Automaton Tester

CAREER OPPORTUNITY
The Guidewire Core Insurance platform has a position available for an Automation Tester who will be based in Bellville or Johannesburg The incumbent will take responsibility of the Testing process, tools, techniques and standards that meets business requirements on the Santam Core Insurance Platform PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Analyses and develops proper Regression test coverage
Develop test strategies, plans, and maintain automation test data
Develop and continuously improve automated tests as new system features and enhancements are developed
Execution and monitoring of Automated regression packs
Validating test results and logging defects.
Ensure the appropriate test environments and infrastructures are in place and kept up to date
Analyze metrics for quality assessment / improvement
May work with Business Analyst to influence and monitor User Acceptance Testing.
Identify and report to dev teams questionable functions, performance concerns, and inconsistencies
Weekly and testing progress reports sent to management for overall testing reporting
Responsibilities may require After hours and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported

Quality Assurance
Functional and Non-Functional testing of developed software to ensure it meets quality standards
Lead code reviews and technical issue resolution meetings
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Relevant Tertiary IT qualification preferred with strong mathematical background
5+ years’ experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle
QA related certification i.e. ISTQB Foundation (preferably)

**Experience in**:
Testing Levels & Lifecycle
Build and implement Automation frameworks
In depth usage of Automation Tools (Selenium, UFT, Cypress)
Test Management Tools (ALM, Xray, Zephyr)
Creating and Implementing Automated Regression Test Strategies
Testing Techniques

**Process Improvement Models**:
Experience with API testing and automation thereof
Experience with SQL and Power BI
Ability to create tests in chosen framework by reviewing code commits and user stories
Integrate automated testing into a Bamboo CI/CD framework
KNOWLEDGE
Good working knowledge in testing best practices
Working knowledge of the Atlassian Suite of products (e.g. Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket) and Monitoring Tools would be advantageous
Knowledge of the short-term insurance industry is advantageous
Competent in problem solving and troubleshooting
Prioritising objectives and planning
Accurate time estimates for automation test development
Identifying, resolving or escalating risks, issues, dependencies, etc.
Must be able to work in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment
Mentoring QA Testers in use of Test Frameworks
Able to accept accountability for actions and decisions COMPETENCIES
Collaborates
Customer focused
Drives results
Cultivates innovation
Flexible and adaptable
System testing, analysis and reviews
Business requirements and development of junior testers to adhere to business requirements
Reporting and administration
Change control
Process improvements
IT data analysis
Risk management
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