Functional Test Analyst - Johannesburg, South Africa

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The Technical Tester will be responsible for the planning and execution of technical test related activities for developed business applications, ensuring that they are effectively tested against agreed functional and non-functional requirements prior to, and post production deployment. Review, analyze and identify test requirements based on the functional and design specifications from technical documentation (Business/Development briefs, Use Case Diagrams, Architectures and/or Integration Documents) and ensure full understanding of individual deliverables. Perform regression and ad-hoc testing of system components potentially affected by system changes. Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings. Hands-on experience in Mobile application manual testing on different Mobile devices including phones and tablets across various platforms like iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows, etc.Hands on experience in testing application on Physical devices, simulator and Cloud, Testing Cross-browser, multi-lingual Testing experience, Strong understanding of mobile networks and knowledge on mobile development and test tools, Test case writing, Execution and Defect Management experience, Reviewing test cases developed and the test execution results Assisting junior team members with resolution of technical issues. Experience level of 3-5 years, Certified Agile Level test resources, e-Commerce, m-Commerce, Gherkin -based tools, Agile Testing – certified, Acceptance Test Automation

Key Skills
Good Communication Skills – Test Analysts need to be able to effectively communicate with various stakeholders at multiple levels of an organisation. Whilst most of a test analyst’s job is “behind the scenes” there will be times where the complicated “behind the scenes stuff” needs to be clearly communicated and easily understood by business stakeholders who aren’t necessarily IT experts
Logical & Critical Thinking Skills – Logical, critical thinking and the ability to learn at a face pace are important to any testing role
Good Documentation and Report Writing Skills – A software tester will usually be required to generate reports on the testing being done, and to translate them into concise reports to management. A test must be able to report on structured test cases in a way that is meaningful to the business in which they’re operating
Awareness of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) – Software testers who know the basics of programming and SDLC will be more effecti