(873) Test Analyst x2 - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Conduct functional, non-functional, integration, system integration, regression and user acceptance testing.
• Analyse business requirements and perform gap analyses to ensure comprehensive testing is done.
• Compile test strategies, plans and test cases (including test estimation) to ensure a structured approach during testing.
• Evaluate, plan, design, develop and deploy testing techniques for new solutions, products, applications and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout the development life cycles.
• Manage defects and improve the quality of testing through early defect detection.
• Keep abreast of developments in information and communications technology trends, specifically within the infrastructure-testing arena to develop and design the most appropriate test approaches and solutions.
• Develop progress and quality reports (encapsulating test results and statistics) to support the final approval for implementation of the solution.
• Compile user manuals and conduct training to support the utilisation of the solution.
• Engage with the internal and external user community to ensure that business benefits are realised.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor of Computer Science degree (NQF 7) in Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification; and
• five to eight years’ experience in testing.

The following would be added advantages:

• entry-level calypso testing knowledge;
• Regulator payments systems; 
• SWIFT knowledge; and/or
• manual and automated application programming interface testing experience.