Purpose: Working within an Agile development team, the Senior Test Analyst is responsible for functional and non-functional testing, acceptance criteria and feature designs.

Key Accountabilities

Test Solution Design and Test Planning.
Functional Testing - Planning, overseeing and performing of functional testing.
Non-Functional Testing - Planning, overseeing and performing non-functional testing, covering load and performance.
Mentoring - Work with other members to ensure that the initiatives being delivered are of a high standard in terms of fit for purpose, application design and quality.
Work in a collaborative team environment.
Drives improvements within the project to ensure effective and efficient testing.
Define and maintain the defect management lifecycle, using a collaborative defect tracking tool (e.g. Zephyr-for-Jira).
Understand the principles and concepts of SDLC.
Ability to prioritize work.
Possess initiative to address issues and identify opportunities.
Strong leadership and mentorship skills.
Takes ownership of own work.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications – IT related Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent mix of training and experience.
Skills – Thorough knowledge of the principles of functional and non-functional testing, and a track-record of innovation in testing.
Experience – 3-5 years’ experience in Quality Assurance mostly as an Intermediate/Senior Test Analyst.
Experience – Creating tests and testing standards for HTML 5, XML, JavaScript, MSSQL and Web Application environments.
Experience – Hands-on testing experience within a whole range of functional testing including UAT, acceptance and system testing for mobile devices.
Experience – Testing tools and systems like Selenium (IDE & WebDriver), Protractor, SoapUI, MSSQL, WebServices, RESTApi, Browsers (FF, Chrome, IE, Edge, Safari, etc), MS Visual Studio 2015, IIS, MSMQ, Message Driven Architecture, etc.
Analytical Thinking – High level analytical and problem solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to investigate complex issues and make informed decisions about them when written guidelines are not necessarily available.
Strategic Perspective – Needs to keep overall objectives and strategies in mind, and not be deflected by matters of detail.
Stress Handling – Retaining objectivity and proper understanding of a problem or situation when placed under conditions of stress
Applying standards – Good in application of relevant industry and process standards to all tasks undertaken.
Knowledge – Hybrid Agile methodologies will be an advantage (Waterfall and Agile).
Knowledge – CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript or any other languages advantageous.

SA CITIZENS ONLY

Job Type: Full-time

Required education:
Bachelor's

Required experience:
Quality Assurance: 5 years

SA Citizens Only