Career Opportunities: Test Analyst III | Institutional IT | Client Servicing Domain (8934)

Requisition ID 8934 - Posted  - South Africa - Information Technology - Cape Town

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Job Summary

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join the Institutional IT team as a test analyst in delivering quality software that will create an exceptional user experience for our end-users. 

Allan Gray Institutional IT team consists of appr. 65 members, covering a range of skills and responsibilities including Domain Owners, Development Manager, Architect, Business Analysts, Developers (.NET and SQL) and IT Operations. The team operates with four business-aligned domains (Front Office, Middle Office, Fund Operations and Client Servicing). 
Additionally, the Tech domain and IT Operations teams support the business-aligned domains.

What you can expect: You will work predominantly within the Client Services Domain performing functional and regression testing as well as resolving production defects. 

Please note: This is a Cape Town based role and you will be required to be in office for a minimum of 3 days / week, with a Monday and Thursday as compulsory.  

Job Responsibilities

    Extracting test requirements for user stories, 
    Designing and creating test cases, 
    Estimating effort for testing tasks, 
    Manual testing of applications, which includes front-end, system integration, regression, and end-to-end as well as exploratory testing, 
    Managing and maintaining manual regression test suites, 
    Product risk mitigation, thereby limiting defects in production, 
    Collaborating closely with developers and business analysts in identifying, logging, and verifying defects in a defect tracking system, 
    Collaborating with other teams in INST IT for integration testing. 
    Assist in production support issues and queries.
    Liaise with IT Ops and other Domains for support to resolve or assist with fixes.
    Continuous improvement initiatives specifically with regard to quality and performance

Skills and experience required

    Attention to detail, 
    Data analysis and reporting skills, 
    Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, 
    Ability to: 
       o    Manage own time and get tasks done, 
       o    Grasp concepts and understand the systems being tested, 
       o    Deal with complexity, 
       o    Deal with high variability of work and context switching, 
       o    Be comfortable with a fair amount of unpredictability in daily tasks.
       o    Resolve issues and overcome obstacles
       o    Able to engage with others to gather information

Education

    4 years test experience 
    Basic SQL skills
    Relevant Business/ Commerce/ IT degree. 
    Testing fundamentals training / Test certification would be advantageous.
    Exposure to Agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM) would be advantageous

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