Test Analyst at Road Accident Fund

Key Performance Areas

Review of business requirements and system test

• Implement and maintain a testing strategy and testing process.
• Interpret test, specification test cases, and bugs defects.

Test planning

• Collaborate closely with application development team to plan for system testing.
• Test requirements gathering and analysis.
• Prepare test plan and get it approved.
• Test environment in association with the application development team.
• Document test results and get them approved.

Test case design and test execution

• Maintain Design clear, concise, and executable test cases based on the functional document, ensuring traceability to requirements, which includes positive, negative, boundary, and edge cases as follows:
• Identify what to test.
• Determine the prerequisites.
• Determine the test criteria.
• Record the expected test result.
• Ensure that testing procedures and practices align with data privacy regulations (e.g., POPIA) and internal security policies.
• Perform a shakeout on a built test environment.
• Perform the actual testing as per the testing process and methodology
• Identify, log, track, and manage defects using designated defect management tools.
• Conduct various testing types, including functional, regression, integration, usability, user acceptance testing (UAT) support, and basic performance/security testing.
• Participate in the design, execution, and maintenance of automated test scripts for solutions.

Reporting

• Provide clear and concise reports on testing activities and outcomes.
• Report regularly and periodically perform necessary submissions as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management of decisions.
• Compile reports on test coverage, execution results, and defects.

Stakeholder Management

• Provide timely feedback and support during sprints and deployments.
• Work closely with the applications development teams to resolve identified defects in a timely manner.
• Handle inquiries and requests for information from both internal and
• external stakeholders.
• Act as a key liaison between technical and business teams, facilitating effective communication regarding quality, defects, and testing progress.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree/Advanced Diploma in Information Technology related qualification.
• Relevant 4 years’ experience in IT and Application Testing environment.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Playwright, QTP/UFT) will be an added advantage.
• Experience in testing APIs and using tools like Postman or SoapUI will be an added advantage.
• Experience in testing Mobile and/or Power Platform apps will be an added advantage.