Job Description

Are you a quality champion who thrives on building robust testing strategies and delivering high-performing, reliable software?
Were looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer to drive quality across our development lifecycle and help us scale world-class testing practices.
In this role, youll lead test strategy and execution, mentor QA engineers, and design automation frameworks for frontend, backend, and API testing.
Working in an agile/DevOps environment, youll be instrumental in establishing performance testing pipelines, implementing shift-left practices, and ensuring traceability from requirements through release.
If youre passionate about test automation, love building from the ground up, and have an eye for quality and efficiencyxe2x80x94this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
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xe2x9cx85 High work-life balance with Flexible hours
xe2x9cx85 Agile working environment
POSITION: Contract until December 2027
EXPERIENCE: 6-8 Years related working experience
COMMENCEMENT: 01 July 2025
LOCATION: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation
Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Relevant IT Degree
• 3 years plus in a Senior role, more than 6 years total experience

Essential Skills:

• Test Planning and Test Strategy management: Design, implement and maintain test strategies
• Oversee and facilitate Test Execution and Reporting: Monitor on testing metrics, including requirements coverage and defect density
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Quality Assurance and Control
• Identify suitable training for Test/QA Engineers to enhance their skills and knowledge
• Identification, Creation & Sanitation of Test Data, including securing sensitive data
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

Tools and Frameworks:

• X-Ray for Test Case Management and Test Execution and Reporting

Advantageous Skills:

• Source version management using Git
• GitHub Actions
• Test Automation (Frontend and API Test Automation)
• Familiar with AWS architecture.
• Security and Reliability Testing.
• Portability Testing.
• Tools and Frameworks:
• Git for source code version management
• Playwright and Cucumber for test automation
• JMeter or Gatling for Performance and Load Testing

Role Responsibilities:

• Functional Expectation
• Conduct with the feature team members, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model.
• Create, Maintain and Outline Test Scenarios and test cases for feature and capabilities.
• Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated testing.
• Creation and maintenance of automated tests and test data for the Frontend, Backend and Integration using GROUP standard tools and frameworks.
• Guide and assist in defining a framework for performance and load testing using GROUP standard tools and frameworks.
• Integrate automation testing at various stages to uphold quality gates, during the build and deploy pipelines for development, regression & release cycles.
• Provide adequate Test Reporting, for each stage of testing in the SDLC and the interpretation of the provided test reports and defect management for continuous improvement.

• Non Functionals
• Perform continuous quality analysis to help ensure that quality of the products we ship to customers are of the highest standard.
• Establish, implement, and evolve the formal QA processes to ensure that the group is using industry accepted standard methodologies as they align to GROUP QA practices.
• Design and develop the QA capabilities i.e. testing tools, test frameworks, test reporting mechanisms to test software, services, and infrastructure requirements, applying Shift-Left principles.
• Stay knowledgeable of new testing tools and strategies in accordance with AWM and ATC tooling and its prescriptions. Evaluate these to incorporate current and future alignment, within the QA domain.
• Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
• Mentorship and guidance of junior QA team members.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
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• Candidates MUST be based in Gauteng or WILLING TO RELOCATE!

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