Reporting to Senior Manager, IT Quality Assurance Engineering & Automation, the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for architecting new automated test strategies and frameworks, in addition to creating, implementing, and automating testing in support of software test requirements. The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer works with QA Analysts to develop, maintain, and enhance the test automation framework and automation infrastructure. The Senior QA Engineer demonstrates innovation, leadership, and mentorship skills in addition to possessing a strong technical and programming/test automation skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Test strategy formulation which includes decomposing the business and technical requirements into test scenarios, defining test data requirements, managing test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other testing preparation activities.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs, and requirements documents with cross-functional teams.
• Accurately predict the amount of effort required for projects QA activities and tasks. Develops plans and schedules based on these predictions.
• Implement Test Automation leveraging test automation frameworks.
• Executes and reports on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products, assist development with replicating and debugging problems and develop new test automation solutions as needed.
• Coach and mentor QA Analysts in modern approaches for execution of testing efforts
• Architect, implement and manage automated suites of black-box and white-box test scripts.
• Research, Develop and/or Recommend tools to assist QA Analysts in test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Utilize tools such as code coverage tools to assess the coverage of test suites and make recommendations for additional test cases.
• Lead monitoring of test execution across multiple code branches and multiple platforms and performing code reviews.
• Management and maintenance of Test Environments.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study.
• Professional Qualifications in ISTQB / ISTQB Agile Tester Certification / Certified Test Engineer (CSTE) / Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) / Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) / CMSQ  (Certified Manager of Software Quality)
• At least 5 years' experience in Technology.
• At least 3 years' experience in Software Quality Assurance
• At least 2 years' experience in Software Test Automation

• At least 4 years' experience in IT Projects

The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

To be considered your application must be received by Friday 19th April 2024.

Qualified candidates with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.