Test Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Strategic Sourcing; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment advisory firm in Cape Town seeks a seasoned software tester for a 2-month contract to enhance their investment strategies. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of testing experience, proficient in integration projects, and hold relevant qualifications, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards through comprehensive testing protocols.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing experience required.
• Proven expertise in testing enterprise integration projects preferable.
• Advanced SQL and data-analysis skills essential for validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed test artifacts, including negative test cases.
• Coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing across the application landscape.
• Manage the defect lifecycle from triage to formal sign-off.

Skills

Test Analysis

ISTQB

Software Testing

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

SQL

PowerShell

API Testing

CSV integration

Job description

About our client:

Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture and performance.



What you will be doing:

• Developing and maintaining detailed test artifacts (plans, scenarios, and scripts) for each target application, including negative test cases and bespoke deprovisioning logic.
• Coordinating and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) across the application landscape, enabling multiple test cycles to run in parallel. Clarify capacity expectations for concurrent execution where feasible.
• Validating end-to-end user-access workflows, covering requests, approvals, email notifications, and attestations.
• Verifying application-specific deprovisioning logic to ensure correct revocation behavior (e.g., Coupa bespoke removal rules).
• Ensuring comprehensive coverage for employee, non-employee, and service accounts, including technical/service identities.
• Managing the defect lifecycle, encompassing triage, root-cause analysis, prioritization, retesting, and formal sign-off.
• Producing and maintaining test documentation, metrics, and exit reports for audit and regulatory purposes.
• Collaborating with program leadership to sequence releases (database-first vs. application-level) and support go-live readiness.

What our client is looking for:

• A relevant tertiary qualification would be ideal (Information Technology, Computer Science, etc.)
• ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst or Test Manager would be beneficial.
• 5+ years of software testing experience.
• Proven expertise in testing enterprise integration projects.
• In-depth knowledge of user provisioning/deprovisioning, RBAC, attestations, and segregation-of-duties principles.
• Hands-on experience testing integrations via API, CSV, SQL-view, and PowerShell.
• Advanced SQL and data-analysis skills for validation and troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills across both business and technical teams.

Contract Duration:

• 2 Months

Job ID:

• J106956

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Desired Skills:

• Test Analysis
• ISTQB
• Software Testing