Technical Test Analyst (MWl Platform)

Momentum; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Metropolitan seeks an experienced QA engineer to ensure end-to-end quality of the MWL Platform, with emphasis on Gemstone and Visualworks testing, including automation for APIs and UI.

You will drive quality practices that improve defect prevention, strengthen test coverage across platform changes, and support safe delivery across legacy, integrated and modernised components of the MWL technology landscape.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline preferred.
• Testing certification such as ISTQB or ISEB preferred.
• 8–10+ years’ testing experience, including strong technical testing, integration testing, data validation and regression testing experience.
• Experience testing financial services, investment administration, wealth management or platform-based solutions strongly preferred.
• Exposure to Gemstone, Visualworks or comparable legacy/platform technologies within an integrated financial services environment advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end manual and automated testing across the MWL Platform, with specific focus on Gemstone and Visualworks.
• Execute testing across platform functionality, integrations, data flows, batch processes, calculations, reliability, stability, compatibility and regression impact areas.
• Conduct gap analysis between requirements and existing solutions.
• Ensure user stories are testable, with clear acceptance criteria.
• Define and enforce quality standards in PI planning and sprint cycles.
• Develop and maintain: Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases.

Skills

Gemstone

Visualworks

Automation Testing

API Testing

CI/CD

Education

Degree in IT/IS or related

Tools

Karate

Postman

Playwright

SQL

MongoDB

Job description

• Automation Frameworks: API automation using Karate or Postman; UI automation using Playwright

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses. Visit us at www.momentummetropolitan.co.za

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Role Purpose

Ensure the end-to-end quality of the MWL Platform, with a specific focus on MWL application testing including Gemstone and Visualworks, through comprehensive functional, integration, regression, data and non-functional testing. The role supports reliable, scalable and stable platform capability for advisers, operations teams and client-facing investment services.

Drive quality engineering practices that improve defect prevention, strengthen test coverage across platform changes, and support safe delivery across legacy, integrated and modernised components of the MWL technology landscape.

Scope of Role (MWL Platform Focus)

• Gemstone platform functionality, journeys, business rules and integrations
• Visualworks functionality, forms, workflow behaviour and downstream processing
• MWL platform tools, operational processes and cross-system integrations
• APIs, batch processes, databases and backend services supporting Gemstone, Visualworks and related platform capabilities

Testing includes

• Functional, regression, system integration and end-to-end testing
• Validation of platform rules, investment transactions, adviser and operations workflows, and exception handling
• Data accuracy, data movement, reconciliation and calculation validation across legacy and integrated systems
• Performance, stability, compatibility, security and reliability considerations for platform changes

Requirements

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline preferred.
• Testing certification such as ISTQB or ISEB preferred.
• 8–10+ years’ testing experience, including strong technical testing, integration testing, data validation and regression testing experience.
• Experience testing financial services, investment administration, wealth management or platform-based solutions strongly preferred.
• Exposure to Gemstone, Visualworks or comparable legacy/platform technologies within an integrated financial services environment advantageous.

Required

Technical Skills

• Platform Testing: Strong experience testing enterprise platforms, legacy systems, workflow solutions and integrated financial services applications.
• Gemstone and Visualworks: Practical exposure to testing platform functionality, workflows, forms, business rules, operational processes, integrations and regression impact areas.
• Automation Frameworks: API automation using Karate or Postman; UI automation using Playwright
• Databases: SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or equivalent database skills for data validation, reconciliation and defect analysis.
• Integration Testing: Advanced understanding of APIs, batch processing, file-based integrations, downstream dependencies and cross-system data flows.
• Agile Delivery: Experience working in Agile squads, sprint cycles, PI planning and delivery governance processes.
• Experience testing investment platform capabilities, including adviser and operations workflows, client and product data, transactions, exceptions, calculations, reporting outputs and downstream processing.
• Experience with performance testing tools, CI/CD pipelines, automated regression suites, defect management tools and test management platforms.
• Ability to analyse technical designs, requirements, logs, database outputs and integration behaviour to support root cause analysis and defect resolution.
• Performance testing tools
• CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud-native testing

Duties & Responsibilities

Test Delivery & Quality Assurance

• Perform end-to-end manual and automated testing across the MWL Platform, with specific focus on Gemstone and Visualworks.
• Execute testing across platform functionality, integrations, data flows, batch processes, calculations, reliability, stability, compatibility and regression impact areas.
• Conduct gap analysis between requirements and existing solutions.
• Ensure user stories are testable, with clear acceptance criteria
• Define and enforce quality standards in PI planning and sprint cycles.
• Develop and maintain:
  • Test plans
  • Test scenarios
  • Test cases