Technical Test Analyst - MWL Platform

Indsafri; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Indsafri seeks a highly skilled Technical Test Analyst to ensure end-to-end quality of the MWL Platform, including Gemstone and Visual works. You will lead manual and automated testing, strengthen test coverage, and support safe delivery across legacy and modernized components.

The role requires 8-10+ years of testing and expertise in API/UI automation, data validation, and AI-enabled QA practices within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience testing enterprise platforms, legacy systems, and integrated financial services apps.
• API automation using Karate or Postman; UI automation with Playwright.
• Backend data validation with SQL/NoSQL databases; performance/end-to-end testing.

Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end manual and automated testing of the MWL Platform (Gemstone and Visualworks).
• Validate data across Gemstone, Visualworks, and downstream systems.
• Develop and maintain test plans, scenarios, cases, and traceability matrices.

Education

Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

Karate

Postman

Playwright

SQL

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Test Analyst to ensure the end-to-end quality of the MWL Platform, with a specific focus on MWL applications including Gemstone and Visual works. This role is critical for comprehensive functional, integration, regression, data, and non-functional testing, supporting reliable, scalable, and stable platform capabilities for advisers, operations teams, and client-facing investment services. The successful candidate will drive quality engineering practices, improve defect prevention, strengthen test coverage, and support safe delivery across the platform's legacy, integrated, and modernized components. This position will involve a hybrid way of working.

Responsibilities

Test Delivery & Quality Assurance:

• Perform end-to-end manual and automated testing across the MWL Platform, specifically Gemstone and Visual works.
• Execute testing across functionality, integrations, data flows, batch processes, calculations, reliability, stability, compatibility, and regression impact areas.
• Conduct gap analysis between requirements and existing solutions, ensuring user stories have clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• Define and enforce quality standards throughout PI planning and sprint cycles.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test scenarios, test cases, execution results, and traceability matrices.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks and reusable test assets.
• Execute and maintain automated regression suites.
• Implement API and UI automation testing aligned with engineering standards.
• Validate integration points across legacy and external systems.
• Develop a strong technical understanding of Gemstone and Visual works components to design effective test coverage.

Data, Integration & Calculation Validation:

• Validate investment, client, policy, product, and transactional data across Gemstone, Visual works, and downstream systems.
• Perform data integrity, reconciliation, and calculation testing, including business rules, financial values, workflow outputs, and exception scenarios.
• Utilize SQL and database tools for backend data validation, defect investigation, and confirmation of data movement across integrations.

Agile & Delivery Contribution:

• Actively participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and PI planning.
• Contribute to team predictability through comprehensive test coverage insights.
• Drive early defect detection and prevention practices within the squad.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration:

• Collaborate effectively with Developers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts.
• Demonstrate test outcomes and solution quality to stakeholders.
• Promote collective ownership of quality within the team.
• Report on QA trends and continuously improve testing practices.
• Support automation strategy and Quality Assurance Community of Practice (QA CoP) initiatives.

AI-Enabled QA Responsibilities:

• Apply AI tools for test case generation, test data creation, and defect prediction/risk-based testing to improve coverage, speed, and accuracy.
• Leverage AI-assisted automation for self-healing test scripts, smart element identification, and maintenance reduction.
• Use AI and analytics to identify defect patterns, predict high-risk areas, and improve release confidence.
• Ensure AI outputs are validated, explainable, mitigate bias, and meet quality standards for AI-generated tests.
• Utilize AI-assisted development and testing tools to reduce cycle time and improve efficiency.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Strong experience testing enterprise platforms, legacy systems, workflow solutions, and integrated financial services applications.
• Practical exposure to testing Gemstone and Visual works platform functionality, workflows, forms, business rules, operational processes, integrations, and regression impact areas.
• Proficiency in API automation using tools like Karate or Postman, and UI automation using Playwright.
• Solid database skills (SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or equivalent) for data validation, reconciliation, and defect analysis.
• Advanced understanding of APIs, batch processing, file-based integrations, downstream dependencies, and cross-system data flows for integration testing.
• Experience working in Agile squads, sprint cycles, PI planning, and delivery governance processes.
• Experience testing investment platform capabilities including adviser/operations workflows, client/product data, transactions, exceptions, calculations, reporting, and downstream processing.
• Familiarity with performance testing tools, CI/CD pipelines, automated regression suites, defect management tools, and test management platforms.
• Ability to analyze technical designs, requirements, logs, database outputs, and integration behavior for root cause analysis and defect resolution.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Innovative / "out-of-the-box" testing mindset.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Experience:

• 8-10+ years of testing experience, with a strong focus on technical testing, integration testing, data validation, and regression testing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Testing certification such as ISTQB or ISEB.
• Experience testing financial services, investment administration, wealth management, or platform-based solutions.
• Exposure to Gemstone, Visual works, or comparable legacy/platform technologies within an integrated financial services environment.

Skills

Practical exposure to testing Gemstone and Visualworks platform functionality, workflows, forms, business rules, operational processes, integrations, and regression impact areas Strong experience testing enterprise platforms, legacy systems, workflow solutions, and integrated financial services applications Experience testing investment platform capabilities including adviser/operations workflows, client/product data, transactions, exceptions, calculations, reporting, and downstream processing Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities Proficiency in API automation using tools like Karate or Postman, and UI automation using Playwright Solid database skills (SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or equivalent) for data validation, reconciliation, and defect analysis Familiarity with performance testing tools, CI/CD pipelines, automated regression suites, defect management tools, and test management platforms Experience working in Agile squads, sprint cycles, PI planning, and delivery governance processes Ability to analyze technical designs, requirements, logs, database outputs, and integration behavior for root cause analysis and defect resolution Advanced understanding of APIs, batch processing, file-based integrations, downstream dependencies, and cross-system data flows for integration testing Excellent planning and prioritization skills Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines Innovative / "out-of-the-box" testing mindset Effective communication and stakeholder engagement Commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing Strong collaboration and teamwork skills Experience testing financial services, investment administration, wealth management, or platform-based solutions 8-10+ years of testing experience, with a strong focus on technical testing, integration testing, data validation, and regression testing Exposure to Gemstone, Visualworks, or comparable legacy/platform technologies within an integrated financial services environment