Automation Tester at Blue Label Telecoms

Job Purpose

Responsible to design and verify circuits, logic, systems, and algorithms to meet product requirements. The individual will determine the proper method and procedures to be used in the digital system development and determine the best method for verifying the digital system before the complete design is committed to silicon.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Development and Design

• Design, develop and test digital subsystems.
• Analyze requirements, identify required work and estimate development tasks.
• Perform in conjunction with software development team to ensure system meets operational requirements.
• Collaborate on architecture, top level, and block level definition.
• Record design and develop product documentation inputs for technical writers.
• Involve in digital and software requirements definition.
• Plan and oversee digital and software development projects.
• Engineer and design digital control boards to meet power amplifier module requirements.
• Accountable for the effective creation, measurement and control of the test strategy within content and Comms.
• Review business requirements, creation and execution of Functional, Integration, End-to-End, Regression, UAT & Automation (UI & API) Ownership and driving testing tasks from start to finish.
• Coordinate and support UAT with business users.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver.
• Create and execute test plans and test cases for software applications.
• Collaborate with the development team to identify test scenarios and ensure that all critical business requirements are covered in the test plan.
• Analyze test results and debug errors.
• Report and track defects and work with the development team to resolve them.
• Work with the QA team to continuously improve the automation framework and testing process.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives.
• Continuously learn new testing technologies and tools.

Work collaboratively

• Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation.
• Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams.
• Build co-operation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication and collaboration across the organisation.
• Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with external stakeholders to develop joint solutions.

Leadership

• Through effective inspirational leadership, facilitate the creation of accountable, full service teams who understand and strive to meet the needs of all stakeholders.
• Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values.
• Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
• Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports.
• Develop, promote and direct the implementation of equal opportunities policies in all aspects of the company’s work.
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities.

Self-Management

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are demonstrate flexibility in balancing. achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs.
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures consistently and accurately maintained.

Requirements

Behavioural Competencies

• Manages Complexity
• Ensures Accountability
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Communicates Effectively
• Plans and Aligns
• Collaborates
• Decision Quality
• Cultivates Innovation
• Courage
• Business Insight
• Action Oriented
• Tech Savvy
• Manages Ambiguity
• Strategic Mindset

Skills

• Action Planning
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Planning and Organizing
• Policy and procedures
• Computer Skills
• Application Development
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Review and Reporting
• Verbal Communication
• Data Control
• IT Data Management
• IT Implementation and integration
• IT Testing
• Project Management
• Writing skills

Education

• Matric
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Experience

• Minimum of 10+ years’ progressive experience in similar role
• IT Implementation and integration
• IT Data Management