QA Testing Team Lead - Cape Town - up to R480k per annum

A non-profit social enterprise with extensive experience building solutions and innovations that solve the global youth unemployment challenge currently seeks the services of a QA Testing Team Leader. As a QA Testing Team Leader, you will work with the Head of Quality, as well as the delivery teams, to ensure that all client requirements are translated into executional delivery processes that deliver exceptional output and support against these requirements on time and in budget. The incumbent should have both team leader and the relevant/ detailed technical experience to assist with all delivery and execution aspects within the department. Requirements:

• 4+ years formal software testing experience
• 2+ years SQL experience (MS SQL or MySQL)
• 2+ years API testing (Postman, JMeter SOAPUI or similar)
• 1+ year working with Cloud platforms
• 1+ year working with repository tools like Github, GitLab etc
• 2+ years' experience on Test Management Tools (Jira, MS TFS, Azure Devops, Quality
• Centre or similar)
• ISTQB Foundation certified
• Advantageous: Experience with web automation testing tools (Selenium or similar)

Responsibilities:

• Manual Testing (feature and regression)
• Creation of and executing test cases and test plans (feature and regression testing)
• Reviewing of test cases
• Ensuring team members adhere to client specific QA standards and processes.
• Identify, log and analyse and track defects through to resolution.
• Collaborate with team members to improve the test process and framework.
• Participation in Scrum ceremonies
• Prepare and present Test Status reports to management and external clients.
• Training and mentoring QA interns in QA methodology, standards, and best practice
• Contribute to improvements in the QA process.
• Contributing to team's KPAs and performance appraisals
• Manage multiple backlogs across multiple clients.
• Coordinate, manage and assist with QA testing work delivery on various client projects, adhering to client SDLC/delivery framework.

Reference Number for this position is NN53463 which is a permanent position based in Cape Town offering a cost to company salary of up to R480K per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nigel on *****@*****.co.za or call him on (***)***-**** to discuss this and other opportunities. Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!