Intermediate Automation Tester - Bellville, South Africa - Santam

Santam

Verified Company

Bellville, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Santam has a position available in Belville (Cape Town) in our BITS (Business Information Technology Services) unit for an Intermediate Automation Tester reporting to the Test Manager.

Analyses and develops the proper automation test coverage with the assigned development team.
Responsible for Selenium Creating Test Cases,
Java or Other supported Programming for Enhancing Test Cases
Any Supported Testing Framework for Grouping Test Cases, Prioritizing Test Cases, Executing Test Batches, and Generating Test Results.
Selenium Grid for Parallel Test execution.
Bamboo for Continuous Integration,
Identify and create necessary test data
Checking test results and logging defects.
Analyses test failures
Analyses metrics for quality assessment & management with Test Manager
May work with Business Analyst to influence and monitor User Acceptance Testing.
Tracking and monitoring of errors and test results with project team
Responsibilities may require after hours and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 2 years manual testing experience
Minimum of - 5 years automation testing experience
Testing certification (ISTQB - Foundation certificate) advantageous
Experience in software testing methodologies (agile, waterfall, functional and non-functional), test planning, test case development and execution of test cases
Experience in developing test cases and test scenarios from use cases and/or requirements specifications.
Demonstrates strong analytical and problem solving skills and strong attention to detail.
Possesses good understanding of Quality Control and Quality Assurance concepts across the SDLC and the TDLC
Understands test metrics and how they are used for decision support
Has experience with Requirements Management, Test Management and Defect Management Tools

SKILLS
Provides input to continuously improve test methodology
Reviews functional requirements,
Defines test scenarios
Traces coverage and clearance
Provides input to standard test metrics and reporting
Prioritize defect management with development team KNOWLEDGE
Experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira/Confluence/Xray)
Methods, standards and techniques supporting domain
Best practices in testing domain
Defect management
Good working knowledge of testing best practices and frameworks
Relating and networking
Able to work independently
Able to work under pressure
Attention to detail
Is a good team player
Regression testing and scripts

COMPETENCIES
Collaborates
Client focus
Drives results
Flexibility and adaptability
Cultivates Innovation
System testing, analysis and reviews
Business requirements ABOUT THE COMPANY
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 centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper.

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity.

This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society.

In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.