Technical Test Analyst (Contract) - Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation - iS01616

Our client requires the services of a Technical Test Analyst

POSITION: Contract until December 2022 (possible renewals)

COMMENCEMENT: As soon as possible

ROLE

• Understanding of product and application development concepts
• Ability to analyse a process from start to finish
• Perform automated / manual testing of product, document the process thoroughly.
• Compile test cases around business requirements.
• Develop / expand test automation framework of common business scenarios.
• Usability and UX testing.
• Responsible for defect lifecycle.
• Preparation and communication of Test reports during test execution (SIT and UAT) and distribute the results
• Preparation and moderation of Test Entry/Exit Gateways
• Planning and effort estimation for test case execution
• Plan, organize and support test case creation and adaptation
• Participation in Backlog Refinements
• Create test data with reflecting various scenarios.
• Follow up on defect fixes identified during test execution
• Perform manual execution of test cases and defect retesting when required.
• Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during testing
• Escalate deviations in the plan to Agile Master and Test Manager
• Will liaise with Architect, POs, TM and developers
• Setup and track a “lessons learnt” – sheet related to test topics
• Ensure that project time allocated to testing are utilized efficiently and effectively.

REQUIREMENTS

• 8+ years experience in IT industry
• Experience in testing (manual or automated testing)
• Web and digital project experience advantageous
• Agile working experience advantageous
• Experience with Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, X- Ray)
• Open to SA citizens / permanent residents
• Willing and able to travel internationally
• Ability to work after hours, on weekends and on public holidays

Technical / Functional Requirements

• Understanding of integration between different technologies
• Coordination between development and support environments
• Assisting with the business case
• Planning and monitoring
• Eliciting requirements
• Requirements organisation
• Translating and simplifying requirements
• Requirements management and communication
• Requirements analysis
• Document requirements in appropriate format depending on methodology followed
• Assist with identification and management of risks
• Comfortable to work and test Java based applications.

• Strong work experience with Selenium, Protractor, Jasmine (BDD), Karma, Postman, Rest-assured, Cucumber, SOAP UI, Swagger, Rest and SOAP web services
• Worked with tools such as X-Ray, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket.
• Familiar with other testing frameworks along with mocking frameworks will be advantageous.
• Good understanding of AWS stack or cloud based environments.
• Create technical integration & automated tests suite using automation frameworks.
• Test Execution, Defect capture using X Ray and JIRA
• Maintenance of automation packs.
• Daily execution and reporting on automated regression packs.
• Assist development team with testing requirements.
• Responsible for adhering to and assisting in enhancing the standards and testing methodology of the organization.
• Reporting – with attention to details and correctness.
• Able to perform requirements review & static analysis of code.
• Familiar with agile and testing methodologies
• Continuous Integration / Deployment using Jenkins Pipeline
• Able to set up and work with mocking frameworks such as Test Containers or similar tools.
• Ability to review and pick up new automation tools
• Oracle/PostgreSQL database would be advantageous