Test Analyst II — QA & Automation Specialist

Allan Gray; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Allan Gray Retail IT seeks a Test Analyst to lead testing activities across the software delivery lifecycle, ensuring quality from backend to frontend. You will design, implement and maintain test strategies, collaborate with BAs and Developers, and contribute to both manual and automated tests within sprints.

The role emphasizes technical testing, defect management, and risk-focused quality improvements in a fast-paced asset management environment near Cape Town.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/Computing or related field.
• Strong SQL skills for data validation.
• Experience testing UI and end-to-end business processes.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of testing activities across the SDLC.
• Promote best testing practices within the team.
• Define testing approach for each sprint with BAs and Devs.
• Collaborate on defect logging, prioritisation and verification.
• Create, execute and maintain manual and automated tests.
• Review merge requests and keep pipelines healthy.

Skills

SQL testing

End-to-end testing

UI testing

CI pipelines

REST/SOAP testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computing

Tools

JIRA

SOAP/REST testing

Job description

Allan Gray Retail IT seeks a Test Analyst to lead testing activities across the software delivery lifecycle, ensuring quality from backend to frontend. You will design, implement and maintain test strategies, collaborate with BAs and Developers, and contribute to both manual and automated tests within sprints.

The role emphasizes technical testing, defect management, and risk-focused quality improvements in a fast-paced asset management environment near Cape Town.