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Santam Limited is the largest short-term insurer in South Africa, with a market share in excess of 22%, providing short-term insurance products through broker networks and direct sales channels. The company was established in 1918 and offers personal, commercial, and corporate insurance solutions. Santam is a subsidiary of Sanlam Limited and has been listed ...
Who are we?
Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia. Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centred on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper.
What will you do?
The Guidewire Core Insurance platform has a position available for a Tester who will be based in Bellville.
The incumbent will take responsibility of the Testing process, tools, techniques and standards that meets business requirements on the Santam Core Insurance Platform.
What will make you successful in this role?
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyses and develops the proper test coverage with the Business Analyst
- Responsible for creating and executing test scripts
- Identify and create necessary test data
- Checking test results and logging defects.
- Analyse test failures
- Analyse metrics for quality assessment
- May work with Business Analyst to influence and monitor User Acceptance Testing.
- Tracking and monitoring of errors and test results with project team
- Weekly and testing progress reports sent to management for overall testing reporting
Responsibilities may require After hours and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported
Quality Assurance
- Functional and Non-Functional testing of developed software to ensure it meets quality standards
- Participate in reviews and technical issue resolution meetings
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Relevant Tertiary IT qualification preferred
- 3+ years’ experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle
- QA related certification i.e. ISTQB Foundation (preferably)
Experience in:
- Testing Levels & Lifecycle
- Automation frameworks and Tools (Selenium, UFT, Cypress)
- Test Management Tools (ALM, Xray, Zephyr)
- Creating and Implementing Test Strategies
- Testing Techniques
- Process Improvement Models
- Experience with API testing and automation using tools like PostMan
- Experience or at least familiarity with SQL
- Experience using Agile methodologies e.g. Kanban, SCRUM
- Experience in DevOps and CI/CD processes
KNOWLEDGE
- Good working knowledge in testing best practices
- Working knowledge of the Atlassian Suite of products (e.g. Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket) and Monitoring Tools would be advantageous
- Knowledge of the short-term insurance industry is advantageous
- Competent in problem solving and troubleshooting
- Prioritising objectives and planning
- Working effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support and maintaining communication
- Identifying, resolving or escalating risks, issues, dependencies, etc.
- Must be able to work in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment
- Investigation and analysis of information
- Able to accept accountability for actions and decisions
- Able to work independently
- Able to work under pressure
- Attention to detail
Personal Attributes
- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
- Decision quality - Contributing independently
- Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
- Optimises work processes - Contributing independently
Build a successful career with us
- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
- Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
- Customer focus - Contributing independently
- Drives results - Contributing independently
- Collaborates - Contributing independently
- Being resilient - Contributing independently
Turnaround time
- The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Our commitment to transformation
- The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.