Test Automation Engineer (1481) KG

About the position

WHAT WILL BE YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES?



 



Functional Expectation



• Conduct with the feature team members, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model.



• Create, Maintain and Outline Test Scenarios and test cases for feature and capabilities.



• Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated testing.



• Creation and maintenance of automated tests and test data for the Frontend, Backend and Integration using company standard tools and frameworks.



 • Guide and assist in defining a framework for performance and load testing using company standard tools and frameworks.



• Integrate automation testing at various stages to uphold quality gates, during the build and deploy pipelines for development, regression & release cycles.



• Provide adequate Test Reporting, for each stage of testing in the SDLC and the interpretation of the provided test reports and defect management for continuous improvement.



 



Non Functionals



 • Perform continuous quality analysis 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 as they align to company QA practices.



• Design and develop the QA capabilities i.e. testing tools, test frameworks, test reporting mechanisms to test software, services, and infrastructure requirements, applying Shift-Left principles.



• Stay knowledgeable of new testing tools and strategies in accordance with AWM and ATC tooling and its prescriptions. Evaluate these to incorporate current and future alignment, within the QA domain.



• Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.



• Mentorship and guidance of junior QA team members.



• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.



 


Minimum Requirements:

WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE?

• Relevant IT Degree


• 3 years plus in a Senior role, more than 6 year’s total experience

 



ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Test Planning and Test Strategy management: Design, implement and maintain test strategies


• Oversee and facilitate Test Execution and Reporting: Monitor on testing metrics, including requirements coverage and defect density


• Stakeholder Management and Communication


• Quality Assurance and Control


• Identify suitable training for Test/QA Engineers to enhance their skills and knowledge


• Identification, Creation & Sanitation of Test Data, including securing sensitive data


• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

 



Tools and Frameworks:

• X-Ray for Test Case Management and Test Execution and Reporting

 



ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Source version management using Git


• GitHub Actions


• Test Automation (Frontend and API Test Automation)


• Familiar with AWS architecture.


• Security and Reliability Testing.


• Portability Testing.

 



Tools and Frameworks:

• Git for source code version management


• Playwright and Cucumber for test automation


• JMeter or Gatling for Performance and Load Testing

 



 

Desired Skills:

• Quality Assurance and Control
• X-Ray
• Source Version using Git
• GitHub Actions
• Test Automation (Frontend and API Test Automation)