Technical Test Analyst (Tax)

POSITION INFO:

We are looking for a skilled Technical Test Analyst with expertise in Tax systems to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our Tax software through effective testing strategies and processes.

Role Purpose:
Ensure the quality of all solutions is functionally and non-functionally tested, in order to meet the requirements and achieve overall sustainable quality of the business solution.

Your Expertise:

This person is responsible for end-to-end manual and automated testing for the business solutions. The solution should be tested in terms of functionality, performance, reliability, stability, compatibility, and integration with other legacy- and/or external systems.

• Assist with the testing gap analysis between requirements and existing environments accurately.
• Ensure that user stories are clearly defined and written correctly with acceptance criteria.
• Define quality standards upfront in the sprint meeting and ensure they are achieved.
• Document the test plan, test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and the final results.
• Build test automation artifacts.
• Execute and maintain the manual and automation regression tests.
• Demonstrate deliverables to key stakeholders.
• Ensure the agreed quality standard is maintained always.
• Minimise team defects by ensuring upfront code quality.
• Drive and enable User Acceptance Testing.
• Drive collective ownership for testing.
• Continuously evolve Quality Assurance in your business area.

Competencies:

• Working with People.
• Presenting and Communicating Information.
• Applying Expertise and Technology.
• Analysing.
• Planning and Organising.
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations.
• Following Instructions and Procedures.
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks.
• Can work in a team.
• Able to multi-task.
• Out of the box testing thinking patterns.
• Skilled with end-to-end testing.
• Knowledge, understanding, and execution of test-driven development.
• Must be willing to learn new technologies and develop automation skills.
• Must have experience in an agile work environment.

Qualifications Required:

• Min: Diploma in Information Technology.
• Degree in BSC/ IT preferred.
• Investment knowledge is preferred.
• Min of 5 years’ experience in testing with min 2 years in software automation testing.
• Exposure to diverse IT projects using a variety of testing tools and techniques.
• Qualifications preferred: Testing qualification ISTQB/ISEB.
• Must have SQL knowledge.
• At least 2 years of development experience working with big data and databases.

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Contract Position.
• Location: Centurion (Hybrid)