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Job Title:

Test Manager

Reference Number:

201111TM01

Location:

Johannesburg - Gauteng

Job Category:

Software Testing – Information Technology

Job Type:

Permanent

Affirmative Position:

Yes

Salary:

Market related

Qualifications:

• Degree/Diploma in Information Systems
• ISTQB/ ISEB

Desirable competency:

• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
• Project management qualifications

Competencies required:

• Minimum 3 yrs experience managing multi-platform test efforts assuring appropriate end-to-end functionality.
• Experience with requirements traceability.
• Experience with both mainframe and internet applications.
• Knowledge of banking operations and systems.

Job Descriptions:

• Managing teams of software test analysts and testers, working on all stages of structured software testing (functional, integration, usability, regression and configuration), within a structured and rigorous test regime.
• Planning, control and management of assigned test and verification projects including coordination and communication between QA and other business and development teams to ensure consistent understanding.
• Tracking progress against plans. Predicting potential risks and identifying work requirement to minimise any impact
• Monitoring, supervising and motivating staff assigned to the projects and ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and to a high quality specifications.
• Predicting staffing needs to ensure all requirements are identified and the team is appropriate sized.
• Provide timely communication to test team, third party and other teams
• Planning and delivering processes to meet the project requirements, include defect management, monitoring and reporting
• Providing management information reports and statistical as required
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of development and testing processes and methods

Job Title:

Automation Tester

Reference Number:

201111AT03

Location:

Johannesburg - Gauteng

Location:

Johannesburg - Gauteng

Job Category:

Software Testing – Information Technology

Job Type:

Permanent

Affirmative Position:

Yes

Salary:

Market related

Qualifications:

• Degree/Diploma in Information Systems
• ISTQB/ ISEB

Desirable competency:

• Knowledge of open source automated testing tools and automation frameworks
• Exposure to SCRUM – Agile

Competencies required:

• Gained at least 2 to 3 years automated testing experience using HP QTP
• Research new tools and techniques in automation
• Train test analysts in the use of automation

Job Descriptions:

• Create and update test automation scripts using HP QTP from detailed test specifications Perform the various phases of test automation (Planning, Estimation, Implementation, Monitoring, Maintain, etc.)
• Log bugs found during automation and monitor their progress
• Managing automation timelines and associated communication
• Perform proof of concepts
• Candidates must have an IT related tertiary qualification, ideally an IT diploma or degree
• Experienced in the creation of test cases from specifications
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills (ability to resolve complex problems)
• Provides innovative solutions
• A strong understanding for the full testing life cycle and have a creative approach to testing and automation
• Knowledge of Test Management and Defect Tracking Tools
• Ability to write basic SQL queried

Job Title:

Software Test Analyst

Reference Number:

201111TA4

Location:

Johannesburg - Gauteng

Job Category:

Software Testing – Information Technology

Job Type:

Permanent

Affirmative Position:

Yes

Salary:

Market related

Qualifications:

• Degree/ Diploma in Information technology
• ISTQB/ISEB

Competencies Required:

• Strong commitment to quality and a thorough approach to responsibilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good attention to detail with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
• Excellent time management and planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
• Good problem solving skills and the tenacity to stay with an issue until it is resolved.
• Excellent team-working skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, enthusiastic and committed to a testing career track.

Desirable skills

• Core SQL server
• Defect management – able to evidence knowledge of best practice approaches to managing the defect lifecycle.
• Experience in Testing Tools
• Familiarity with SDLC variants and the role in each for testing.

Job Description

• To create high quality handover and test case document
• To ensure the delivery of high quality releases on time, the UAT and approval of releases and patches, following the testing and release calendar and release plans and tracking project and release risks and issues.
• To identify test requirements and best approach based on user requirements to ensure that customer needs are met.
• To produce effective documentation of software issues and enhancement requests so that accurate test records are maintained and tasks can be easily assigned to team members ensuring effective utilisation of development resources.
• To engage with projects in early phases to ensure alignment with the overall release calendar, building relationships with host providers / partners or third parties if required.
• To identify and define opportunities for improvement, measurements for those improvements and the implementation and roll out process to ensure that overall quality standards and customer expectations are met or exceeded