Software Quality Assurance Engineer at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Test strategy formulation which includes decomposing the business and technical requirements into test scenarios, defining test data requirements, managing test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other testing preparation activities.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs, and requirements documents with cross-functional teams.
• Accurately predict the amount of effort required for projects QA activities and tasks. Develops plans and schedules based on these predictions.
• Implement Test Automation leveraging test automation frameworks.
• Executes and reports on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products, assist development with replicating and debugging problems and develop new test automation solutions as needed.
• Coach and mentor QA Analysts in modern approaches for execution of testing efforts
• Architect, implement and manage automated suites of black-box and white-box test scripts.
• Research, Develop and/or Recommend tools to assist QA Analysts in test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Utilize tools such as code coverage tools to assess the coverage of test suites and make recommendations for additional test cases.
• Lead monitoring of test execution across multiple code branches and multiple platforms and performing code reviews.
• Management and maintenance of Test Environments.

Academic & Professional

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of study    RQ

Professional Qualifications    

• ISTQB / ISTQB Agile Tester Certification / Certified Test Engineer (CSTE) / Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) / Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) / CMSQ  (Certified Manager of Software Quality)    RQ     
• Project Management    PRINCE II (Practitioner) / AgilePM / PMI-ACP / Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / Certified Scrum Master (CSM)    AA     
• Masters Degree    Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of study or Business Administration or Project Management    AA

Experience

Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required    

• 5 years 

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[5]

• Software Quality Assurance     3    RQ
• Software Test Automation    2    RQ
• IT Projects     4     ES
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. Mobile, Internet Banking, Cloud, Microservices etc)     2     DE
• Software Applications & Support     2    DE
• Software Development    2    DE