Test Analyst

IQbusiness; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 840,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa seeks a skilled Test Automation Specialist with a strong technology background. The role demands expertise in quality assurance processes and test automation within Agile environments. Candidates will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions while maintaining rigorous testing and quality metrics. Ideal applicants will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, effective communication skills, and a customer-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience shipping high-quality software solutions.
• Experience in Agile is a must.
• Known quality assurance/engineering certifications.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive test processes to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Create and maintain QA schedules.
• Design and set up automated test frameworks for CI/CD.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Test Automation

Quality Assurance

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

GIT

Jenkins

Jira

Job description

Introduction

This position requires someone who has a wide range of experience across traditional and Agile lifecycles. Key to this position is a strong technology background, specializing in Test Automation, automation technologies and automation measurement. The candidate will make use of critical thinking and communication skills to ensure continual process and discipline improvement.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering
• At least 3 years of experience shipping high-quality software solutions and services
• Experience in performance/stress testing is good to have
• Experience in Agile is a must
• Known quality assurance/engineering certifications
• Excellent in verbal and written communication

Job Specification

Responsibilities

• Own and drive test processes and partner with other disciplines to deliver high quality solutions
• Partners with development to build and maintain comprehensive QA Test environments
• Create and maintain QA schedules
• Serve as a technical and methodological subject matter expert in all areas regarding quality analysis, testable design and deployment
• Define, generate and refine quality-related metrics
• Demonstrated success with quality assurance concepts, test plan/test case definition and problem analysis
• Strong automated testing experience with enterprise and cloud scale products on various software, hardware and networking infrastructures.
• Experience designing, setting up and maintaining automated test frameworks, tools and scripts for CI/CD environments
• Familiar with Source control and build tools with GIT, Jenkins, Jira.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile development environment.
• Solid understanding of SDLC phases including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, release and maintenance.
• Testing experience with cloud, database or big data analysis preferred.

Personal Qualifications

• Strong customer focus and passion for doing what’s right for the customer

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and oral/written communication skills
• Great organizational skills and an eye for details
• Good understanding of software quality assurance processes is required
• Strong influencer for the test and quality during overall product development cycle
• Has experience and conviction around measures to quantify software quality

Please note: As all iqbusiness roles requires honesty in the handling of or access to cash, finances, financial systems or confidential information; our recruitment process requires that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, ID and qualification verification.