Specialist QA Engineer

Absa South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Full-time
Posted 1 hour ago
Full-time IT & Software
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Job Description

Job Summary

  • Design automation testing plans and develop automation test scripts for multiple technical products / services (pre, during & post deployment) in both ‘Run & Change’ contexts and align to chosen application testing frameworks & guidelines.
  • Testing may apply to all or a combination of the following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability and regression testing of solutions. This entails full responsibility for ensuring products are protected through quantifiable test coverage & metrics.

Job Description

QA Engineering

  • Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as an QA automation specialist engineer
  • Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
  • Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) – using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
  • Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution and sustainability)

Develop automation test plans

  • Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts etc.)
  • Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
  • Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results

Facilitate test plan / case reviews within squads

  • Work with product engineers to evaluate software / solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement / enhancement
  • Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
  • Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time (always)
  • Provide the required project / scrum related information / feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality etc.)
  • Conduct performance monitoring on applications / components of applications for which you’ve designed and executed test scripts / plans
  • Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports

DevOps

  • Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
  • Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products / services
  • Understand the full technical solution that is being tested – show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
  • Shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery

Risk & Governance

  • Ensure compliance with technical risk and governance requirements
  • Ensure work is compliant with automation testing frameworks and standards
  • Proactively identify and communicate risks ahead of need
  • Participate in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management processes as required and implement mitigating actions

People

  • Participate in peer reviews & continuously develop automation testing awareness & capability across squads

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

End Date: November 5, 2026

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationJohannesburg, Gauteng
CategoryIT & Software
Posted30 October 2026
Closing Date30 November 2026
Absa South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng

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