Test Manager - (CONTRACT)

Recruiter:

PM Connection

Job Ref:

4009693967

Date posted:

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Key Purpose:

Accountable for the test process implementation - Testing of the Group’s platform to ensure that a quality system is delivered to their clients
Responsible for identifying test requirements
Project manage the User Acceptance Testing phase for each implementation
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the testing process and test methodologies
Manage activities during testing and ensure resolution of all defects

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

Develop and contribute to the overall testing strategy
Participate in JAD sessions to extract requirements needed to compile test plans
Understand the Product and Business specifications and extract test requirements
Review test requirements with the test manager and business analyst
Design test cases and test scenarios based on analysis of business specifications
Provide estimates for completing test cases and execution
Build and maintain a repository of regression test cases
Work closely with the test manager and systems analysts to co-ordinate test activities and in so doing, ensure quality end results are achieved
Data capturing of the test cases used for manual testing
Perform functional, negative, positive and regression testing
Logging, tracking and resolution of defects on JIRA
Participate in reviewing team members’ work
Educate and coach junior team members
Resolve production queries with little or no support and provide junior team members with appropriate guidance in resolving the queries
Potentially manage a team of testers
Develop load, performance and stress testing plans

Personal Attributes and Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Attention to detail
Accurate
Ability to grasp concepts quickly
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
An ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
Proactive
Must be willing to work overtime when required (including weekends where necessary)
An openness to work with others and build on team input.
Must have pride in their work and a desire to always deliver perfection. Quality is non-negotiable
Able to establish a collaborative relationship with the systems area
The individual must have a strong desire for self-learning
Good work ethic

Education and Experience

Essential:

Grade 12 with mathematics, higher grade (minimum C symbol)
English, higher grade (minimum D symbol) – Must be first language
Relevant testing qualification
Minimum 4 years’ experience working as a Test Analyst in the business user testing environment, applied knowledge and solid application of the correct testing methodologies required to perform end-to-end user acceptance testing
Experience with regression, usability, sanity and functional testing methods
Basic Excel
Comfortable with figures and basic mathematical concepts
Experience with automated testing

Advantageous:

Experience using JIRA
Product knowledge
Experience with Appium, Selenium, Gatling, Fitnesse, TestRail and Hexawise

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