APN Consulting, Inc. is a progressive IT staffing and services company offering innovative business solutions to improve client business outcomes. We focus on high impact technology solutions in ServiceNow, Fullstack, Cloud & Data, and AI / ML. Due to our globally expanding service offerings we are seeking top-talent to join our teams and grow with us.Title: Technical Test Lead | Finacle-IVS | Automation testingWork Location & Reporting Address: Charlotte, NC 28202 (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)Contract duration: 12 monthsRequired Qualifications:• 7–10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.• Strong in : Java,; hands on with Playwright and API testing (RestAssured/Postman).• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).• Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.• Basic knowledge on data base validation on both SQL and Mongo.• Experience in Splunk logs validation• Understanding end-to-end payment journeys (Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips) : initiation validation routing posting notifications reconciliation.• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.Nice-to-Have:• Contract testing with schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).• Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraud signals/decisioning.• Build automation for performance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).• Execute chaos/failover/dr testing: timeouts, downstream unavailability, duplicate submissions, replay protection.• Experience with Grafana dashboardsWe are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, and experiences to join our team and help us build a culture of belonging.