NDC Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title: NDC Quality Assurance Engineer – Airline Domain

Nice, France 

Contract

Responsibilities:

• Lead the testing and validation of NDC solutions, ensuring they meet the required standards and specifications.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand technical requirements and design effective test plans.
• Execute manual and automated tests to identify defects and ensure the quality of NDC implementations.
• Analyze test results, document defects, and work with developers to resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with airline IT systems and global distribution systems (GDS) such as Amadeus.
• Validate XML/JSON payloads using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or REST Assured.
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects and implement corrective actions.
• Provide detailed reports on testing activities and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance testing processes and methodologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Over 8 years of experience in quality assurance within the travel or airline industry.
• Strong knowledge of NDC standards and airline distribution systems.
• Proficiency in using testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, REST Assured, and JIRA.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Skills:

• Expertise in NDC and airline distribution systems.
• Proficiency in manual and automated testing tools.
• Conduct functional, regression, and integration testing of NDC APIs (OrderCreateRQ, OrderChangeRQ, ServiceListRQ, etc.).
• Knowledge of PNRs, Ticketing, Fare Rules, SSRs, and EMDs.
• Validate XML/JSON payloads using Postman, SoapUI, or REST Assured.
• Ensure compliance with GDSs (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport) and airline IT systems.
• Analyze and report defects using JIRA with root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with developers and business teams to resolve issues.
• Stay updated with IATA NDC schema changes.
• Support NDC Level 4/5 compliance certification 
• Strong understanding of travel industry trends and technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent presentation and training skills.
• Experience with defect tracking and reporting using JIRA.
• Ability to collaborate with developers and business teams to resolve issues.

Good to Have:

• Experience with NDC-enabled booking engines and airline pricing systems.
• Knowledge of Open Travel, ONE Order, EDIFACT.
• Familiarity with DevOps/CI-CD and cloud-based testing.
• Knowledge of Automation - Python & Robot

Tools: Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, Postman, SoapUI, REST Assured.