Test Analyst

ALOS Innovative Workforce Solution; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading workforce solutions company seeks a Test Coordinator / Analyst to manage the end-to-end test lifecycle and collaborate with teams to ensure quality delivery. Candidates should possess a relevant IT or Engineering degree and substantial experience across testing, development, and business analysis, with excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders and drive testing initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in Software Development.
• 3+ years experience in Business Analysis.
• 5+ years experience in Testing.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement the overall test management strategy.
• Coordinate manual and automated testing processes.
• Lead testing progress meetings and manage defect resolution.

Skills

Process Knowledge

Requirements Management

Communication

Integration Understanding

Defect Management

Non-Functional Testing

Collaboration

Education

Relevant IT / Engineering Degree

Tools

JIRA

MS Power BI

AWS

Github

Job description

Job Title : Test Coordinator / Analyst

Location : Gauteng, Northern Suburbs

Applications : [e-mail]

Experience in planning, execution, and management of end-to-end test lifecycles across all test phases, including Test Automation.

• In-depth Process Knowledge (Processes & Standards).
• Able to lead ethically, work well, and manage requirements with business counterparts, as well as development & operational teams.
• Strong IT Knowledge in Palantir Foundry, JIRA (X-ray), Confluence, and Agile methodology.
• Awareness of Tools like MS Power BI, Quicksight, Tableau, and other BI Tools.
• Good understanding of Integration between different Technologies and Software Architecture & Specification.
• Good understanding of System & Data Engineering concepts.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model.

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS :

• Integration Testing Frameworks (e.g., REST-assured, Protractor, Selenium, Tricentis Tosca).
• Knowledge of test frameworks would be an added advantage.
• Defect Management (Identify, Log, Assign, Resolve, Verify, Close).
• Non-Functional Testing (Performance, Stability & Usability).
• Github, Github Actions.
• AWS Knowledge.
• CI / CD Version Control.
• Requirements Analysis.
• Requirements Management and Communication.
• Assist with identification and management of risks.
• Can communicate influentially and articulately.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• Relevant IT / Engineering Degree.
• 3+ years experience in Software Development.
• 3+ years experience in Business Analysis.
• 5+ years experience in Testing.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with team, system analysis, design, development, and testing for assigned technical products within an agile / DevOps delivery model.
• Record and understand system specifications, programming languages, and frameworks.
• Provide recommendations to the product owner & sub-product owners based on professional judgment.
• Establish, implement, and steer the overall test management strategy, including manual and automated testing.
• Integrate automated/manual tests into release management, considering different stages/environments.
• Build relationships with stakeholders supporting testing activities.
• Establish test automation capabilities.
• Coordinate manual and automated testing processes.
• Define and maintain test automation concepts and documentation.
• Analyze test processes and select cases for automation.
• Ensure manual test cases are migrated to automated ones and kept updated.
• Define test data requirements for DevOps.
• Train employees in test automation.
• Participate in test planning and support team members with automated test cases.
• Manage testing team and activities daily.
• Lead testing progress meetings and manage defect resolution.
• Act in a QA role for testing activities, resolving or escalating issues.
• Additional responsibilities within the Agile Working Model.
• Manage Business Processes and assist Business with POC’s and Value Calculations from BA Perspective.
• Prioritize requirements, create prototypes and mock-ups.