Permanent QA Technical Tester, Location, City Centre, Cape Town, Advertised By Agency, Job Type Full-Time
Our company based in Century City is seeking a Technical Tester who will be responsible for the planning and execution of technical test related activities for developed business applications, ensuring that they are effectively tested against agreed functional and non-functional requirements prior to, and post production deployment.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Review, analyse and identify test requirements based on the functional and design specifications from technical documentation (Business/Development briefs, Use Case Diagrams, Architectures and/or Integration Documents) and ensure full understanding of individual deliverables. Working with Development & Product teams to understand the requirements and prepare QA documents pertaining to planning, design, implementation, execution and exit reporting. Proactively raise questions and seek resolution of outstanding clarifications required for testing. Create, document and maintain test plan/cases around new and existing business requirements and technical specifications. Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results. Potential writing of custom test solutions (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.). Hold and facilitate test plan/case reviews with Testing, Development & Product Teams. Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements. Troubleshoot with development team to identify, replicate, verify and report defects. Performance, Load and Stress testing. Setup and maintain Automation for monitoring and regression. Perform regression and ad-hoc testing of system components potentially affected by system changes. Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings. Working together with QA Manager and Test Lead to ensure that testing needs for all supported projects are met in a timely manner and that all software products meet the quality levels set by Business. Communicate with Product Owners & PSA’s to ensure all QA projects are managed, tracked and delivered to customer expectations with highest quality standards, within required timelines. Provide management with metrics, analysis, and other relevant reports regarding the quality of testing. Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate immediately to management. Create and maintain constant communication and healthy working relationships between QA, Development and Product Teams
Requirements: Strong influencing and negotiation skills. Strong analytical skills & attention to detail. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to make decisions and be accountable for decisions and actions. Effective planning and organisation skills. Copes well under pressure. Flexible and adaptable in the face of changing priorities or circumstances. Drives for results. Problem solving ability. Clear communicator (written and verbal)
Technical Skills: Familiarity with contemporary load/stress/performance/automation testing tools. Have knowledge on domain specific applications (eg Kibana, RabbitMQ, Mongo). Backend database testing, including validating stored procs, jobs and triggers. Good general Development programing knowledge. Good general IT knowledge. Understanding of systems and architecture (DB's, Servers, Networks etc.). Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Creative solving of technical problems and ability to translate technical requirements into test plans. Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables – ensures the ability to find defects and bugs quickly. Ability to think abstract. Functional/Technical Skills. Experiences in Quality Management Software and Processes. Knowledge and experience in technical aspects of software solution being tested. Business process understanding.
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Should you be interested please submit your CV together with your supporting documentation to recruitment@surgo.co.za