QA Analyst, End-to-End Software & Systems Testing

Pedros Chicken; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Pedros Chicken is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Analyst to establish and execute structured QA and testing across the group’s technology and digital transformation projects. You will ensure that software, integrations, and reporting meet business requirements and remain stable before rollout.

You will work with project managers, analysts, developers and vendors to identify quality risks, design tests, execute testing, manage defects and support UAT.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
• ISTQB Foundation certification.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual functional, system, integration, end-to-end, regression, smoke, usability and compatibility testing across browsers, devices and user roles.
• Validate transactions, data reconciliation and focus on financial, voucher, payment and loyalty flows.
• Record test results with supporting evidence and perform exploratory testing to identify issues not covered by predefined test cases.
• Develop and maintain test strategies, plans and schedules with scope, environments and entry/exit criteria.
• Apply risk-based testing to prioritise high-impact business processes and integrations.
• Estimate testing effort for project plans and release schedules.
• Review requirements and design test scenarios, linking tests to requirements for traceability.
• Log defects with steps, reproduce results and track through resolution.
• Support UAT and release-readiness, helping differentiate defects from requirements, training or configuration issues.
• Maintain regression packs and identify candidates for test automation.

Skills

QA testing

Test planning

Defect management

Agile / Scrum

Communication

Education

Diploma or degree in IT/CS/IS/Software Engineering

Job description

Pedros Chicken is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Analyst to establish and execute structured QA and testing across the group’s technology and digital transformation projects. You will ensure that software, integrations, and reporting meet business requirements and remain stable before rollout.

You will work with project managers, analysts, developers and vendors to identify quality risks, design tests, execute testing, manage defects and support UAT.