Junior Automation Engineer at FIS

Job Description

FIS Asset Arena 360 is currently looking a Junior Automation Engineer, to join the development team in Cape Town.

Position Responsibilities:

•  Implement the Whole Team Test Approach to Agile development
•  Assist the team in identifying test cases in all 4 quadrants as described in the Agile Testing quadrants
•  Identify all test cases to support development of new features prior to development starting
•  Participate in all phases of test execution and documentation including functional, regression, usability, integration and user acceptance testing
•  Develop and refine full functional test plans and test case templates, test strategy and estimate workload requirements
•  Develop and execute Quality Assurance test plans and test cases to thoroughly test the business applications based on the clients’ requirements and the development release documents
•  Work closely with all other technical teams to ensure effective cross-team coordination during the testing process
•  Participate in Grooming sessions with Product Owners and Developers to ensure a common understanding on what is required is developed
•  Identify, log, report and track defects found in the release. Prepare clear and concise written reports on defects found during QA process
•  Communicate test plan status to the QA Manager and Project Manager to promote effective critical path decisions for the release
•  Automate test cases identified so they can be added to the regression pack
•  Assist the team with functional expertise and guidance on automation coverage along the critical application path per feature
•  Primarily focused on developing an automated test suite to be executed daily against the latest build of the application. These will include Unit, API and GUI tests
•  Automate and execute test scenarios within the Sprint
•  Automation will be done using an in-house tool developed in Java and collaboration with teams across multiple regions will be required

Position Requirements:

•  Familiarity with Unit, API, GUI automation and Agile Testing/Whole Team Test Approach
•  Experience in a Development or QA environment required with the ability to demonstrate proficiency in Java (Would be beneficial but is not required)
•  Accurate communication of status and issues is critical to the overall success of this position
•  Strong trouble shooting skills, root cause analysis and attention to detail are all essential requirements for this position
•  Self-motivated, strong initiative, flexible and excellent time management skills
•  Enthusiastic, team-building attitude and able to work with little guidance
•  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
•  Knowledgeable and experience working with Quality Assurance methodologies in particular Agile SCRUM is beneficial

In line with the Black Economic Empowerment programme, we will only be considering applications from South African citizens