Reporting to: Senior Manager: IT Software Development

Key Purpose
To test all system development, enhancements and bug fixes through technical & business system testing and user acceptance testing processes, to provide internal signoff and validation of system integrity prior to release to production environments.

Minimum Requirements
• Matric
• Required: BSc Computer Science / a BComm Business Information Systems (BIS) Degree or a relevant high quality Technikon Diploma
• Salesforce certification
• A minimum of 2 years of either systems development or system testing experience including test automation
• SQL and writing of SQL queries
• Analysis of test result data,
• 1 year of Salesforce experience
• Systems testing
• Ability to read / write logical algorithms
• Ability to write C# code
• Write SQL queries, and strong SQL skills
• Javascript unit and integration testing experience would be a bonus but is not essential
• Write test packs, follow test packs and provide test results
• Test Driven Development experience would be a bonus but is not essential

Key Responsibilities:
• Ensure all system development is tested, stable and accurate prior to deployment to production environments.
• Excellent overall business and systems knowledge
• Perform full system testing on all system changes, enhancements and new system releases
• Obtain an understanding of the business requirements and specifications for the section of work or project to be tested
• Create test packs, and develop procedures to be followed during the testing process
• Developing, updating and expanding of automated test suites, and perform full system regression testing where needed
• Guide and perform User Acceptance testing where required, or alternatively educate, guide and assist non-technical business testers to effectively perform UAT
• Ability to read, assimilate and understand system specifications in relevant SAHL preferred formats and translate those to system tests to determine and test the accuracy of an implementation
• Review specification documents with the aim of improving their accuracy and ability to be understood and removing any ambiguity from testable requirements
• Understand and function within the SAHL preferred development and management methodologies
• Accurate defect reporting using an appropriate tracking tool
• Trouble shooting and urgent production problems: investigation of production reported defects to determine the origin of the defect