Glacier by Sanlam brings together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet clients investment needs. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, designed to assist in the creation and preservation of wealth. Our offering encompasses local investments, including fixed term investments and investments with guarantees, international investments, retirement saving solutions, and retirement income solutions. While each solution has its own distinct purpose, they all share the world-class quality and commitment that have come to distinguish Glacier.
What will you do?
The Junior Automation Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining Glaciers test automation framework and to provide support to all IT Development teams. The Automation Engineer will provide for enough automation coverage that will guarantee comprehensive regression testing and quality.
Key Outcomes
The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the Junior Automation Engineer:
- Create and run automation scripts
- Collaborate the Lead testers / Test analysts / Devs / Architects to ensure sufficient automated regression testing coverage
- Investigate defects and log defects (where required)
- Responsible for distributing Automation reports or regular basis
- Keeping libraries and services up to date
- Mapping of controls and adding it to application code
- Support IT Development teams to deliver on their sprint testing goals
- Joint responsibility with Test analysts of maintaining automation datasheets
- Serve as the test automation subject matter expert
- Optimize automation scripts to ensure maintainable code
- Ensure stability of the automation framework and environment
- Recommend and initiate enhancements to the current automation framework to ensure relevance
- Provide input to the automation strategy to ensure increasing value-add within the functional testing process
Qualifications And Experience
- Relevant IT qualification
- 4+ years experience in automation scripting and automation tools
- 5+ years Functional testing experience
- Knowledge and experience in Selenium, SpecFlow, Visual Studio, Appium, Desktop Automation
- Experience in Back-end development, using C# and JavaScript
- Building Automation Frameworks e.g. BDD, AzureDevOps CI/CD, API Testing, Mobile etc
- Experience in Front-end development, using HTML5, WPF or any other popular JavaScript libraries
- Knowledge and experience of the following processes and methodologies:
- SDLC and Testing Life Cycle
- Scrum Methodology
- Prior experience in the financial services industry would be preferred
- Client focus
- Cultivates innovation
- Collaborates
- Being resilient
- Drive results
- Problem solving and analysis skills
- Ability to perform well under pressure
- Planning and organising
- Decision-making ability
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (written & verbal)
- Honesty, integrity and respect
- Positive, enthusiastic attitude
- Professional work standards
- Ability to motivate self and others
Degree or Diploma and required Certification with 4 to 6 years related experience.
Knowledge And Skills
Regression testing and scripts
System testing, analysis and reviews
Business Requirements
Logs and tracks and resolves defects
Personal Attributes
Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
Decision quality - Contributing independently
Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
Optimises work processes - Contributing independently
Build a successful career with us
Were all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
Customer focus - Contributing independently
Drives results - Contributing independently
Collaborates - Contributing independently
Being resilient - Contributing independently
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
