Job Summary
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Provide estimations of test automation effort,
- Plan and design the automation framework,
- Develop reusable automation test scripts,
- Maintain and execute automation test scripts and test suites,
- Identify and prepare test data requirements,
- Report automation defects,
- Report on test automation progress and status to the Test Manager,
- Raise risks and issues with the Test Manager,
- Apply best practices in developing and maintaining test automation scripts,
- Ensures all test automation standards are being met, and
- Contribute to improvements on test automation processes
EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Relevant IT certificate / diploma or equivalent
- ISTQB or ISEB qualification would be advantageous
- 4-6 solid years’ experience in testing software solutions especially in a financial
industry
- 2+ solid years’ experience as a Manual Test Analyst
- Knowledge of manual testing test techniques
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Knowledge and experience with software test tools, i.e., Quality Centre, Quick Test 4+
solid years’ experience in a Test Automation role
- Extensive knowledge in developing automation frameworks
- Extensive knowledge in developing re-usable automation test scripts
- Knowledge of manual testing test techniques
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Knowledge and experience with software test tools, i.e. Quality Centre, Quick Test
Professional, Unified Functional Testing
Relevant IT certificate / diploma or equivalent
- ISTQB or ISEB qualification would be advantageous
- 4-6 solid years’ experience in testing software solutions especially in a financial industry
- 2+ solid years’ experience as a Manual Test Analyst
- Knowledge of manual testing test techniques
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Knowledge and experience with software test tools, i.e., Quality Centre, Quick Test 4+
solid years’ experience in a Test Automation role
- Extensive knowledge in developing automation frameworks
- Extensive knowledge in developing re-usable automation test scripts
- Knowledge of manual testing test techniques
- Proficiency in MS Excel
- Knowledge and experience with software test tools, i.e. Quality Centre, Quick Test
- Professional, Unified Functional Testing
- Knowledge of SQL
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
Customer Service - Takes personal responsibility for correcting customer service
problems
- Flexibility - Changes his/her perception, ideas or alters normal procedures to fit a specific
situation to get a job done and/or meet company goals
- Impact and Influence - Adapts a presentation or discussion to appeal to the interest or
level of others
- Organisational Commitment - Acts to support the organisation's mission and goals
- Commitment to professional learning - Finds out and permanently scans what the latest
trends are in the local market (what other organisations' practices are, new technologies,
etc.)
- Teamwork - Publicly credits others who have performed well
- Analytical thinking - Makes multiple causal links: several potential causes of events,
several consequences of actions, or multiple-part chains of events (A leads to B leads to C leads to D)
- Achievement Orientation - Makes specific changes within the work system or in own
work methods to improve performance
- Initiative - Demonstrates the ability to anticipate and proactively manage all the variables
involved, to ensure that critical opportunities for the Centre are not missed.
WORKING CONDITIONS
May be required to work long hours when the need arise.
