Senior QA Automation Engineer - 6 positions

DigiCert, Inc.; Cape Town; On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in security management seeks a knowledgeable Senior QA Automation Engineer to join their agile team in Cape Town. This role involves developing and implementing testing strategies, and improving a test suite. Ideal candidates will have significant QA experience with Python, strong communication abilities, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in QA automation.
• Experience with Python and Selenium WebDriver is essential.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement QA testing strategies for cross-functional teams.
• Create test plans, validate data quality, and optimize test cases.
• Analyze and debug product defects, providing effective solutions.

Skills

QA automation with Python

Selenium WebDriver

API testing

SQL

Communication skills

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Job title : Senior QA Automation Engineer - 6 positions

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town Deadline : July 17, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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Job summary

• The DigiCert ONE CA team is looking for a knowledgeable Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our agile cross-functional team to build the future of PKI and security management.

What you will do

• Collaborate with an agile cross-functional engineering team in developing and implementing QA testing strategy
• Determine the appropriate balance of manual and automated tests, as well as the types of tests (UI, API, functional / performance / load, etc.)
• Create processes to validate data quality, including well-structured test plans and test cases
• Improve and build upon our test suite, test guidelines, and testing culture
• Review and test your teammates pull requests
• Develop a deep understanding of products, architecture, and systems
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and debug product defects and provide timely solutions to customer issues

What you will have

• 5+ years of industry experience – QA automation experience with Python (essential)
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver, Postman, or other API testing frameworks and technologies
• Familiarity with QA automation architecture, methodologies, processes, and tools
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases
• Ability to research and learn new technologies
• Strong interpersonal communication skills – must enjoy working and collaborating with a team
• The ideal candidate should demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to support the team

Nice to have

• Understanding of SSL / TLS, PKI, and other security related technologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, etc., or equivalent years of experience in the industry
• Technologies we use, any experience is a bonus!
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Git and GitHub
• React
• Jenkins, or experience with other CI / CD tools