Specialist QA Engineer - JHB at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Description

QA Engineering

• Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle.
• Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
• Participate and analyze business requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation).
• Develop manual test plans.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
• Work with software developers, CoE's to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement.
• End to End functional and regression testing on workday ,service now and ER Navigator and other applicable HR systems.
• Ensure all deliverables produced are aligned with the test approach used which is risks based approach.
• Communicate the product risks to the product owner, QA lead/Manager, RTA and Project Manager.
• Responsible for the following QA Processes (Test analysis, Test design, Test environment set up, Test Execution and Reporting).
• Evaluating the outcome of each test cycle.
• Logging defect using Azure Dev Ops or any defined tool.

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.

Leadership

• Participate in peer reviews.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to Junior QA Engineer.
• Collaborate with the QA Lead to enhance the QA processes, development processes, and governance.

Education and Qualifications

• IT Degree/Diploma or any related Tertiary qualification.
• Practical Software Testing.
• ISTQB Foundation.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology