Automation QA Lead - API & Performance Testing
Blue Pearl PTY
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Job summary
Blue Pearl PTY in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Senior Quality Engineer – Automation to design, develop, and execute automated testing across API, performance and functional areas. You will lead testing efforts in an Agile environment, ensuring cloud-native applications meet quality standards.
Responsibilities include building robust test frameworks, API test scripts, and comprehensive performance tests with JMeter, while guiding teams through the STLC and advocating best practices in
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
- Experience designing and executing automated tests for web and API services.
- Proficient in performance testing and test automation engineering.
- ISTQB or similar certifications are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for web and API services.
- Create and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end tests.
- Design API testing strategies for RESTful/microservices architectures.
- Develop automated API tests and validate security, performance and integration.
- Plan, implement, and run performance, load, and scalability tests with JMeter.
- Analyze performance data and report findings with actionable improvements.
- Lead testing teams through the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
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Job description
Blue Pearl PTY in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Senior Quality Engineer – Automation to design, develop, and execute automated testing across API, performance and functional areas. You will lead testing efforts in an Agile environment, ensuring cloud-native applications meet quality standards.
Responsibilities include building robust test frameworks, API test scripts, and comprehensive performance tests with JMeter, while guiding teams through the STLC and advocating best practices in
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