FRAUD Test Lead - Irving, TX / Jacksonville, FL(Onsite)

Role : Test Lead ((FRAUD EXPERIENCE MANDATORY))

Location- Irving, TX / Jacksonville, FL(Onsite)

Rate: $50/HR on W2 or $60/HR on C2C

Mandatory Skill: Fraud must have

We are seeking a highly experienced API Automation Testing Lead(SDET) with over 10 years of expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-scale test automation solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on experience in API Automation, Test Architecture, Fraud Management Systems, Analytics Reporting Platforms, and Banking Domain applications. The role requires close collaboration with business, development, data, and fraud operations teams to ensure high-quality delivery of fraud detection, monitoring, reporting, and analytics solutions. The requirements align with enterprise SDET, API automation, fraud analytics, and reporting capabilities identified in internal role references. Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end test automation strategy for Fraud Analytics and Reporting applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks using Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, Playwright, or similar technologies.
• Build and execute automated test suites for REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Validate fraud detection workflows, transaction monitoring systems, risk scoring engines, and case management platforms.
• Drive API contract testing, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end automation.
• Perform analytics and reporting validation, including dashboards, KPIs, operational reports, and executive reporting.
• Develop complex SQL queries to validate data integrity across source systems, data warehouses, and reporting platforms.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Fraud Operations, Business Analysts, Architects, and Developers to define quality strategies.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and production validation activities.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and establish automation best practices.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong programming expertise in Java.
• Extensive experience with:
• Rest Assured
• Postman
• Swagger/OpenAPI
• Selenium
• Playwright
• TestNG/JUnit
• Cucumber (BDD)
• Maven/Gradle
• Strong understanding of:
• REST APIs
• Microservices Architecture
• JSON/XML Validation
• API Contract Testing
• Service Virtualization
• Hands-on experience with:
• Jenkins
• GitHub/GitLab
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD pipelines
• Strong SQL and database testing skills.
• Experience validating large-scale reporting and analytics platforms.

Domain Expertise

• Banking and Financial Services.
• Fraud Detection & Prevention.
• Fraud Operations & Case Management.
• Transaction Monitoring.
• Fraud Analytics & Reporting.
• Risk Management and Compliance.
• Payment Cards, Digital Banking, Wire Transfers, ACH, or Real-Time Payments.

Mandatory Skills: API Automation Testing .

Experience: 5-8 Years .