Senior QA Engineer - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Team Summary

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific (AUNZSP) is Visa's advisory division, working with Visa's clients (including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants) on a broad range of key business initiatives including strategy, proposition development, loyalty, operational optimisation, customer engagement and overall business profitability.

VCA is made up of three services lines - Advisory, Data Science and Managed Services, the latter being the execution arm of VCA. Our Managed Services teams (also known as squads) are embedded on client sites leading long-term engagements and delivering value primarily through implementation and execution services. We deliver objectives from a shared value agenda but are also closely connected to the broader VCA team, sharing knowledge, and bringing the best of Visa to the client.

We are looking for a dedicated QA Engineer to join the client's team for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role will be embedded with a key strategic client's Retail Banking team and will be part of a Tech Squad to execute on an exciting credit card product. You will get an opportunity to work on cutting edge technology and play a pivotal role in driving advancement in the bank's leading engineering practices. You will build and coach others to develop and automate the testing of robust, adaptable code that is always production ready. Through collaboration with other developers, your work will improve the banking experience for our client’s customers.

Why Work with Us:

• Visa Managed Services is our fastest growing team in AUNZSP – we’ve grown 10x in less than 3 years – and always have fun projects on the horizon to sink our teeth into.
• We get to work with incredible people every day.  We’re a team of intrapreneurs who work hard, have fun, and get stuff done.
• We are a people business where the people are our product.  As a result, all our people leaders are 100% dedicated to ensuring a positive employee experience.  We attract top talent and are manically focused on developing that talent – even for short-term contracts.
• We are committed to building a diverse team with an inclusive culture that reflects the communities we work in.
• We support flexible working options.

Quality Assurance Engineer Responsibilities:

• Able to design, develop and implement automatic test equipment and test programs for design verification and production testing.
• Responsible for conducting end-to-end testing to ensure the quality and reliability of cards banking applications.
• Write and maintain automated test cases and ensuring continuous improvement of the test automation practice.
• Contribute to the ongoing quality of both delivery and testing capability.
• Actively contribute to initiatives which support the growth and efficiency of the testing discipline.
• You coach team members to increase their capability and in turn the capability of the scrum teams and organization.
• You maintain a focus on personal development of soft skills including refining ability to operate in ambiguity and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to deliver the projects as per the plan and schedule
• Help support gathering requirements and document Map “As-Is” user journeys and assist in developing “To-Be” experiences.
• Assist in user acceptance testing through the creation of test plans to execution.

Qualifications

Key competencies

• Solution-mind set – Applying creative problem-solving techniques and championing a client-first approach to solutioning when opportunities and challenges arise to meet specific business objectives. Employs a structured approach to a problem with a holistic view. Strives to research and investigate to ensure the solution is future proof.
• Business-Technical Translator – Translates complex technical specifications into well-defined business concepts, showcasing the impacts and implementation considerations to develop and deliver solutions for the client.
• Driving Execution - Translates requirements into actions by determining action steps and milestones required to implement a specific business initiative; adjusts activities or timelines as circumstances warrant. Uses the tools and processes to optimally drive the desired outcomes meeting client’s and visa’s objectives.
• High-Impact Communication - Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions.
• Building Strategic Work Relationships: Developing and using collaborative relationships to achieve work goals. Uses good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions (enhances self-esteem, empathizes, involves, discloses, supports).

What will also help:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ Experience in a testing and technical background. Must understand and have experience of the full lifecycle of testing.
• Experience in API level automation with .net, writing SQL queries and using Jenkins or any other CI tool.
• Experienced in Agile methodologies.
• Experience in performance, usability, security, and compatibility testing.
• In-depth understanding and experience of functional, regression and acceptance testing
• Solid experience in unit testing principles and mobile automation.
• Ability to quickly learn and pick up new languages, frameworks, API’s and technologies.
• Experience within a mission critical environment is beneficial.
• Card Payments experience is highly desirable

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where your contributions will have a direct impact on our business operations and customer satisfaction. If you are passionate about financial services and eager to drive product success, we would love to hear from you.

The role will be based in Sydney, Australia in a hybrid work environment (minimum 3 days in office per week).

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.