution, logging, monitoring, and defect investigation.
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Understanding of cloud access controls, environment configuration, and test data security.
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Awareness of efficient use of test environments and computing resources.
Frameworks and Libraries
Essential
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Experience with structured testing processes and test execution practices.
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Knowledge of functional, integration, system, regression, end-to-end, and data validation testing.
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Experience with Way4 PI execution and merchant acquiring transaction validation.
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Understanding of SOD/ETL processing and report verification.
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Ability to create reusable test scenarios, test data sets, validation steps, and execution evidence.
Preferred
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Familiarity with payment testing frameworks and transaction simulation tools.
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Experience with API testing and interface validation.
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Knowledge of automation frameworks and reusable test components.
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Experience validating payment messages, batch jobs, settlement files, and operational reports.
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Familiarity with test reporting and execution dashboards.
Development Tools and Methodologies
Essential
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Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.
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Knowledge of software testing lifecycle practices, including analysis, planning, preparation, execution, defect management, retesting, and closure.
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Ability to maintain requirement traceability between BRD, BSO, DOU, test cases, defects, and results.
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Familiarity with Agile or iterative delivery practices.
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Experience preparing daily status reports, execution summaries, risk updates, and closure reports.
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Ability to collaborate with Leads, Project Managers, development teams, business stakeholders, and testing teams.
Preferred
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Experience with Agile/Scrum ceremonies and distributed delivery teams.
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Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution.
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Knowledge of release management, change control, deployment validation, and post-release testing.
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Experience with test coverage analysis, quality metrics, de