Allan Gray Proprietary Limited is an investment manager, focused on creating financial security for investors. You can access our investment expertise through our unit trusts.
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Test Analyst III (Manual) | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (8379)
We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join the Institutional IT team as a test analyst in delivering quality software that will create an exceptional user experience for our end-users.
Allan Gray Institutional IT team consists of appr. 65 members, covering a range of skills and responsibilities including Domain Owners, Development Manager, Architect, Business Analysts, Developers (.NET and SQL) and IT Operations. The team operates with four business-aligned domains (Front Office, Middle Office, Fund Operations and Client Servicing).
Additionally, the Tech domain and IT Operations teams support the business-aligned domains.
What you can expect: You will be performing functional and regression testing as well as resolving production defects.
Please note: This is a Cape Town based role and you will be required to be in office for a minimum of 3 days / week or as required by your domain.
Job Responsibilities
Extracting test requirements for user stories,
Designing and creating test cases,
Estimating effort for testing tasks,
Manual testing of applications, which includes front-end, system integration, regression, and end-to-end as well as exploratory testing,
Managing and maintaining manual regression test suites,
Product risk mitigation, thereby limiting defects in production,
Collaborating closely with developers and business analysts in identifying, logging, and verifying defects in a defect tracking system,
Collaborating with other teams in INST IT for integration testing.
Assist in production support issues and queries.
Liaise with IT Ops and other Domains for support to resolve or assist with fixes.
Continuous improvement initiatives specifically with regard to quality and performance
Skills and Experience Required
Attention to detail,
Data analysis and reporting skills,
Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills,
Ability to
Manage own time and get tasks done,
Grasp concepts and understand the systems being tested,
Deal with complexity,
Deal with high variability of work and context switching,
Be comfortable with a fair amount of unpredictability in daily tasks.
Resolve issues and overcome obstacles
Able to engage with others to gather information
Education
5 years test experience
Basic SQL skills
Relevant Business/ Commerce/ IT degree.
Testing fundamentals training / Test certification would be advantageous.
Exposure to Agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM) would be advantageous
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