Standard Bank Group is the largest African banking group by assets offering a full range of banking and related financial services. “Africa is our home, we drive her growth” Our vision is to be the leading financial services organisation in, for and across Africa, delivering exceptional client experiences and superior value. This sets the primary goals and standard of excellence we intend to achieve in the medium term. With a heritage of over 150 years, we have an on-the-ground presence in 20 countries in sub‑Saharan Africa; fit-for-purpose representation outside Africa; and a strategic partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).

Job Purpose 

To apply quality assurance (QA) practices and principles throughout the System Development lifecycle thereby participating in the delivery of quality products in accordance to SaFE principles.

Key Deliverables 

• Cater for test scenarios during the demo/pilot and plan for exploratory testing to be conducted over and above the automated unit and functional tests to ensure maximum test coverage is obtained.
• Conduct integration testing to ensure that the tested product works end-to-end and create test stubs and drivers with Developers to facilitate test execution.
• Conduct test environment pre-checks and readiness assessments so that risks and issues may be identified and raised.
• Create and maintain a portfolio of evidence detailing all executed tests and attach it in the appropriate tool so that a detailed record of test execution is kept.
• Drive the achievement of execution, velocity or lead time targets so that identified risks are documented and escalated.
• Engage in team collaboration sessions and other Agile ceremonies and events to facilitate teamwork and cohesion.
• Ensure that all test scenarios validating the acceptance criteria are scripted so that reuse and consistent execution is followed.
• Estimate User Stories during iteration planning to identify complex, risky, negative and positive test scenarios.
• Execute the agreed level and type of testing scripts, and document and store results to create a portfolio of evidence thereby enhancing traceability.
• Identify and provide test data requirements during grooming sessions to prepare it for script execution.
• Log testing notes on central knowledge-sharing platform to ensure that the latest technical specifications are kept up to date.
• Meet execution and reporting targets in order to achieve or exceed expected levels of performance.
• Plan test scenarios, acceptance tests and test criteria using the available artifacts, in collaboration with the involved stakeholders and/or team members to ensure that the requirements are validated with sufficient test coverage.
• Prepare data requirements to ensure that data availability for Test case execution is focused on test specific, test reference, and application reference data.
• Raise and escalate defects associated with the test cases. Conduct investigations into defects to establish the impacted downstream system and assign the correct development resource.
• Set up and agree upon defect SLAs per priority, to align and manage expectations across the team and ensure focus is directed according to criticalities.
• Utilise Management Tools aligned to agile ways of work to keep record of assigned tasks using dashboards to track the desired quality metrics.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

• Type of Qualification: Degree
• Field of Study: Information Technology/ Business Related/ Engineering

Experience Required

Software Engineering

• Technology
• 1-2 years proven experience in software development Life Cycle.
• 3-4 years proven working experience in system quality assurance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Embracing Change
• Interpreting Data
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action
• Thinking Positively

Technical Competencies:

• Documenting
• Intelligent Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies & Tools
• Structured Test Methods & Processes
• Technology Orientation
• Test Driven Development