Automation Test Analyst at Absa

Design automation testing plans and develop automation test scripts for multiple technical products / services (pre, during & post deployment) in both ‘Run & Change’ contexts and align to chosen application testing frameworks & guidelines. Testing may apply to all or a combination of the following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability and regression testing of solutions. This entails full responsibility for ensuring products are protected through quantifiable test coverage & metrics.

Job Description
The Midas team (Core Banking Multi Currency Application) within the Chief Technology Office is looking for a Specialist Automation Engineer to setup an automation testing environment, using best practices and framework.
The team is currently busy with a Rewrite Project which involves separating the application from the Vendor and building the application in-house.
The technology used will be Modernised as part of ABSA’s Cloud based strategy.

Accountability:
QA Engineering

• Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as a QA automation specialist engineer
• Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
• Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
• Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)
• Develop automation test plans
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
• Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
• Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results
• Facilitate test plan / case reviews within squads
• Work with product engineers to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement
• Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
• Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)
• Provide the required project / scrum related information / feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)
• Conduct performance monitoring on applications / components of applications for which you’ve designed and executed test scripts / plans
• Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports

DevOps

• Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
• Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products / services
• Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
• Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery

Education And Experience Required

• B-Degree or equivalent technical qualification
• Min 5 years automation testing experience
• Prior programming work experience
• Experience with performance engineering and load testing is a huge plus
• Experience & expertise (Basic) in coding languages such as Java, C# and some experience- in software engineering / development
• Well versed in web services paradigms such as REST and protocols such as HTTP
• Experience working on web applications and/or web-based technologies
• Proficient in multiple forms of test approaches for application testing including functional, cross-browser compatibility, mobile, web service, and integration testing etc
• Proficient in UNIX/Linux environments and shell scripting
• Proficient in basic SQL operations such as joins and views
• Experience with SOAP, REST, RPC or other client-server API testing
• Experience in TFS, JIRA, and Confluence
• Experience in Git or other source code management systems
• JavaScript experience
• Comfortable in AGILE development environments and cross-functional team structures
• Experience with end-to-end SDLC, testing methodologies and test phases, including unit, assembly, system, integration, regression testing
• Integration layer testing methods
• UI testing (i.e. Soap UI)
• Selenium
• MQ
• Angular experience (Advantage)

Competencies required:

• Strong work ethic and integrity
• Strong analytical abilities, troubleshooting skills, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability aptitude in logical and analytical thinking, as well as display strong problem solving skills