Senior Technical Test Analyst

Accredited Resource Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 60 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Senior Technical Test Analyst, where your expertise in quality assurance and automation will drive the success of innovative digital solutions. With a focus on bridging business requirements and system functionality, you'll play a pivotal role in maintaining high-quality standards. This position offers the chance to work on diverse IT projects in an agile environment, ensuring that user stories are test-ready and that testing practices are continuously optimized. If you have a passion for quality and a strong background in testing, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in testing, with 4 years in test automation.
• Experience in investment/financial services and agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain quality standards and test plans.
• Execute manual and automation regression tests.
• Document and monitor test scenarios and results.

Skills

Test Automation

Quality Assurance

SQL

Agile Methodologies

Business Process Automation

Education

Degree in BSC/IT

Diploma in Information Technology

ISTQB/ISEB Testing Qualification

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Technical Test Analyst with a minimum of 8 years' experience in quality assurance and software testing.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring the delivery of high-quality digital solutions by bridging the gap between business requirements and system functionality through robust testing practices.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and maintaining quality standards, preparing and executing comprehensive test plans, and ensuring that all user stories are test-ready with clearly defined acceptance criteria. A strong focus on automation, regression testing, and continuous improvement of QA practices is essential.
Duties:
Assist with the testing gap analysis between requirements and existing environments accurately for all digital solutions.
Ensure that user stories are clearly defined and written correctly With acceptance criteria in preparation for the backlog refinement meeting.
Define quality standards upfront in the PI and sprint meeting and ensure they are achieved
Document the test plan prior to the start of any project or planned operational work and keep the test plans up to date.
Document, maintain and monitor test scenarios, acceptance criteria and the final results.
Continuously build test automation artifacts.
Execute and maintain the manual and automation regression tests.
Demonstrate deliverables to key stakeholders.
Test big data and ensure the outputs are transposed correctly.
Report on the team QA way of work, feedback on trends and solutions and continuously optimize the way of work to ensure effective and efficient QA practices in the team and with Company,
Contribute to the team’s predictability by maintaining a view of the teams wholistic test coverage.
Minimise team defects by ensuring upfront code quality.
Drive collective ownership for testing.
Ensure the agreed quality standard is maintained always.

Requirements:
Min of 8+ years’ experience in testing with min 4 years in test automation.
At least 2 years of investment/financial services experience
Exposure to diverse IT projects using a variety of testing tools and techniques.
Must have SQL knowledge.
Must have experience in an agile work environment.
Must have business process automation experience.
Degree in BSC/ IT preferred.
Diploma in Information Technology
Qualifications preferred: Testing qualification ISTQB/ISEB.

Desired Skills:

• Technical Test Analyst
• Technical Tester
• Senior Technical Test Analyst