Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.
Candidate Profile: Test Lead – Card Domain Specialist (10 Years Total Experience)
Total IT Experience: 10+ Years
Card Domain Experience: Minimum 5 Years
Role: Test Lead
Location: York UK
Job Type: Full-Time
Professional Summary
Exciting opportunity to join our growing Independent Business Assurance (IBA) team with the role of Test Specialist based in York. IBA is a business function which sits between the technical delivery teams and our clients. IBA provides independent validation and assurance of Change through rigorous TSYS testing prior to it being made available to clients for their UAT. The objective of the IBA team is to deliver high-quality releases with minimal issues for both On-prem and modernization. With the ultimate aim of building trust, delighting customers, driving retention, and fostering long-term growth for TSYS.
The IBA team is looking for results-driven QA/Test Lead with 10+ years of total IT experience in software testing and quality assurance, including 5+ years of focused experience in the Card domain (Credit/Debit/Prepaid cards, Card Management Systems). Proven expertise in leading end-to-end test planning, test strategy, team management, and stakeholder communication for mission-critical financial applications.
Core Competencies (must have)
1. Estimation, Test Strategy, Planning & Execution
2. Card Domain Expertise (Issuance, Authorization, CMS, ISO 8583)
3. Functional, Integration & Regression Testing
4. API Testing & Backend Validation
5. Agile Delivery & CI/CD Integration
6. Compliance Testing (PCI-DSS, EMV)
7. Team Management & Stakeholder Coordination
8. Risk Management & Defect Triage
9. Test Metrics & Reporting
Domain Experience – Card & Payments (5+ Years) (must have)
10. Card lifecycle testing: issuance, personalization, activation, reissue, blocking, expiry
11. Transaction testing: POS, ATM, online, contactless, NFC, fallback
12. Message validation, including auth codes, response codes, MTIs, and field-level checks
13. Host simulator testing with VISA/MasterCard compliance
14. Integration testing with Card Management Systems (CMS), payment switches, and banking cores
15. Handling chargebacks, disputes, reversals, and settlements
16. Tokenization, PAN masking, CVV/CVC validation for PCI-DSS compliance
17. Leading testing for EMV chip & magstripe card workflows
18. Working closely with business and product teams to ensure regulatory compliance and functional accuracy
19. TS2 knowledge/experience is preferred
Technical Skill Set (good to have)
20. Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman
21. Languages: Java, JavaScript (basic), SQL
22. Domain Tools: FinSim, BCC, Paragon, ASSET (or equivalent)
23. CI/CD: Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
24. Test Management Tools: JIRA
25. Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
26. Frameworks: BDD (Cucumber), Hybrid, Page Object Model (POM)
Leadership Experience
27. Leading QA teams members across functional and automation workstreams
28. Driving end-to-end test lifecycle from requirements analysis to production validation
29. Coordinating across onshore-offshore delivery models
30. Conducting test reviews, KT sessions, and training programs
31. Managing defect triage meetings with developers and BAs
32. Building test metrics dashboards and reporting KPIs to stakeholders
33. Collaborating closely with Agile Product Owners and Scrum Masters