Senior Test Analyst (12 Months Contract)

 

Recruiter:

Sambe Consulting

Job Ref:

Sambe1

Date posted:

Monday, June 14, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


SUMMARY:
12 Months Contract

POSITION INFO:

Key Purpose

Responsible for test planning, execution and reporting on defects, problems and environmental issues on the defect-tracking tool.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Planning

  • Create and Implement Test Plans for a Scheduled Release and/or Small Project
  • Add all required Testing Tasks to the Scrum Board for each story

Testing Preparation

  • Ensure that all Requirements are added to JIRA for each story
  • Understand the Product and Business specifications and extract test requirements.
  • Design test cases and test scenarios based on analysis of product and business specifications.
  • Script Test Cases for all stories into standard tool (JIRA)
  • Map Test Cases to Requirements
  • Ensure that test cases are reviewed and signed off by the Business Analyst
  • Ensure that the necessary Test Data is created for Test Cases
  • Ensure that all environmental setup/configuration is done for Testing
  • Peer Review of test cases
  • Review test requirements with the test manager and business analyst.
  • Review Acceptance Criteria of all assigned stories

Execution

  • Ensure that all Test Cases are executed for Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 within the required timelines
  • Test Cases Execution Rate should conform to the approved Execution Rate standards
  • Ensure that the necessary Test Evidence is included in standard tool (JIRA) for every test run.
  • Ensure that Defects are logged for all failed test cases
  • Ensure that the defect conforms to the approved Defect format for standard tool (JIRA)
  • Retest all defects immediately after they are resolved and deployed to the environment
  • Escalate all showstopper defects to the Test Lead/Dev Manager
  • Run Cycle 2/Regression around the feature once all defects have been resolved
  • Ensure zero high impact defects in Production environment
  • Provide Support to UAT team during UAT Execution
  • Apply Multiple Testing techniques and efficiencies

Reporting

  • Update and send daily status details to Test Lead
  • Raise all risks with the Test Manager and/or Dev Manager and implement identified mitigation actions
  • Raise all scope creep/change in scope to the Test Manager and/or Dev Manager
  • Provide Impact analysis on the current workload
  •  

Governance

  • Govern the testing completed by federated teams to ensure accurate test coverage and adherence to processes.
  • Participate in knowledge transfer sessions and document processes to share


 

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