QA Competency Lead Job at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The QA Competency Lead is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Glacier’s test automation framework and to provide support to all IT Development teams. The QA Competency Lead will provide for enough automation coverage that will guarantee comprehensive regression testing and quality.

Key Outcomes

The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the QA Competency Lead:

• Create and run automation scripts
• Collaborate the Lead testers / Test analysts / Devs / Architects to ensure sufficient automated regression testing coverage
• Investigate defects and log defects (where required)
• Responsible for distributing Automation reports on a regular basis
• Keeping libraries and services up to date
• Mapping of controls and adding it to application code
• Support IT Development teams to deliver on their sprint testing goals
• Joint responsibility with Test analysts of maintaining automation datasheets
• Serve as the test automation subject matter expert 
• Optimize automation scripts to ensure maintainable code
• Ensure stability of the automation framework and environment
• Recommend and initiate enhancements to the current automation framework to ensure relevance
• Provide input to the automation strategy to ensure increasing value-add within the functional testing process
• Mentor and guide junior automation engineers

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant IT qualification
• 4+ years experience in automation scripting and automation tools
• 5+ years Functional testing experience 
• Knowledge and experience in Selenium, SpecFlow, Visual Studio, Appium, Desktop Automation 
• Experience in Back-end development, using C# and JavaScript
• Building Automation Frameworks e.g. BDD, AzureDevOps CI/CD, API Testing, WCF services etc
• Experience in Front-end development, using HTML5, WPF or any other popular JavaScript libraries

Knowledge and experience of the following processes and methodologies:

• SDLC and Testing Life Cycle
• Scrum Methodology
• Prior experience in the financial services industry would be preferred

Competencies 

• Client focus
• Cultivates innovation
• Collaborates
• Being resilient
• Drive results
• Problem solving and analysis skills
• Ability to perform well under pressure
• Planning and organising
• Decision-making ability
• Attention to detail 
• Communication skills (written & verbal)

Attributes

• Honesty, integrity and respect
• Positive, enthusiastic attitude
• Professional work standards
• Ability to motivate self and others

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 4 to 5 years related experience.
• Degree or Diploma with 4 to 5 years related experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Change control
• Regression testing and scripts
• Business Requirements
• System testing, analysis and reviews
• Reporting and administration