QA Engineer

Requirements:
• Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as an QA

automation specialist engineer

• Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.

• Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development,maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, UserStories, Architecture & Integration documentation)

• Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)

• Develop automation test plans

• Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)

• Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)

• Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results

• Facilitate test plan / case reviews within squads

• Work with product engineers to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement

• Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications

• Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)

• Provide the required project / scrum related information / feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)

• Conduct performance monitoring on applications / components of applications for which you’ve designed and executed test scripts / plans

• Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports

DevOps

• Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward

• Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products / services

• Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the

viability of the code being developed

• Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery

Risk & Governance

• Ensure compliance with technical risk and governance requirements

• Ensure work is compliant with automation testing frameworks and standards

• Proactively identify and communicate risks ahead of need

• Participate in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management processes as required and implement mitigating actions

People

• Participate in peer reviews & continuously develop automation testing awareness & capability across squads

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management

• Framework and Absa Policies and Policy Standards.

• Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) relevant to the role.