Duties / Responsibilities:

• Develop and design automation testing plans for multiple products/services.
• Create and maintain automation test scripts, ensuring alignment with chosen testing frameworks and guidelines.
• Perform functional, automation, and front-end testing, API testing, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with the testing team to address over 200 industry message types with various permutations, where manual testing is not feasible.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems to streamline testing processes.

Skills and Experience Required:

Mandatory Skills:

• Testing Methodologies: Functional Testing, Automation Testing, Front-End Testing, API Testing.
• Testing Frameworks: Cucumber, TestNG, Data-driven and Hybrid frameworks.
• Automation Tools: Selenium, Rest.
• Programming Languages: Java (minimum Java 8 proficiency).
• Build Tools: Maven.
• Version Control: GIT, Bitbucket.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Docker.
• MQ Testing: Assured, MQ knowledge is important.

Desired Skills:

• Agile Tools: Atlassian Suite.
• Cloud Expertise: AWS knowledge is a plus.

Additional Criteria:

• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on automation testing experience.
• Strong understanding of SWIFT CBPR+ protocols, with reputational implications for international banking.
• Ability to work in a hybrid model, primarily in Gauteng.

Qualifications/Certifications:

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Commerce, or equivalent.