BI Tester - Bellville at Santam Insurance

DUTIES

• Analyse and develop the proper test coverage with the Business/Data Analyst/ Product Owner
• Responsible for creating and executing test scripts 
• Identify and create necessary test data 
• Check test results and log defects
• Analyse test failures
• Analyse metrics for quality assessment
• Analyse risks, develop contingencies, and plan testing accordingly.
• Extract information, as requested by clients, from different databases.
• May work with Business/Data Analyst to influence and monitor User Acceptance Testing.
• Track and monitor errors and test results with project team
• Testing progress reports to management for overall testing reporting.
• Responsibilities may require after hours and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Relevant Tertiary IT/Testing Qualification (Degree or diploma)
• Minimum of 3 years BI testing experience 
• Testing on large volumes of data
• Testing certification (ISTQB – Foundation certificate) will be an advantage
• Previous experience in tools like JIRA and Xray will be beneficial
• Experience using Microsoft SQL server management studio will be beneficial
• Experience writing SQL queries is critical for this role
• Experience utilizing exploitation tools 
• Experience in software testing methodologies (agile, waterfall, data, functional and non-functional), test planning, test cases development, execution of test cases
• Experience in developing test cases and test scenarios from use cases and/or requirements specifications
• Experience with Requirements Management, Test Management and Defect Management Tools. 
• Experience with Release processes