Software Test Analyst II (Sandton)

Date: 20 Jan 2025

Location: Sandton, GT, ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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Purpose Statement

  • To enable software quality assurance by creating a set of activities and scenarios, manual (mainly) or automated, ensuring that developed software meets and complies with the defined or standardised quality specifications within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • To analyse the technical specifications to identify the business requirements.
  • To prepare and execute test cases.
  • To collaborate with the Business Analysts (and/or members of the feature team) to define test scenarios; and prepare, participate in, and oversee execution of test cases within a feature team, the validation of functional and non-functional test requirements, the preparation of test data in terms of input and expected outcome data, and required test environments.

Education (Minimum)

  • Software Testing - Foundation Level through the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
  • Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Software Testing or Information Technology

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum:

  • 2-3 years’ proven formal experience in Quality Assurance (QA) testing within a business context
  • Front-end testing experience
  • Ability to document test cases and results (essential)
  • Structured storage of test results linked to test cases linked to user stories
  • Release management exposure - CICD pipeline testing
  • Exposure to testing tools
  • Understand the end-to-end processes being tested to achieve successful testing
  • Knowledge of and exposure to impact analysis when introducing software changes 
  • Detailed knowledge of the full Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and a Tester's role therein
  • Best practice / industry standards in testing, reporting, tracking and follow up, and Software Quality Assurance (SQA)

Ideal:

  • In-depth knowledge of functional and non-functional testing, and formal testing practices
  • Scripting, test automation, and back-end API experience
  • Experience in integration, regression, automation, and non-functional testing
  • Experience in continuous delivery environment
  • Application of test tools
  • Reinforcing with stakeholders/feature teams appropriate testing environments and timelines
  • SQL Query/Fundamentals
  • UML
  • Financial/Banking systems and processes (e.g., Capitec Bank IT-related systems exposure and way of work)

Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Numerical Reasoning skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Influencing Skills
  • Planning, organising and coordination skills
  • Attention to Detail
  • Commercial Thinking Skills

Additional Information

  • Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals.