CAREER OPPORTUNITY

The Santam Finance team has a position available for an Automation Tester who will be based in Bellville (Hybrid).

JOB DESCRIPTION

The incumbent will take responsibility for the automation testing process, tools, techniques, and standards that meet business requirements on the Santam Oracle's JD Edwards platform guided by test centre of excellence standards.

 

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Analyses and develops proper automated regression test coverage using Santam’s Automation Framework.  Develop test strategies, plans, and maintain automation test data  Develop and continuously improve automated tests as new system features and enhancements are developed  Execution and monitoring of Automated regression packs • Validating test results and logging defects.  Ensure the appropriate test environments and infrastructures are in place and kept up to date. Analyse metrics for quality assessment/improvement  May work with Business Analysts to influence and monitor User Acceptance Testing.  Identify and report to dev teams questionable functions, performance concerns, and inconsistencies  Weekly and testing progress reports sent to management for overall testing reporting.  Responsibilities may require hours and weekend work in response to the needs of the systems being supported. Ensure the test automation solution meets the architectural and development standards that are re-usable and scalable.  Working closely with the test manager.

 

QUALITY ASSURANCE

 

Functional and Non-Functional testing of developed software to ensure it meets quality standards  Participates in code reviews, technical issue resolution meetings and dev ops forums when needed. Participates in test community of practise
  QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE Relevant Tertiary IT qualification preferred with strong mathematical background  3 years experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle  Experience testing API’s using postman QA related certification i.e., ISTQB Foundation (preferably) with solid automation testing background  Oracle's JD Edwards background will be advantageous  Scrum@Scale background will be advantageous

 

Experience In 

 

Testing Levels & Lifecycle  Build and implement Automation frameworks  Designing and writing test automation scripts using Selenium  Develop and configure test automation networks and execute stability and performance tests.  Coordinate with software developers to deliver stable enterprise software products.  Understanding of Agile scrum  Apply, design, and develop automated testing strategies and build automated testing frameworks.  Analyse and verify best automated and manual test approaches and execute acceptance, integration and system testing.  Analyse performance test requirements and develop test plans and debug to understand test objective requirements.  Establish test strategy and manual and automated test suites  Xray Test Management Tool  Creating and Implementing Automated Regression Test Strategies  Testing Techniques

 
Process Improvement Models 

 

Experience with API testing and automation thereof  Experience with SQL  Integrate automated testing into a Bamboo CI/CD framework KNOWLEDGE Good working knowledge in testing best practices  Working knowledge of the Atlassian Suite of products (e.g., Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket) and Monitoring Tools would be advantageous  Knowledge of the short-term insurance industry is advantageous  Competent in problem solving and troubleshooting  Prioritising objectives and planning  Accurate time estimates for automation test development  Identifying, resolving, or escalating risks, issues, dependencies, etc.  Must be able to work in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment  Mentoring QA Testers transitioning into automation testing in use of Automation Frameworks  Able to accept accountability for actions and decisions
  COMPETENCIES

 

Collaborates  Customer focused  Drives results  Cultivates innovation  Flexible and adaptable  System testing, analysis, and reviews  Business requirements and development of junior testers to adhere to business requirements  Reporting and administration  Change control  Process improvements  IT Data Analysis Risk management