ENVIRONMENT:
APPLY your initiative & commitment to discover, investigate and test feature rich user interface applications as the next Senior QA wanted leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions. You will be a core contributor to product quality by advancing our test strategy, validating product features and translating user
stories into representative test cases. The ideal candidate must have an ISTQB Certification with 5+ years QA, Testing, Software Development, Software Engineering & solid knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC processes and process improvement. You must also be proficient with JIRA / Zephyr, Bitbucket, Confluence, pgAdmin / DBeaver, SQL, Git, Visual Studio Code and Mac / Linux / Windows OS.
DUTIES:
Product Testing Testing implementation
- Testing and quality management of software product within the SDLC.
- Attend and contribute to agile ceremonies. (Daily stand ups, sprints, grooming sessions, planning sessions,
- reviews and retrospectives.)
- Identify, log and track bugs and possible problems with software product.
- Test planning and test case documentation, management and execution.
- Assist QA team with exploratory and regression testing of software product.
- Liaise with the Product Owner and team about possible issues with the product and to improve the user experience of the product.
- Explore product features and feature interactions to discover inadequacies and to expose high risk areas likely to escape automated test processes.
Documenting -
- Produce clear concise documentation to support testing.
- Timeous test analysis documentation.
Innovation
- General inclination to proactively improve processes and products.
- Deliberate actions to create new solutions.
- Research best practices.
- Propose new ways of doing business / solving problems.
- Set aside time to work on innovative ideas.
Time Management -
- Timeous delivery of work.
- Assist team to deliver within agreed timeframe of roadmap.
- Prioritize workload to ensure maximum productivity and output.
- Ensure deadlines are adhered.
- Collaborate and communicate progress.
Teamwork
- Operate within specific team, and larger organisation.
- Ability to engage with other departments.
- Ability to interact with fellow team members.
- Provide mentorship to Jnr team members.
- Collaborate with Product Managers on technical and functional specifications.
- Prioritisation of team deliverables above personal deliverables where appropriate.
Personal Development
- Continuous improvement.
- Constantly develop yourself within areas that would not only benefit you, but also your team.
REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications
Experience/Skills -
- 5+ Years QA, Testing, Software Development, Software Engineering.
- Knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC processes and process improvement.
- In-depth product knowledge.
- Software standards, processes & best practices.
- JIRA / Zephyr
- Bitbucket
- Confluence
- pgAdmin / DBeaver
- SQL
- Git
- Visual Studio Code
- Mac / Linux / Windows OS
- Must be willing to travel to client sites as and when required.
Advantageous
- Degree/Diploma in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related technical discipline.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Strong analytical, technical and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Detail oriented with a keen interest to develop deep understanding of the domain.
- Passionate about learning new skills to improve total product quality.
- Demonstrates accountability, proactivity and has an enthusiastic attitude.
- Collaborative (team player).
- Self-motivated.
- Customer focused.
- Outcome focused.
- Organised.
- Initiative.
- Problem solving.
- Time conscious.
- High standard of service delivery.
- Resilience and the ability to adapt to different situations.
- Open to new technologies.