Test Analyst : Automation; Back Office

Job category: IT-Quality Assurance and Inspection

Location: Centurion

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

TRACKER requires the services of a Back-Office 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.

• 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.
• Responsibilities include but not limited to, linking test cases to business/systems requirements to ensure traceability, execute test cases, log defects and the creation of test ware.
• Develop test plan, approach and scope for automation efforts.
• Provide test estimate input for projects.
• Provides input to continuously improve test methodology.
• Establishes and implements an approach for managing test data.
• Requirements Management:
• Reviews functional requirements.
• Analyse requirements for completeness, correctness and clarity, to drive the testing effort.
• Has a clear grasp of capabilities that business wants to establish, to shape scenarios.
• Define automation targets and objectives with Team Lead.
• Analyses and develops the proper test coverage with the stakeholders.
• Traces requirements to test cases to verify test coverage.
• Test Execution:
• Manage own test preparation and execution activities.
• Identify and create necessary test data.
• Executes scenario-based test cases.
• Analyse metrics for quality assessment.
• Reporting:
• Traces coverage and clearance.
• Provides input to standard test metrics and reporting.
• Works within the project team and test team to address issues and report status.
• Debug the development and execution of test scripts against test targets.
• Priorities defects logged with 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.
• Has training in object-oriented Programming (OOP).
• Has training on Ready
  
  API, SOAPUI or Postman.
• Of the above testing experience should include, 3 – 5 years’ experience in writing custom test apps.
• Experience in analysing complex and technical design diagrams and specification.
• Experience in using SQL to query databases and using JDBC within API testing.
• Experience in working with Git repositories and branching strategies.
• Experience in Automated test case development, estimation, and maintenance.
• Extensive experience developing test cases and test scenarios from story cards/use cases and/or requirements specifications.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.

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