Specialist(Quality Assurance) – ALTRON

Title

Specialist: Quality Assurance

We are looking for a Software QA Engineer. Your main function will be that of a QA Analyst and Test Automation Engineer. We need a person who is passionate about Testing, Test Automation and Quality. You need to perform manual testing as well as implement new Automated tests in accordance with specifications and agreed timelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing.
• Develop automation using an industry standard test automation tool (Selenium for Front End automation)

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manual Testing:

• Requirement Analysis; Create test plans and test scripts; Execute test plans.
• Root cause analysis of errors.
• Identify and analyze defects. Log defects and track defect resolution.
• Maintain quality assurance environment.
• Perform manual feature testing
• Compliance with procedures and processes
• Good communication with Dev Team
• Perform Release testing on Production after hours

Test Automation:

• Create and maintain Automation test cases.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, support Automated test cases.

Educational Qualifications:

• N. Diploma or B-Tech / Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering degree
• ISTQB certification

Experience

• 4+ years formal testing experience (Web and API)
• 4+ Test Automation Engineering experience

Skills:

Essential

• Software testing experience (manual and automation)
• Expertise in software development methodologies (Agile)
• Python
• SOAPUI
• Postman
• JMeter
• MySQL
• Visual Studio code (or similar tool)

Advantageous

• Jira
• Experience in Telecommunications industry

Other requirements

• Candidate must be based in Cape Town

Behavioral Competencies:           

• Communication skills: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Customer Focus:  Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships
• Continuous learning: Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application
• Contributing to team success: Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals
• Managing work (time management): Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Compliance: Adhere to policies and procedures and meet deadlines

Education

Bachelor’s Degree: Computer and Information Science (Required)

Languages

English