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Specialist QA Engineer (Automation Tester)

Boardroom Appointments3,354 open roles

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Johannesburg, GP, South Africa, Remote
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Job purpose: 

Design automation testing plans and develop automation test scripts for multiple technical products/services (pre, during & post-deployment) in both Run & Change contexts and align to chosen application testing frameworks & guidelines. Testing may apply to all or a combination of the following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing of solutions. This entails full responsibility for ensuring products are protected through quantifiable test coverage & metrics.

Minimum requirements:

  • B-Degree or equivalent technical qualification or equivalent working experience
  • 3 5 years of Automation experience
  • Experience within the Banking Sector
  • Experience with MQ, SOAP, REST, RPC, or another client-server API testing (essential)
  • Experience in Git or other source code management systems (essential)
  • Experience with performance engineering and load testing is a huge plus
  • Prior programming work experience
  • Experience & expertise (Basic) in coding languages such as Java, C# and some experience- in
  • software engineering/development
  • Well-versed in web services paradigms such as REST and protocols such as HTTP.
  • Experience working on web applications and/or web-based technologies.
  • Proficient in multiple test approaches for application testing including functional, cross-browser
  • compatibility, mobile, web service, integration testing, etc.
  • Proficient in UNIX/Linux environments and shell scripting. Proficient in basic SQL operations such as
  • joins and views.
  • Experience in TFS, JIRA, and Confluence is a plus.
  • Comfortable in AGILE development environments and cross-functional team structures.
  • Experience with end-to-end SDLC, testing methodologies, and test phases, including unit,
  • assembly, system, integration, and regression testing.
  • Strong work ethic and integrity.
  • Strong analytical abilities, troubleshooting skills, and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated logical and analytical thinking ability and aptitude and displayed problem-solving solid skills.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as a QA automation specialist engineer
  • Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
  • Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
  • Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution, and sustainability)
  • Develop automation test plans
  • Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts, etc.)
  • Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
  • Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results
  • Facilitate test plan/case reviews within squads
  • Work with product engineers to evaluate software/solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement/enhancement
  • Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
  • Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time
  • Provide the required project/scrum-related information/feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality, etc.)
  • Conduct performance monitoring on applications/components of applications for which youve designed and executed test scripts/plans
  • Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports
  • DevOps
  • Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
  • Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products/services
  • Understand the full technical solution that is being tested show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
  • A shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery
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