Test Analyst - Automation

TRACKER requires the services of an API Test Automation Analyst in the Development and Engineering division. We require a self-starter with an outgoing personality and the ability to communicate at all levels. The successful candidate will be required to facilitate test automation within the testing team.

li>Responsible for designing, developing, and executing quality assurance and control processes, test strategies, test plans and test cases that verify software conformance to defined acceptance criteria.
• In addition to functional and regression testing, the Test Analyst is responsible for quality assurance of non‑functional areas such as data integrity and fault finding on systems.
• Link test cases to business/systems requirements to ensure traceability, execute test cases, log defects and create test data.
• Develop test plan, approach and scope for automation efforts.
• Provide test estimate input for projects and continuously improve test methodology.
• Establish and implement an approach for managing test data.
• Review functional requirements and analyze them for completeness, correctness and clarity to drive the testing effort.
• Define automation targets and objectives with team leads and develop proper test coverage with stakeholders.
• Trace requirements to test cases to verify test coverage.
• Manage own test preparation and execution activities; identify and create necessary test data and execute scenario‑based test cases.
• Analyze metrics for quality assessment.
• Trace coverage and clearance; provide input to standard test metrics and reporting.
• Debug the development and execution of test scripts against test targets; analyze test failures and prioritize defects logged with the development team.

• Matric or Equivalent certification.
• ISTQB – Foundation testing certification is a must; ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst is preferable.
• Relevant IT degree or diploma required; 3 years relevant testing experience (3–5 years in API testing tools such as Ready
  
  API/Postman).
• Experience in using ODATA within a RESTful API; experience in using SQL to query databases and using JDBC within API testing.
• Experience in working with Git repositories and branching strategies.
• Experience in software testing including methodologies (agile, functional and non‑functional), test planning, test case development, execution, and quality assessment of test cases.
• Extensive experience developing test cases and test scenarios from story cards/use cases and/or requirement specifications.
• High attention to detail with a focus on quality; ability to lead and work independently or function in a team as needed.
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas across to team members.

• Provident fund
• Medical aid