Psybergate Ltd
3 weeks ago
Automation Test Analyst (SQE)
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Company information
- Company
- Psybergate Ltd
- Location
- South Africa South Africa
- Posted
- 3 weeks ago
Job description
What you will be doing:
- Design, develop, implement, and execute reusable automated test assets using established automation frameworks and test tools.
- Analyse business and technical requirements to develop effective test automation solutions.
- Work closely with QA Leads, Practice Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and testing approaches.
- Participate in planning, estimation, sizing, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and acceptance criteria definition.
- Discuss low-level designs and functional requirements with QA Leads and Application/Solution Architects to determine appropriate test automation approaches.
- Develop automation code using the prescribed automation test kit and frameworks.
- Implement automated testing solutions that provide appropriate test coverage within the sprint.
- Ensure automation solutions are reusable, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with architectural and development standards.
- Integrate automated tests into DevOps pipelines and support automated test execution within CI/CD processes.
- Collaborate with technical teams to continuously improve automation frameworks and the overall testing platform.
- Ensure test automation code and related artefacts are appropriately catalogued, stored, and governed within the required repositories.
- Maintain relevant testing artefacts to ensure they are easily accessible and traceable.
- Execute functional and automated testing activities and report testing progress and outcomes to the squad.
- Log, manage, and track defects using the prescribed defect management process and tools.
- Provide accurate defect information to support root cause analysis and resolution.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure defects are resolved and root cause analysis is completed and documented.
- Identify potential product and quality risks and communicate these to the QA Lead, including possible mitigation strategies.
- Provide regular status updates on testing activities, risks, defects, and overall quality.
- Participate in showcases, sprint ceremonies, and retrospective reviews.
- Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mentor Software Test Engineers within the team and support the development of their technical capabilities.
- Collaborate with peers and industry experts to remain informed about technical advancements and their application within the technology environment.
- Stay abreast of developments in automation testing, quality assurance, and related technologies.
- Manage own workload and deliver testing activities within agreed timelines.
- Contribute to business strategy, objectives, values, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support Agile ways of working and contribute to improving business processes, models, and systems.
- Completed BSc / IT degree or other related fields
- 3 - 6 years experience as an Automation Test Analyst
- ISTQB Agile Foundation certification
- Experience developing and executing automated test solutions using established automation frameworks and tools
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance practices.
- Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
- Experience integrating automated testing into DevOps/CI/CD pipelines.
- Understanding of software architecture and the ability to collaborate with Architects and Developers on automation approaches.
Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.
Please note that most of our positions are remote; however, candidates should reside within travelling distance of the client site, as the working arrangements may change depending on business requirements.
Required skills
- quality assurance
- planning
- continuous improvement
- agile
- product owners
- devops
- automation testing
- sprint planning
- architects
- ci/cd pipelines
- scalable
- root cause analysis
- software architecture
- estimation
- bsc
- stakeholders
- business strategy
- automation frameworks
- business processes
- developers
- business systems
- technical teams
- ci/cd processes
- functional testing
- technical requirements
- functional requirements
- test coverage
- business requirements
- defect management
- business objectives
- software testing methodologies
- defect resolution
- maintainable
- solution architects
- workload management
- quality assurance practices
- acceptance criteria
- automated test execution
- devops pipelines
- related technologies
- mitigation strategies
- business models
- it degree
- development standards
- status updates
- architectural standards
- sqe
- business analysts
- sprint
- artefacts
- backlog grooming
- industry experts
- technical capabilities
- agreed timelines
- technology environment
- business values
- sizing
- testing progress
- testing approaches
- agile delivery environments
- repositories
- test tools
- showcases
- sprint ceremonies
- low-level designs
- quality risks
- reusable
- testing efficiency
- qa leads
- practice leads
- application architects
- automated testing solutions
- automation test analyst
- automated test assets
- test automation solutions
- automation test kit
- testing platform
- test automation code
- testing artefacts
- automated testing activities
- testing outcomes
- defect management process
- defect information
- product risks
- retrospective reviews
- software test engineers
- technical advancements
- istqb agile foundation
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