Junior Test Analyst

Job Description

• A South African financial services group that provides insurance, investment, legal support, and lifestyle reward products are seeking a Junior Test Analyst who will be responsible for supporting the delivery of solutions, frameworks, and processes using sound technical capabilities to play an active role in testing and delivering cost-effective development solutions, whilst staying abreast of external developments to improve internal solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Create test cases and test plans according to user requirements.
• Perform functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing (UAT) on all applications.
• Identify, analyze, and document all programming errors.
• Verify fixes.
• Communicate project test results.
• Train users for UAT and obtain UAT sign-off on deliverables.
• Provide training manuals where necessary.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 - 2 years of relevant experience.
• Manual testing experience.
• SQL experience.
• Web API experience.
• Knowledge of JSON files.
• SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) knowledge.
• Boundary analysis knowledge.
• ISTQB or related qualification in test analysis.

Core Competencies

• Good organizational skills, task/project-driven, and deadline-focused.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to prioritize and work effectively under pressure.
• High attention to detail and a persistent personality.
• Experience in test automation practices and the use of test automation tools.