Technical & Performance Test Lead (Expert) (Contract) – Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation – ISB2902095 – Government Job Vacancies in Midrand

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree or Diploma in IT or similar
• 5 years minimum experience in implementing and maintaining test strategies and program level testing.
• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (Required)
• ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst Certification (Advantageous)

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

Specific technical skills:

• Automated Testing – Writing and executing scripts (Cypress, Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber, Java)
• Back-end Testing using SQL (Postgres, MySQL, Oracle)
• Regression Testing
• Functional and User Acceptance Testing
• API & Integration Testing (Postman, Insomnia or similar)

General technical skills:

• Able to define test approach and strategy
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills
• Testing methodologies, principles, and processes
• Test Case Design and Execution
• Debugging Knowledge
• Defining & implementing the Test Plan
• Requirement Analysis
• Defect Reporting & Management

Soft skills:

• Self-managed / self-starter (Does not need to be micro-managed)
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Mentoring junior testers
• Be willing to learn and to adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Problem solving capabilities
• Above-board work ethics
• Taking pride in the delivery of quality on-time work

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

• ATC (Agile Team Composition) tools knowledge and experience (Confluence, JIRA etc.)
• Experience in an Agile team
• Performance Testing (JMeter, Gatling or similar.)
• Operations Knowledge and Experience (monitoring control, IM, PM, CM, documentation, end-user support, ITSM, etc.)