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ThinkChain (Pty) Limited Recruitment 2023/2024
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for ThinkChain (Pty) Limited Recruitment 2023/2024.
We are recruiting to fill the following position below:
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Job Title: Test Analyst / QA Engineer
Introduction
Prior to the release of a product, a QA engineer develops tests that locate software flaws. The activities associated with these tests also include creating and executing fresh tests as well as communicating the results to relevant parties so that they may work together to resolve any issues or flaws with the application.
Design automation testing strategies, create automation test scripts, and adhere to chosen application testing frameworks and guidelines for a variety of technological goods and services (before, during, and after deployment). The following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing of solutions is all subject to testing, individually or in combination. Due diligence must be taken to ensure that products are safeguarded using quantitative test coverage and metrics.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as an QA automation specialist engineer
- Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
- Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
- Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)
- Develop automation test plans
- Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts, etc.)
- Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
- Evaluate automated test cases and analyze & report results
- Facilitate test plan/case reviews within squads
- Work with product engineers to evaluate software/solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement/enhancement
- Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
- Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)
- Provide the required project / scrum-related information/feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)
- Conduct performance monitoring on applications/components of applications for which you’ve designed and executed test scripts/plans
- Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports
DevOps
- Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
- Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products/services
- Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
- Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery
Risk & Governance
- Ensure compliance with technical risk and governance requirements
- Ensure work is compliant with automation testing frameworks and standards
- Proactively identify and communicate risks ahead of need
- Participate in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management processes as required and implement mitigating actions
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Testing TCS BaNCS application, specifically Custody.
- If no experience of TCS BaNCS, experience working on TCS BaNCS would be accepteble.
- Failing the above two, payments project experience in an Investment banking environment.
- If none of the above, then extensive general testing experience obtained working in a banking environement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree: Information Technology
How to Apply
Interested applicants should kindly visit the company website to get more details and submit the application(s).