Automation Software Tester

The software tester is responsible for evaluating software quality through manual and automated testing. They collaborate with software developers and project managers to identify and rectify software defects, ensuring that the final product meets quality standards. The software tester also creates test plans, test cases, and reports to document testing activities and findings.

What we are looking for

• Minimum 9 years’ experience in software engineering, including development and testing.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience specialising in test automation frameworks and manual testing methodologies.

• Relevant software development certifications, e.g. Java EE certifications

• Certified Software Testing Professional and/or Certified Software Quality Analyst or an equivalent certification will be an added advantage.

• Good understanding and completion of projects using Waterfall/Agile methodology.

• Demonstrable skills in Java, Selenium, Maven, Jenkins, Jira, Cucumber/Watermelon, JSON, Cloud or SSIS development

• Demonstrate knowledge of automated software testing methodologies such as unit testing, integration testing and functional testing.

• Demonstrate knowledge of creating packaging / build scripts with MSBuild, Maven, Docker etc.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues ranging from system resource to application stack traces.

• Track record in implementing systems with high availability, high performance, high security hosted at various data centres or hybrid cloud environments will be an added advantage.

• Experience in banking/financial sector or payment systems will be an added advantage.

Test Case Analysis

• Understand the requirements from internal and external stakeholders’ groups and work with the development team to define and improve the build system quality.

• Review stories or requirement specs to ensure that requirements stated are correct, unambiguous and verifiable.

• Discuss, analyse and recommend design improvements or corrections to developers throughout the development process.

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and project team to identify needs and requirements for estimation of testing scope and time frame.

• Develop and establish quality assurance deliverables and testing framework, including create and maintain test plans and test cases in accordance with changing requirements, throughout development.

Test Automation and Execution

• Create and develop automated test framework whenever possible, such as prepare test environment, maintain functional testing script in accordance with changing requirements.

• Conduct system integration tests with external parties, validate the output and expected outcome e.g. data to and from external parties’ systems and feedback on improvement requirement.

• Conduct extensive manual functional /exploratory testing, including browser testing.

Test Management

• Conduct impact analysis of defect fixes discovered during manual or automated tests, validate completed stories pass the acceptance criteria, raising defects as needed and work with development team to improve the expected behaviour and test cases.

• Demonstrate the tested stories during Sprint Review and prepare production show case to show the completed stories tested.