A company that provides vehicle tracking, stolen vehicle recovery, and personal safety services in South Africa, is seeking a proactive and communicative individual to join their Development and Engineering division as an API Test Automation Analyst. 

Responsibilities: 

Test Strategy, Approach, & Planning

• Develop test plans, approaches, and scopes for automation efforts.

• Provide input on project test estimates.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing methodologies.

• Establish and implement an approach for managing test data.

Requirements Management

• Review functional requirements.

• Analyze requirements for completeness, correctness, and clarity to guide the testing effort.

• Maintain a clear understanding of business goals to shape testing scenarios effectively.

Developing Test Scenarios

• Define automation targets and objectives with the Team Lead.

• Analyze and develop appropriate test coverage with stakeholders.

• Trace requirements to test cases to verify test coverage.

Test Execution

• Manage your own test preparation and execution activities.

• Identify and create necessary test data.

• Execute scenario-based test cases.

• Analyze metrics for quality assessment.

Reporting

• Trace coverage and clearance of testing efforts.

• Provide input for standard test metrics and reporting.

• Collaborate with the project and test teams to address issues and report on status.

Defect Management

• Debug the development and execution of test scripts against targets.

• Analyze test failures.

• Prioritize defects logged with the development team.

Minimum Requirements: 

• ISTQB Foundation Level testing certification (non-negotiable).

• ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst certification (preferable).

• Relevant IT degree or diploma.

• Experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).

• Experience with ReadyAPI, SOAPUI, and Visual Studio.

• Experience writing custom test applications.

• Experience analyzing complex and technical design diagrams and specifications.

• Experience using SQL for data-driven testing.

• Experience working with Git repositories and branching strategies.

• Extensive experience developing test cases and scenarios from requirements.

• Experience with automated test case development, estimation, and maintenance.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

• A good understanding of Quality Control and Quality Assurance concepts across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• An understanding of test metrics and how they are used to support decision-making.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)

IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to [email protected]