Senior Test Engineer

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

STE

Date posted:

Friday, June 4, 2021

Location:

Western Cape, South Africa

Salary:

Market related


SUMMARY:
Check that tests are working as expected and the feedback loops are clear and effective.

POSITION INFO:

Our client in the IT industry is looking for a Senior Test Engineer to join their team.


Duties and Responsibilities:

*Design it: ensure that test frameworks and test cases are comprehensive, performant, and fit for the needs of today and the future.
*Build it and test it: incorporate automated tests into the pipeline for all levels of API and points of ingress and egress.
*Run it: check that tests are working as expected and the feedback loops are clear and effective.
*Document Everything: make sure we have top class and up-to-date test case documentation and output reports.
*Mentor and coach: support and help onboard and train the less experienced members of the team.
*Collaborate: engage with other teams and users across the company to identify ways to improve and build upon the testing capabilities, case, and tools.


Key Skills
*Expert level in producing test scripts working with REST APIs and a high degree of experience working directly with datastore technologies, both RDBMS (ideally SQL Server) and NoSQL (ideally Mongo).
*Extensive experience in producing test frameworks and cases for use with messaging technologies (preferably Kafka) and for cloud-based implementations (preferably Azure).
*Very comfortable working with BDD and frameworks such as Cucumber and Jbehave.
*Significant experience of a variety of test technologies and tools is a must, notably Postman, RestAssured, and JMeter, but Selenium, SoapUI, and Katalon Studio would also be beneficial.
*Experience in load testing and also working with containerized systems would be very helpful.
*Ability to work well in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and to pick up new skill sets quickly.
*A passion for detail and problem solving, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
*A high degree of experi

  • Job Role: Senior Test Engineer
  • Industry: IT / Telecommunications
  • Salary: Negotiable

Required Skills

5 Years of Experience
 
 
Qualifications
 
*5 years of experience in software engineering or test engineering in a commercial environment.
*3 years experience in automated testing on distributed, high-volume transactional systems.


 

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