Specialist QA Engineer at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

Education and experience required

• 5+ years’ experience. Focus on automation testing as well as developing software testing script as a means of improving the quality of application software. 
• Extensive knowledge of the full software testing life cycle. 

Technical Tools: 
VBScript, .Net, C#, Visual Studio .Net, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Selenium Webdriver, Selenium IDE, Sikuli IDE, Visual Studio Test Tools Unit Testing, Java, MySQL, PostgresSQL, Testlink, Azure Devops  Jira.

•     Prior programming work experience.
•     Experience within the Banking Sector
•     Experience & expertise (Basic) in coding languages such as Java, C# and some experience- in software engineering / development
•     Well versed in 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 application testing including functional, cross-browser compatibility, mobile, web service, and integration testing etc..
•     Experience with SOAP, REST, RPC or other client-server API testing.
•     Experience in Git or other source code management systems.
•      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 testing.
•     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

Job Description

QA Engineering

•  Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as an QA automation specialist engineer
•  Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
•  Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
•  Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)
•  Develop automation test plans
•  Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
•  Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
•  Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results
•  Facilitate test plan / case reviews within squads
•  Work with product engineers to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement
•  Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
•  Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)
•  Provide the required project / scrum related information / feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)
•  Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports

DevOps

•  Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
•  Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products / services
•  Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
•  Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery

Risk & Governance

•  Ensure compliance with technical risk and governance requirements
•  Ensure work is compliant with automation testing frameworks and standards
•  Proactively identify and communicate risks ahead of need
•  Participate in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management processes as required and implement mitigating actions

People

•  Participate in peer reviews & continuously develop automation testing awareness & capability across squads

Note:

• Banking knowledge and payments experience is Must.
• RTGS knowledge will be an advantage.

 
Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology