QA Automation Tester

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

AB/16/09/2022

Date posted:

Friday, September 16, 2022

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

Market related


SUMMARY:
QA Automation Tester

JOB DESCRIPTION:

QA Tester Required for a Contractual role

Hourly rates apply

Cape town based position

Position Summary – Test Automation Engineer

The QA Automation Engineer will be responsible for creating automation test scripts and independently driving the automation plan and execution for web, mobile or SOA applications. QA related activities also include front-end, back-end, integration, performance, and regression testing of various software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Participate and analyze requirements during the requirements analysis phase of projects.
  • Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies
  • Execute automated test suites and Analyze test results.
  • Develop custom Quality Assurance Metrics and reporting solutions.
  • Work in a multi-environment automation test execution platform.
  • Assist in implementing and maintaining a Continuous Integration Solution to integrate test suites into the test management system and custom test harnesses.
  • Create, coordinate, and execute manual application test cases and test plan
  • Review functional specs and user stories to design test cases/scripts and test plans.
  • Create and analyze test data.
  • Complete work assignments and perform appropriate follow up to ensure that tasks are completed on time.
  • Follow engineering best practices and provide technical mentorship to other team members.
  • Collaboratively work with developers to implement test hooks for automation.
  • Operate as a self-starter and possess the technical aptitude in troubleshooting both software and environment issues.
  • Able to set product delivery goals and achieve scheduled deadlines.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and have the technical curiosity to dig deep into the root of complex issues between multiple software and system layers.

Qualifications Mandatory:

  • 3+ years of experience in Selenium, Coded UI, Test Manager, Lab Manager, Appium, HP Service Test, SOAP UI PRO, Postman, Insomnia, JMeter etc.
  • Well versed in automating web services paradigms such as REST and protocols such as HTTP.
  • Experience working on web applications and/or web-based technologies.
  • Proficient in multiple forms of test approaches for web/UI testing including functional, cross-browser compatibility, mobile, web service, and integration testing using manual and automated automation testing tools.
  • Develop optimized automation scripts for regression testing with various data sources, environment variables, and configuration files and reusable user-defined functions.
  • Proficient in UNIX/Linux environments and shell scripting.
  • Proficient in basic SQL operations such as joins and views.
  • Experience with SOAP, REST, RPC or other client-server API testing.
  • Experience in TFS, JIRA, and Confluence a plus.
  • Experience in Git or other source code management systems.
  • Experience in setting up and maintaining test suite executions via Octopus, Jenkins, Bamboo or any other continuous integration tools.
  • Comfortable in AGILE development environments and cross-functional team structures.
  • Experience with end-to-end SDLC, testing methodologies and test phases, including unit, assembly, system, integration, regression and performance testing.
  • Strong work ethic and integrity.
  • Strong analytical abilities, troubleshooting skills, and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated ability aptitude in logical and analytical thinking, as well as display strong problem solving skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent work experience.

Qualifications Preferred:

  • Prior programming work experience.
  • Experience within the Banking Payments Sector, especially having worked on Rapid Payment solutions, Payments using Proxy and Request to Pay
  • Experience with performance engineering and load testing is a huge plus.

 

 

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