Tester (Banking) at ModusBPS (Business Process Systems)

Job Description

x Functional Test Analysts with at lease 4+ years of experience of the following:

• Analysing test requirements specifications and inputting to test strategies,
• Change control and management of test ware,
• Developing test scenarios,
• Managing the execution of small testing projects/individual components of larger testing projects, ensuring quality and timeliness,
• Signing off entry and exit criteria for components for which they are responsible,
• Providing status reports and updates,
• Reviewing test cases developed and the test execution results,
• Ensuring defects are logged correctly and tracked through to closure using the appropriate defect tracking tool,
• Managing and motivating junior team members,
• Ensuring adherence to testing standards and guidelines

Competencies: Education and Experience Required

•  Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field, compulsory.
•  Certification in standard testing suites such as Rational etc., compulsory.
•  Testing Certification (CSTP / ISTQB / CSTE etc.), compulsory.
•  Minimum 3 years’ Software development experience.
•  Minimum 5 years’ Software testing and Quality Assurance experience.
• Minimum 3 year Financial Services Industry experience.
•  Minimum 5 years’ experience in Team Management.
•  Expertise in Capacity Management.
•  Expertise in Compliance Audit.
•  Expertise in Knowledge of Banking and Financial Services business.
•  Expertise in Quality Assurance.
• Expertise in Testing.

Outputs:  Exercises the work product / developed product in a simulated deployment setting to determine its fitness for

use and purpose

•  Validates testing requirements, reviews test plans and ensures appropriate test coverage
•  Provides expertise in developing testing infrastructure, authoring frameworks, performing market analysis and
• provide technical leadership / strategic direction to the testing organization
• Leverages existing test cases and develop efficient new test cases to validate business requirements are met.
• Testers support execution of test cases and validation of the test case results for the products under test.

Deliverables:

• Creating
• Test Scripts, working from Business and Technical Requirements
• documents for guidance, and in partnership with business stakeholders for User
• Acceptance testing
• Validating that Technical requirements and Business needs are met by development of accurate test cases
• Planning testing in a timely manner to ensure requirements are met and signed off
• Executing test cases and analysing test results
• Writing understandable, actionable and repeatable defect reports
• Certifying operation of product in production environment
• Delivery & Support
• Design and develop new test cases in line with the test strategy and plan
• Understand existing test cases and test data and execute the test cases and validate results in line with the project schedule
• Use various tools properly, including defect tracking, test case definition tracking and test case execution tracking
• Participate in team review of requirements / design documentation for purposes of test planning and to validate requirements testability
• Understand and leverage existing manual and / or automated test cases; design and develop new test cases (where needed) in line with the test strategy and plan
• Participate in team review of requirements / design documentation for purposes of test planning and to validate requirements
• Implement and develop overall test strategy and test plan for manual and / or automated testing
• Support execution of test cases and the validation of results, manage workload to a schedule, meet deadlines
• Coach and mentor test team on test methodology and best practices as well as support and enable effective and cooperative working relationships
• Develop testing infrastructure and author test frameworks
• Formulate testing strategy
• Ensure that priorities are clear, quality standards and processes are adhered to
• Ensure that work is conducted cost-effectively, that deliverables are of high quality, on time and budget
• Assess and direct the implementation of improvements in the team’s overall
• approach to testing
• Maintain an awareness of new developments in testing methodologies and tools
• Update the traceability matrix to map the test cases to the use cases
• Plan & Organise
• To create Test Scripts and analyse the test results
• Work with Project Managers and / or Test Lead to identify testing tasks and associated estimates, proper implementation and utilization of various tools, including source control, issue tracking, test case definition tracking and test case execution
• Coordinate and facilitate Test Readiness Reviews
• Direct, coach, train and motivate test team members in execution of their tasks.
• Collaborate with Application Managers and business users to plan, schedule, and execute Integrate and System Test.
• Develop estimates for testing product releases for planning the release cycle
• Assist in the development and management of an annual budget for the test team
• Manage the interactions with the application managers, development team and business teams
• Acquire & Implement
• Tools for automated testing and performance testing
• Modules for recording and tracking defects to closure
• 3
• Implement new tools and products to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the testing organization
• Monitor & Evaluate
• Manage defects found during testing by tracking and facilitating Defect Review Meetings
• Oversee the creation and execution of test plans and ensure that tests progress
• according to the defined schedule
• Monitors and reviews the test results and reports, and if the fixed defects are retested
• Evaluate and improve upon test strategies and plans for product releases
• Performs tools and product evaluations to identify those that suit the internal
• environment.