A Company based in Durban is looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join their cutting edge agile development team. The successful candidate will work with the software development teams to release enterprise software products that are used in the public health sector. These products include mobile applications, standalone medical applications and web-based tools. They are offering the successful candidate the opportunity to grow their knowledge, skills and experience
Main job function
Develop and manage the Quality Assurance team systems and processes
Participate in the daily stand ups, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives
Detect errors during the planning and design phase
Verify before testing commences that story and condition of acceptance are up to date
Identify, write and execute test cases for software and solutions developed
Schedule review of test cases and if required review test cases of other testers
Ensure that all documentation and knowledge within area of responsibility is effectively
created, stored and maintained for current and future use
Proactively knowledge share with colleagues and team members
Ensure test status results are documented and tracked and software defects are
reported clearly and are in line with process and procedures
Ensure issues are escalated timeously and appropriately
Log change controls as per their QA process
Engage in the deployment process from development through to staging and production release
Ensure process and standards compliance for all software released
Provide input to the Team to enable informed decisions as to quality and business risks
associated with a release
A minimum of 5 years software testing experience
Software Testing and QA experience
Quality Assurance certification ISEB or ISTQB is essential
Proficient in the analysis of test requirements and the ability to design, plan and execute testing to ensure software quality
Writing of manual and automated test scripts
Expertise with automated software and performance testing
Exposure/experience with Atlassian JIRA/Confluence.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast paced and dynamic project environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Organised, structured and attention to detail
Reliable, dedicated, hardworking and strong desire for self-learning
Ability to work independently and within a team
Ability to work in multiple projects
The successful candidate will be appointed to a one-year contract (renewable) which is available immediately
A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.