Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Conduct functional, integration, usability, configuration, installation, system, regression, performance, user acceptance and operations readiness testing.
• Perform gap analyses and analyse business requirements to ensure comprehensive testing can be done.
• Create test strategies, approaches and test cases, including test estimation, to maintain a structured approach during testing.
• Plan, design, develop and deploy testing techniques for new solutions, products, applications and enhancements to existing applications throughout their development life cycles.
• Stay updated with advancements in information and communications technology trends, specifically within the testing field, to design and develop the most appropriate test approaches and solutions.
• Generate progress and quality reports that include test results and statistics to support the final approval for solution implementation.
• Assist in creating user manuals.
• Engage with internal and external user communities to ensure that business benefits are realised.

Qualifications

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honour’s degree (NQF 8) in Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification;
• at least 8 to 10 years’ experience in an IT environment; and
• certification from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and a database or structured query language (SQL) qualification will be an added advantage.