This position requires someone who has a wide range of experience across traditional and Agile lifecycles. Key to this position is a strong technology background, specializing in Test Automation, automation technologies and automation measurement. The candidate will make use of critical thinking and communication skills to ensure continual process and discipline improvement.Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering
At least 3 years of experience shipping high-quality software solutions and services
Experience in performance/stress testing is good to have
Experience in Agile is a must
Known quality assurance/engineering certifications
Excellent in verbal and written communication
Job Specification

Responsibilities

Own and drive test processes and partner with other disciplines to deliver high quality solutions
Partners with development to build and maintain comprehensive QA Test environments
Create and maintain QA schedules
Serve as a technical and methodological subject matter expert in all areas regarding quality analysis, testable design and deployment
Define, generate and refine quality related metrics
Demonstrated success with quality assurance concepts, test plan/test case definition and problem analysis
Strong automated testing experience with enterprise and cloud scale products on various software, hardware and networking infrastructures.
Experience designing, setting up and maintaining automated test frameworks, tools and scripts for CI/CD environments
Familiar with Source control and build tools with GIT, Jenkins, Jira.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile development environment.
Solid understanding of SDLC phases including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, release and maintenance.
Testing experience with cloud, database or big data analysis preferred.
Personal Qualifications

Strong customer focus and passion for doing what’s right for the customer
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and oral/written communication skills
Great organizational skills and an eye for details
Good understanding of software quality assurance processes is required
Strong influencer for the test and quality during overall product development cycle
Has experience and conviction around measures to quantify software quality

“The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and its goals and targets will be considered during the recruitment process. As an equal opportunities employer, Nihilent Limited will also consider applications from suitably qualified disabled people.”