Job Description

Main Purpose of Role

Software Quality Assurance - creating robust and error free software through thorough product testing both manual and automated

Required Minimum Education / Training

• B Com degree
• B.Sc Information Science Degree or ISTQB certification B Com degree

Required Minimum Work Experience

• 3 Years' Experience in Automation Testing

• Experience in regression testing beneficial

• Experience working in Agile teams

• Experience in National Payments Industry beneficial
• 3 years of QA experience

Technical and Behavioral Competencies Required

Technical

• Experience Using Agile Management Tools Such as JIRA, Confluence and Azure Dev Ops.

• Agile Team Collaboration

• Writing functional front end Automation Tests Using Industry Standard Tools such as (Postman, Selenium etc.)

• Front-end browser testing

• Cross browser testing

• Browser version support testing

• Front-end desktop testing

• Cross O/S testing

• O/S version support testing

• Mobile app testing

• API testing (Postman, SOAP UI)

• Back-end testing and analysis (SQL Server, system logs, Elastic Search)

• Ability to read, understand and communicate technical documentation

• Understanding scope of work, and criteria

• Build test cases prior to starting to test

• Write up technical specifications which take alternatives into account

• Question specs, do not take things at face value

• Follow case, and document findings

• Research on requirements (functionality, best practice, methodology)

• Advise on user experience

• Write up user documentation

• Adhering to time frames
• Agile Methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban

Behavioral

• Accountable

• Stress tolerant, resilient

• Strong verbal & written communications skills (English)

• Target driven

• Disciplined

• Leadership skills

• Management skills

• Self-motivated

• Able to work alone or in a team

• Ability to exercise tact and good interpersonal skills

• Ability to be pro-active with a sense of urgency.

• Time management skills

• Support of colleagues, as necessary
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Performance Areas

• Preparation of testing material - Working closely with the agile team the tester must prepare all the material necessary to test the given use case (user story).

• Manual functional testing - Manually testing various non automated features, front end, and back end.

• Automation testing - Writing functional front end Automation Tests Using Industry Standard Tools such as (Postman, Selenium etc.)

• Reporting on testing activities - Logging of defects and suggestions

• Performance and load testing - Testing of various performance and load metrics across the application ecosystem.

• Identification and reporting on potential improvements to load and performance

• Build and deploy - Ensure that build and deploy cycles align closely with testing procedures and activities.
• Testing processes and procedures - Collaborating closely with the agile team to constantly enhance the testing approach.

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