Senior Test Engineer
Morgan McKinley
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Test Planning & Governance: Lead test planning, scope definition, and status reporting in compliance with QA standards. - Analysis & Execution: Review technical specifications, design comprehensive test cases, and execute system, integration, regression, and E2E test cycles.
- Payments Testing: Lead testing of payment processing flows (batch runs, clearing, settlements) and validate integration points with Hogan and digital channels.
- Automation: Contribute to automation scripting and frameworks using JIRA and Confluence.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business SMEs, IT teams, and external vendors to communicate risks and support UAT.
Key Requirements
- Strong IT testing experience within financial services.
- Proven experience with Unibanks or similar core banking/payment systems.
- Deep understanding of transaction processing and financial data flows.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and test management tools.
- Knowledge of payment schemes (SEPA), mainframe technologies, or test automation is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Mortgage servicing (billing, arrears, payments, product changes)
- Cost of credit calculations and
- Regulatory updates
- Loan sales
- Interpret regulatory requirements (e.g. CPC) and translate them into robust test scenarios and conditions
- Validate end-to-end customer journeys and mortgage lifecycle events
Customer Correspondence Validation
- Validate customer communications generated from Hogan, including:
- Cost of credit notifications
- Arrears and collections correspondence
- Statements
- Ensure accuracy, compliance, and correct data population in all outputs
- Work closely with CCM and business teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and customer standards
Test Analysis & Design
- Review business and technical requirements (BRDs/FSDs)
- Define and prioritise test conditions, scenarios, and edge cases
- Create detailed, high-quality test scripts aligned to both functional and technical requirements
- Ensure full traceability between requirements and test cases
Test Execution & Quality Assurance
- Execute system, integration, and E2E testing across Hogan ecosystem
- Perform peer review of test scripts to ensure consistency and quality
- Manage test evidence, traceability, and documentation to meet audit requirements
- Ensure strict adherence to:
- Internal SDLC
- IT Test Standards and Procedures
- Validate that test entry and exit criteria are met before progression
Mainframe & Technical Validation
- VSAM files
- Batch job outputs
- NDM / FTP file transfers
- Validate data mapping, file structures, and extract logic
- Understand and assess:
- Daily batch cycles
- End-to-end data flows
- Integration across upstream and downstream systems
Integration & Cross-System Testing
- SMART, Unibanks, ILS, EDW, CCM
- Identify impacts, dependencies, and data touchpoints across systems
- Ensure full end-to-end validation of mortgage processing flows