QA Competency Lead
Summary
Leads test automation at Sanlam's Glacier business: builds and maintains the automation framework, creates and optimizes regression scripts, publishes automation reports, and mentors junior automation engineers while supporting IT dev teams' sprint testing. Core stack: Selenium, SpecFlow, Appium, C#, JavaScript, Azure DevOps CI/CD.
What will you do?
The QA Competency Lead is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Glacier’s test automation framework and to provide support to all IT Development teams. The QA Competency Lead will provide for enough automation coverage that will guarantee comprehensive regression testing and quality.
Key Outcomes
The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by the QA Competency Lead:
- Create and run automation scripts
- Collaborate the Lead testers / Test analysts / Devs / Architects to ensure sufficient automated regression testing coverage
- Investigate defects and log defects (where required)
- Responsible for distributing Automation reports on a regular basis
- Keeping libraries and services up to date
- Mapping of controls and adding it to application code
- Support IT Development teams to deliver on their sprint testing goals
- Joint responsibility with Test analysts of maintaining automation datasheets
- Serve as the test automation subject matter expert
- Optimize automation scripts to ensure maintainable code
- Ensure stability of the automation framework and environment
- Recommend and initiate enhancements to the current automation framework to ensure relevance
- Provide input to the automation strategy to ensure increasing value-add within the functional testing process
- Mentor and guide junior automation engineers
Qualifications and experience
- Relevant IT qualification
- 4+ years experience in automation scripting and automation tools
- 5+ years Functional testing experience
- Knowledge and experience in Selenium, SpecFlow, Visual Studio, Appium, Desktop Automation
- Experience in Back-end development, using C# and JavaScript
- Building Automation Frameworks e.g. BDD, AzureDevOps CI/CD, API Testing, WCF services etc
- Experience in Front-end development, using HTML5, WPF or any other popular JavaScript libraries
- Knowledge and experience of the following processes and methodologies:
- SDLC and Testing Life Cycle
- Scrum Methodology
- Prior experience in the financial services industry would be preferred
Competencies
- Client focus
- Cultivates innovation
- Collaborates
- Being resilient
- Drive results
- Problem solving and analysis skills
- Ability to perform well under pressure
- Planning and organising
- Decision-making ability
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (written & verbal)
Attributes
- Honesty, integrity and respect
- Positive, enthusiastic attitude
- Professional work standards
- Ability to motivate self and others
What will make you successful in this role?
Qualification and Experience
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Attributes
Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.