Automation Test Analyst; Python & SQL Hybrid

Automation Test Analyst (Python & SQL) (Centurion Hybrid)

| Posted Feb 25, 2026

Full-time | Centurion | Negotiable Salary | Advanced (5-10 yrs)

Recruiter: Datafin IT Recruitment

Job :

Date posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Location: Centurion, South Africa

A highly skilled Automation Test Analyst is sought to join the team of a cutting‑edge Software Development company rapidly expanding its automated testing capability – it being core to its objective of delivering quality software through CI/CD/CT principles. You will work effectively to define testable user stories, evaluate existing test scenarios and test plans while displaying critical, quality‑oriented, skeptical thinking about the product.

• Work effectively to define testable user stories, especially acceptance criteria, with customer representatives and stakeholders.
• Evaluate existing test scenarios and test plans.
• Accurately evaluate and report test results, test progress, and product quality.
• Collaborate within the team, working in pairs with programmers and other team members.
• Respond to change quickly, including changing, adding, or improving test cases.
• Update existing test scenarios, test plans, and test scripts, as necessary.
• Plan and organize their own work.
• Execute testing on both Frontend and Backend systems (Configurations).
• Be positive and solution‑oriented with team members and stakeholders.
• Display critical, quality‑oriented, skeptical thinking about the product.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or comparable experience.

• 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.
• Python and SQL skills.
• 4+ years’ experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• 4+ years’ experience in developing test strategies, plans and scripts.
• 3+ years’ experience with Backend services testing.
• 3+ years’ experience with test data set up.
• 2+ years’ experience with test automation (Selenium, Robot Framework, JMeter, Postman, or similar).
• Experience using Version Control (Git, Subversion, Mercurial).
• Experience in JIRA, Confluence and Business Process Engines.

• ISTQB Certification (or equivalent).
• Java.

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