Senior Test Engineer - Sandton at Discovery Limited

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

Implement the software test life cycle:

• The process used to test software and ensure that quality standards are met. It includes test analysis and design, test estimation, test planning and approach, test execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Coordinate the delivery of work for Associate test engineers working on the same project: allocating tasks in line with the project plan, providing support and assistance, giving feedback, and addressing knowledge, skills and/or performance gaps, responsible for ensuring the work is completed on time, to the required testing standards and is fit for purpose. 
• responsible for governance issues relating to third-party test teams by ensuring Vitality test standards are met and regression and automation packs are maintained.
• Test analysis and design: Designs descriptive and prescriptive tests (both automation and manual)  which are written to consider full system integrations i.e. multi journey impacting multiple systems and services; Responsible for the quality of the tests against stories; implements the test automation project in line with the framework designed by the Principal test engineer; writes tests that consider system integrations and writes test scenarios aligned to the business requirements; responsible for the maintenance of test regression packs.
• Test estimation: Estimates the testing effort for collective test work within assigned projects.
• Test planning and approach: Develops overall test plan and approaches for assigned projects; plans and implements continuous integration using pipeline tools.
• Test execution: Run tests as required. Ensures tests conducted by more junior testers are done correctly. Actively removes blockers and escalates where needed.
• Defect management: Identifies and raises defects to the agreed standard. Retests once fixed. Closes assigned defects once resolved. Provides governance on defect management. Ensures defects are completed in line with the SLAs agreed for the project. Is responsible for defect management and triaging of defects reported within their assigned projects.  
• Reporting: Produces reports as required in relation to assigned work and the project phase. This includes preparation progress updates; test execution progress; defects; test outcome report etc.

Adhere to testing standards:

• Adhering to the Group test strategy that defines the required testing standards and practices.
• Provide guidance to other test engineers, and 3rd parties, on adherence to these standards to ensure the effective application across Vitality. 
• Question, provide insight, ideas and input into how the standards could better support Vitality, including includes making recommendations to update existing or create new standards.
• Actively undertake required updates to test artefacts in line with the agreed process and definition of “done” and “ready” and peer review document updates as requested.

Engage stakeholders.

• Work with stakeholders to develop an understanding of the needs and requirements of both internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve the desired outcomes. The core team of stakeholders includes project managers, user experience (UX) designers, solution architects, developers, systems or business analysts, other testers, product owners, and heads of journey.
• Responsible for the stakeholder relationship leads and presents engagements with internal stakeholders, proactively collaborate with stakeholders
• Work with teams across the business at all levels to understand the business requirements, technology design, and story playback.
• Facilitate meetings and guide discussion, engaging at a high level to negotiate and resolve complex or significant conflicts, issues, and change requirements.
• Collaborate with others to review requirement specifications and use these agreed specifications to design and execute the testing approach, using the right standards and tools 

Education and Experience 

• Matric
• Degree level or equivalent – has in-depth knowledge in own discipline, gained through significant work experience in a relevant role or sector.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of Test automation experience.