Test Specialist Tshwane

Reference: JHB -CP-1 2579_Test SpecialistLocation: GautengContract Term: 1 May 2024 - 31 December 2026 Duties & Responsibilities ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: Testing and Ops Tools: Selenium, Cucumber, XRay, REST-assured, GitHub Advanced Security, Contrast Assess, Grafana k6, Karate, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Logstash / Influx DB, JMeter Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python (Django) CI/CD: GitHub Version Control, SonarQube, Build and Deployment Pipelines, Unit Testing Databases: SQL Language Tools: Jira, Confluence Infrastructure: AZURE cloud Skills: Automate front end, back end, API and integration. Test data management. Performance, security and load testing. Evaluate test scenarios Execute manual tests Document test cases Write/maintain test scripts Document test results Report test results ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS: DevOps experience: Java Programming, Spring Boot, API development, Ops Service Management, IAM Business Analysis: Requirements gathering, elicitation, documentation, Business process modelling, data modelling IT Architecture: Cloud Architecture, On-prem/hybrid Cloud/Infrastructure: Ansible/Chef, Kubernetes, Terraform, FINOPS Requirements management tools: Codebeamer WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE? Relevant IT Degree3 years plus in a test automation role, more than 5 year’s total experience in software developmentISTQB Certification (Advantageous) WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES? Design and execute test cases of new commercial off the shelf Codebeamer versions, testing of configurations and testing of specific plugins. Document and report test results Collaborate with team, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model. Interpretation of Testing Results and logging and tracking of Defects on JIRA. Automation of Frontend, Backend and Integration, performance and load testing and security testing using industry standard tools, fit for purpose. Integrate automation testing at various stages of the build and deploy pipeline for development, regression & release cycles. Working with the feature teams to build up disposable test environments. Overall management and maintenance and preparation of test data. Coordination between development and support environments. Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated and/or manual testing. Independently analyse, design as well as develop medium, complex testing components required for Automation. Perform continuous quality analysis and provide internal tools to help ensure that quality of the products we ship to customers are of the highest standard. Establish, implement, and evolve the formal QA processes to ensure that the group is using industry accepted standard methodologies. Design and develop the testing infrastructure i.e., testing tools, test frameworks, test reporting mechanisms to test software and services, applying NoOps principles. Integrate the testing infrastructure with the continuous integration and continuous deployment systems to ensure all the tools, services developed are accurately tested and meet the quality goals. Stay knowledgeable of new testing tools and strategies and evaluate the technologies to incorporate into the projects. Ability to work interdependently as well in a team and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality. Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users. Willingness to be part of an interdisciplinary DevOps team and to learn and take on tasks from other areas of the team. #J-18808-Ljbffr