QA Analyst at Kerridge Commercial Systems South Africa

Working as a QA Analyst within the Testing function of KCS you will ensure the quality of the products by generating and executing product functionality tests and identifying and reporting product defects as part of a cross functional project team. You will be part of a dynamic, energetic and accommodating team. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Developing Manual and Automated Tests
• Participate in all aspects of QA product lifecycle: understand the product requirements, test case creation, feature/regression/integration/exploratory/end-to-end test execution
• Execute test cases and report on results
• Report defects and track
• Work with developers to diagnose and rectify software problems
• Understand product business requirements and review functional specifications, to detect and remove defects early in the product development lifecycle
• Write test cases in line with a specification to test core functionality, identify and investigate ambiguities in test results and propose solutions
• Execute test cases on specific areas of product functionality and check outcomes against expected results
• Participate in Agile development processes including communicating ideas, questions and concerns openly with the team
• Participate in the relevant scrum events: planning and estimation, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectivesImplement and use the departmental standard QA processes and tools
• Working collaboratively with developers and testers to ensure quality is built into our applications as new features and technologies are introduced
• Embrace continuous improvement  

Key Requirements:

Experience & Skills:

• Experience, knowledge and understanding of business processes
• Experience of software testing within an Agile environment
• Experience of Jira and test management tooling
• Experience of writing, maintaining and executing manual and automated test cases
• Experience of the entire SDLC
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Experience and understanding of Automated testing 
• Experience of API testing and automation
• Experience of SQL database queries
• Experience of integration testing
• Experience with working in TDD/BDD environments
• Advantageous - ISTQB qualification
• Advantageous - experience in Java and C#
• Must have a pro-active, positive, open and collaborative approach to working with others in a team
• Must be open to learning new skills and self-development to drive both personal and team growth
• Must be comfortable in giving feedback at all levels with integrity as well as receiving it to build trust