Contract (Possibility of permanent)
COMPANY:
A large financial services company
LOCATION:
Cape Town (Hybrid working model)
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
- Evaluating and selecting appropriate automation tools and frameworks
- Analyzing test results and providing comprehensive reports
- Conducting performance and scalability testing
- Staying up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in testing
- Participating in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Ensuring the quality and integrity of software products by adhering to established quality standards and processes
- Participating in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes
- Collaborating with the development team to ensure that test coverage is comprehensive and effective
- Ensuring that all testing activities are completed on schedule and within budget
- Working with various teams to coordinate testing efforts
- Leading and mentoring junior testers in automation best practices
- Designing and executing automated test scripts for web applications
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects
- Developing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Documenting and maintaining test artifacts, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Providing technical expertise and guidance to the QA team
- Communicating with stakeholders, including developers, project managers, and business analysts
- Creating and maintaining a test automation framework that is scalable and maintainable
- Developing and implementing test strategies and approaches
- Identifying opportunities for process improvements and automation efficiencies
