QA Engineer - Johannesburg, South Africa - Mindworx Consulting

Description

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance:

• Follow, and manage quality assurance processes and methodologies.
• Conduct thorough testing of products to identify defects and ensure

compliance with quality standards.


Test Planning and Strategy:

• Collaborate with product managers and development teams to create

comprehensive test plans and test strategies.

• Define test objectives, scope, and success criteria for testing phases.

Test Execution:

• Execute functional, regression, and system testing as required.
• Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with

development teams to facilitate resolution.


Automation Testing (Advantage) :

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts to increase efficiency and

test coverage.

• Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous

deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.


Process Improvement:

• Analyze quality data and metrics to identify areas for improvement in

product development and testing processes.

• Propose and implement process enhancements to optimize efficiency

and reduce defects.


Collaboration:

• Work closely with crossfunctional teams, including developers, product

managers, and business analysts, to ensure a collaborative and
integrated approach to quality assurance.


Documentation:

• Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test

plans, test cases, and test results.

• Generate reports on testing activities, defects, and overall product

quality.


Compliance and Standards:

• Ensure that products comply with industry standards, regulations, and

best practices.

• Stay informed about industry trends and advancements in quality

assurance methodologies.


Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and quality

assurance principles.

• Knowledge in test automation tools and frameworks (advantage).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD processes.
• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Skills:

• Certification in quality assurance or software testing (e.g., ISTQB).
• Familiarity with testing mobile applications and web services.

Technical skills-•Conduct end-to-end testing of Core Banking systems, including various types
of accounts (e.g., Savings, Transactional, Credit, Personal Loan) from
onboarding to GL validations.

• Test bank's single facility accounts and associated scenarios to ensure

system functionality and accuracy.

• Perform testing on the bank's lending products, such as Personal Loan, Credit

Cards, and Overdraft, including validation of product features and pricing
structures.

• Test Debicheck mandates and ensure compliance with regulatory

requirements.

• Validate statements and related scenarios to ensure accuracy and

completeness.

• Test VAT, fees, and other financial transactions to ensure adherence to

banking regulations and internal policies.

• Verify the bank's products and pricing structure to ensure consistency and

competitiveness in the market.

• Conduct testing on the finance leg of credits and debits, including interest

calculations and financial transactions processing.

• Understand the bank's reconciliation process and perform corresponding

validations to ensure data integrity.

• Utilize agile Test Management tools for test planning, execution, and

reporting.

• Test APIs using tools like Postman/Soap UI, ensuring API functionality,

reliability, and security.

• Explore opportunities for API automation to enhance testing efficiency and

coverage.