Job Openings at Paracon

My client is looking for an innovative Product Owner in their BI space to mentor and manage direct reports in the production environment. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, detail-orientated and have relevant Product Owner or IT Project Management experience.

You will be engaging with business stakeholders to establish what system enhancements are required to support their needs. You will also be required to take ownership of backlog and ensure that backlog consists of items that would add value in relation to strategic initiatives

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Business Analyst will be advantageous
• Data Analysis and SQL skills
• At least 2 years people management skills
• Experience in managing complex software projects and leading software development teams
• Data warehousing and data visualisation tools experience advantageous
• Ability to multi-task across different projects
• Experience in the financial services industry

Qualifications

• Strong academic history / performance
• Technology or Business Analyst qualification

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My client is looking for a dynamic Technical Lead who will play a key part in leading one of their development teams in Johannesburg. As this is a hands-on role, you will also be involved in adding and maintaining features to our world-class software and be involved in all facets of the software development process.

You will liaise with other Senior IT Members in Cape Town and make sure that the technical vision of the company is translated and preserved. Part of this includes performing management duties such as career guidance and performance appraisals.

As Technical Lead you will ensure the design of clear and simple solutions and that elegant robust code is written as well as provide guidance in troubleshooting and root cause analysis.  

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers
• Perform managerial tasks such as: career guidance, performance appraisals etc.
• Ensure that unit, integration and acceptance tests for all components are written
• Ensure that build automation scripts are written
• Design clean and simple solutions
• Ensure that elegant robust code is written

  Requirements

• At least 8 years’ worth of professional development experience
• Experience leading other software developers
• Line management experience
• Strong understanding of the SDLC

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Purpose of the Job:

As a tester you play a critical role in the design of our software to ensure it is developed with quality in mind from the very beginning and solving the many complex challenges along the way, using some of the industry’s latest technologies. 

Automation is a key testers to have a strong coding background to assist in building the automation systems that enable us to deliver this world class software rapidly.

Job Objectives:

• Estimating effort for testing tasks
• Defining the test approach for each sprint
• Extracting test requirements for user stories
• Designing and creating test cases
• Executing test cases manually / automated
• Manual front end functional testing of applications – which includes system, integration, regression and end to end testing as well as exploratory testing
• Collaborate closely with developers, identifying, logging, prioritizing and verifying defects in a defect tracking system
• Managing and maintaining the test environments and test data
• Implementing automated tests
• Develop test tools, and extend test frameworks and test environments
• First line support and root cause analysis of production issues and proactive, friendly, transparent and efficient support service
• Playing a central role in establishing best practices for testing in an agile environment
• Continuous improvement initiatives specifically with regard to quality
• Product risk mitigation thereby limiting defects in production
• Project risk mitigation thereby ensuring a smooth deployment process
• Managing and maintaining the regression test suits (manual / automated)
• Carry out exploratory testing
• Final sign-off of new releases

Qualifications:

• Degree in computer science or business information systems ideal, but solid experience will be considered as well

Competencies:

• You understand the systems you are testing.
• You can program (we use Scala, JavaScript and UFT amongst others) or are interested in learning to program.
• You know how to write SQL.
• You know where it is most effective for an automated test to live. (Unit, Integration, E2E)
• You can speak the same language as the developers.
• You understand the benefits of manual testing but also the costs.
• You are continually trying to improve your testing skills.
• You read widely about what is happening in the world of testing.
• You know that learning didn't end with the last course you did but rather its continuous for the rest of your life.
• You care about releasing great software.
• You have experience testing financial applications.
• You enjoy complicated numerical calculations.
• You will need to help solve the complex testing issues we face.
• You will need to help solve the small testing issues we face.
• You will need to deal with a wide range of people often under severe stress