Test Analyst at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary    
We are looking to recruit a Test Analyst. To provide quality assurance on IT development by ensuring that all software deployments are as per business requirement specifications.To provide quality assurance on IT development by ensuring that all software deployments are as per business requirement specifications.

Test Planning and Design

• Review business and functional requirement specs
• Extract all testable requirements and identify issues in the specifications
• Create and maintain test cases and test data
• Establish/update the traceability between business requirements and test cases and procedures
• Contribute to the development of the testing processes and standards

Test Execution and Reporting

• Execute the manual and automated tests
• Defect management
• Identify and log defects
• Follow up on all outstanding defects with developers
• Retest all resolved defects (both in projects and maintenance)
• Compile a test summar
• Assist in the user acceptance testing activity for projects and maintenance initiative
• May be required to attend CAB meetings leading up to deployment to production.
• In conjunction with Business Analysts, provide support to learning area in the development and signoff of training material particularly on systems. May also be required to provide ongoing support to business in filtering queries raised and liaising with developers. This is also likely to include logging of defects for developers to attend to the issue raised
• Responsible for sanity testing in production post deployment to production
• Maintains awareness of best practices and industry standards

Required Knowledge and Experience    

• 3 years Test analyst experience in Software Testing / Quality Assurance.
• 2 years Testing Tool experience e.g. HP QC, MS Test Manager, Jira Etc.
• Minimum of 2 years Life Insurance experience
• Automated testing involvement advantageous 
• Software Testing Analysis
• Proficiency in software testing techniques and tools
• Attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Creative and analytical
• Good communication (written and verbal) skills
• Collaborative and excellent people skills
• Committed, flexible and reliable
• Must know how the Agile methodology works
• Proactive and innovative
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Functional Testing
• DevOps
• Automated test plans in Devops
• Following instructions & procedures
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Deciding and initiating action
• Adhering to principles and values
• Analytical
• Researching
• Applying expertise and knowledge
• Adapting and responding to change
• Capable of learning new systems quickly
• Load Testing - JMeter
• PostMan and integration testing
• SoapUI for integration testing

Educational Requirements    

• A National Diploma/Degree in Information Systems/Technology/Computer Science, or equivalent qualification at NQF6.
• Software Testing / Quality Assurance certifications