Snr Spec: Test Automation Engineer at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• Liberty is looking for an automation engineer who is also versed in manual testing. Amongst the top responsibility for this role, is to create a robust automation framework for liberty and ensure processes are fully automated. Below are the main responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for web applications, APIs, and mobile applications.
• Design and implement test automation frameworks and tools to support continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Identify and prioritize test cases for automation based on business impact and risk analysis.
• Analyse the requirements, identify new opportunities for automation, create and maintain automation Scripts.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and other stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Perform debugging and troubleshooting of automated test scripts and test failures.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Design test cases, test, and automate applications in various environments to help improve processes, save costs, and achieve better outcomes.
• Create repos and automation pipeline for regression suites and functional testing.

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Understand company processes, provide automation solution for those processes, and include results validation.
• Work closely with development and product teams to establish testing strategies, design, and implement test plans, and develop automated tests that cover various aspects of the application, including UI and functionality.
• Integrating tests into the CI/CD pipeline, ensure that software releases are dependable and of high quality.
• Testing and troubleshooting systems/applications (Once the automation scripts are in place, ensure that the scripts function correctly (Supervising the automation processes regularly.)
• Ability to define test scenarios, test cases and execute test cases manually.
• Additionally, troubleshoot and diagnose issues in systems under test, contributing to the continuous improvement of the software development process.
• Provide accurate and timely test execution and progress reports.
• The ability to do knowledge transfer of his/her automation skills.

Minimum Experience

• 4-6 + years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test / Test Automation Engineer.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as UFT, Selenium and other automation tools.
• Solid understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience with web application testing and desktop application testing.
• Experience in API testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with version control, defect tracking, test management tools and continuous integration tools (GIT, Jenkins, ADO).
• Proficient in SQL databases.
• Insurance business knowledge will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure).

Minimum Qualifications

• BSC degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Certification in software testing (e.g., ISTQB) is a plus.