Pretoria: Test Analyst posted by Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Our client in the automotive industry is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to play a key role in a global Zero Trust Initiative. This opportunity offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies, ensure world-class quality and security across platforms, and collaborate with dynamic international teams. If youre passionate about testing excellence and want to contribute to the future of mobility and digital trust, this role is for you.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand relevant process from start to finish.
  
• Defining and implementing test plans.
  
• Planning and effort estimation for test case execution.
  
• Collaborate with other test analysts, developers and stakeholders.
  
• Collaborate with external vendors.
  
• Act as the Zero Trust Testing point of contact between Developers and other Testers.
  
• Coordinate test data creation with the developers and test analysts.
  
• Ensure appropriate test environment access levels for testing.
  
• Manual, Functional, Frontend, Backend, Technical Testing including test scripting and execution thereof.   
  
• Scripting for automation (ensuring that scripting is done in a manner that is ready for handover to automation).
  
• Regression Testing.
  
• Security and Reliability Testing.
  
• Performance Testing.
  
• Path and Condition Testing.
  
• Maintainability Testing.
  
• Portability Testing.
  
• Mobile testing, multiple device testing, multiple browser and multiple OS testing.
  
• Plan, organize and support Test Case/Script creation and analysis (including Technical Test Cases).
  
• Interpretation of Testing Results and logging of Defects on JIRA.
  
• Reporting on Test Results and analysis.
  
• Defect management and reporting thereof.
  
• Follow up on defect fixes identified during test execution and clear defect capturing on JIRA.
  
• Preparation and communication / reporting of Test reports / results to Stakeholders during test execution, with attention to details and correctness.
  
• Manual execution of test cases and defect retesting (manually) when required / when there are failures in the automation pack.
  
• Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated testing.
  
• Meet with end users and gather requirements in terms of test scripting where necessary.
  
• Analyze and implement business requirements specifications in terms of QA / testing.
  
• Assist with the review system proposals and provide input from a QA perspective.
  
• Scripting that is readable, extendable, re-usable, scalable, and efficient.
  
• Ensure that all implementations / testing can be passed over to other testers, mid scripting/execution, with minimum of handover.
  
• Ensure compliance & adherence to standards for audit adherence and quality assurance.
  
• Update user stories in Jira and documentation in Confluence.
  
• Ensure user sign-off.
  
• Prepare Production deployment plan documents i.t.o of test sign-offs.
  
• Preparation of system/functional documentation
  
• Preparation/Updating of user and operation manuals and other Confluence documentation.
  
• Escalate deviations in test plans, blockers, impediments and other issues to the relevant Lead.
  

Requirements

Essential Skills Requirements:

• Manual-, Functional-, Technical- and Automation Testing
  
• Regression-, Security-, Reliability-, Performance-, Path and Condition-, API-,
  Maintainability-, Negative-, Portability Testing.
• Mobile testing, multiple device testing, multiple browser and multiple OS testing.
  
• Test Case/Script creation and analysis (including Technical Test Cases).
  
• Defect management, defect capturing on JIRA, and defect workflow adherence related to testing.
  
• Test Tools include JIRA, Xray, Confluence, Jenkins, Postman, SOAPUI, IntelliJ IDE, BrowserStack and axeMonitor
  
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
  

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

• Familiarity with application testing across web, mobile and desktop platforms.
  
• Ability to test infrastructure components (servers, networks, cloud environments)
  
• Understanding of systems engineering concepts.
  
• Understanding of integration between different technologies.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in IT or relevant experience
  
• 3 to 5+ years Software Testing experience
  
• ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester or ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing
  
• Agile working experience (Mandatory)