Test Analyst at PPS

Job Advert Summary    

• Reporting to the Senior Manager: IT Testing, the role will be responsible to Support the team with specific projects, carrying out all elements of software testing as part of the full SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) to deliver high quality solutions.

Minimum Requirements    
Education:

• Matric – essential
• 3 Year IT degree or diploma – advantageous
• ISTQB Foundation Certificate – essential

Experience:

• Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience in a financial industry
• Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience in broad testing methodologies
• Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience in testing specification creation experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Working knowledge of a Test management tool, e.g. Selenium, Gitlab.
• Business analysis principles
• Testing methodology principles
• Testing effort estimation and risk identification skills
• Is adept in the use of the latest MS Office package, particularly Excel, Word and Power-point
• Strong presentation skills
• Knowledge of SQL

Duties and Responsibilities    
Test Strategy & Process:

• Review of supporting documentation for accuracy
• Identification of system functions for testing
• Identification and extraction of test requirements
• Risk analysis and identification
• Specification of test data requirements
• Test case design
• Integration test case design
• Confirmation of test environment readiness
• Sequencing and scheduling of test cases
• Execution of test cases
• Logging of defects
• Updating of test cases
• Mentoring of less experienced testers

Competencies (maximum of 8):

• Problem solving
• Analysis
• Effective communication
• Influence/persuasion
• Client Focus
• Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking
• Openness to change
• Interpersonal effectiveness
• Enabling team success
• Knowledge transfer to client and team
• Testing Matrices
• Defect Management
• Liaison with development & business analysts and other stakeholders.

Closing Date    
2023/05/12