QA Test Analyst (Automation)

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

DC:AT

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Location:

Gauteng, South Africa

Salary:

Market related


SUMMARY:
QA Test Analyst (Automation)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Responsible for the planning, analysis, design and execution of the testing effort, including defect management in Automation.  

Requirements

  1. Matric Certificate.
  2. Relevant Working Experience.
  3. ISTQB Certification
  4. Bonus – Development background

Tasks & Responsibilities

  1. Provided and prepared test strategies and plans for automation/performance projects
  2. Built enhancements to test frameworks increasing speed and productivity
  3. GUI/API automation/performance solutions using different tools
  4. Refinement of automation/performance tech methodologies and approach
  5. Innovate solutions and idea improving SQA processes
  6. Define metrics and measurements to evaluate automation/performance effectiveness
  7. Analysis, design and implement automation/ performance solutions
  8. Facilitate project workshops and scoping sessions
  9. Compile project estimations and costings
  10. Compile technical statements of work
  11. Pilot and demo bespoke automation/performance solutions
  12. Identify and augment business opportunities
  13. Provide creative solutions to increase employee effectiveness
  14. Prepare Reusable functions, which improve the robustness, re-usability, and maintainability of their test script

Hard Skills

  1. Exposure to development or test automation tools/frameworks (e.g. Selenium Grid, Junit, SOAP-UI, Eclipse, Jenkins, CA-Lisa, Ant, Maven, Visual Studio, HP ALM/QTP and JIRA)
  2. Working on Agile projects and Agile Testing experience
  3. Experience on TFS, Selenium and MTM
  4. Background in development or networking
  5. Experience with major development languages required as per test automation tools.
  6. Experience testing of web applications and virtual machines.
  7.  Use of 2 or more development languages (e.g. Java/JQuery, Javascript, Python/Jython, Ruby, Groovy, C++/C#, CSS, .Net, VBScript and SQL
  8. Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
  9. Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design and development.
  10. Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
  11. Be passionate about all thing’s UI and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
  12. Interacting well with others since teamwork is common.
  13. Exhibiting a commitment to lifelong learning since technology is always changing.
  14. Thinking outside the box to solve problems creatively.
  15. Communicating effectively so that all involved understand what is being done.

Soft Skills

  1. Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver development solutions for approval.
  2. Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design and development.
  3. Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
  4. Be passionate about all thing’s code and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
  5. Interacting well with others since teamwork is common.
  6. Exhibiting a commitment to lifelong learning since technology is always changing.
  7. Thinking outside the box to solve problems creatively.
  8. Communicating effectively so that all involved understand what is being done.
  9. Appreciation for clean and well documented code.
  10. A meticulous and organized approach to work.
  11. A logical, analytical, and creative approach to problem-solving.
  12. A thorough, detail-oriented work style.

 

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