Test Analyst III

Paracon; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT is hiring a Tester to join their Client Services Domain in Cape Town. The role involves executing functional and regression testing, collaborating with IT teams, and maintaining test cases. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years of experience in testing, strong SQL skills, and a relevant degree. This position requires in-office presence a minimum of 2 days per week, focusing on quality and performance improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years testing experience required.
• Basic SQL skills necessary.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct manual testing of applications including regression and exploratory testing.
• Extract test requirements and design test cases.
• Collaborate with developers to resolve defects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Good verbal communication

Time management

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant Business/Commerce/IT degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

Our clients Institutional IT team consists of appr. 65 members, covering a range of skills and responsibilities including Domain Owners, Development Manager, Architect, Business Analysts, Developers (.NET and SQL) and IT Operations. The team operates with four business-aligned domains (Front Office, Middle Office, Fund Operations and Client Servicing). Additionally, the Tech domain and IT Operations teams support the business-aligned domains.

What you can expect: You will work predominantly within the Client Services Domain performing functional and regression testing as well as resolving production defects.

Job Responsibilities

Extracting test requirements for user stories,
Designing and creating test cases,
Estimating effort for testing tasks,
Manual testing of applications, which includes front-end, system integration, regression, and end-to-end as well as exploratory testing,
Managing and maintaining manual regression test suites,
Product risk mitigation, thereby limiting defects in production,
Collaborating closely with developers and business analysts in identifying, logging, and verifying defects in a defect tracking system,
Collaborating with other teams in INST IT for integration testing.
Assist in production support issues and queries.
Liaise with IT Ops and other Domains for support to resolve or assist with fixes.
Continuous improvement initiatives specifically with regard to quality and performance

Skills and Experience required


Attention to detail,
Data analysis and reporting skills,
Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills,
Ability to Manage own time and get tasks done,
Grasp concepts and understand the systems being tested,
Deal with complexity,
Deal with high variability of work and context switching,
Be comfortable with a fair amount of unpredictability in daily tasks.
Resolve issues and overcome obstacles
Able to engage with others to gather information

Minimum Qualifications
5 years test experience
Basic SQL skills
Relevant Business/ Commerce/ IT degree.
Testing fundamentals training / Test certification would be advantageous.
Exposure to Agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM) would be advantageous

Please note: This is a Cape Town based role and you will be required to be in office for a minimum of 2 days / week, with a Monday and Thursday as compulsory.

Desired Skills:

• Functional and Manual Testing
• SQL
• SCRUM

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

Employer & Job Benefits:

• Medical Aid