Test Analyst at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Your key performance areas will be:

• Work closely with Scrum teams as part of an Agile development process
• Reviewing business and system requirements, including agile stories, to ensure testability and to identify issues early
• Preparing test plans and test schedules
• Designing test cases and test scenarios to effectively test systems and applications
• Applying test methods, techniques and standards
• Executing test cases to evaluate system quality and mitigate risk
• Performing a variety of different functional and non-functional testing types
• Maintenance and extension of the test automation suite
• Identifying and investigating issues, including triaging with Product Owners and Developers
• Manage defects through to resolution
• Monitoring and reporting on testing progress, as well as system quality
• Interacting with different companies, including 3rd party vendors and service providers

Experience/Skills/Education:

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• 3- 5 years of solid testing experience across a range of application types, including web, mobile and desktop
• 2 years’ experience in test automation
• An understanding of the role that testing plays in Waterfall and Agile development projects
• Experience in using a range of technical tools to aid testing effort e.g. SOAPUI, Postman
• Prior experience in using test management tools e.g. JIRA,  Azure DevOps
• Experience in test automation using tools such as EureQA, Robot Framework, HP UFT, Selenium or simila
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Strong technical background, the ability to read and write SQL queries, read code and understand SQL database structures
• The ability to self-manage deliverables and to communicate concerns

Preference will be given, but not limited to, candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.