Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd

Senior Test Analyst (OVA5510)

Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

This is a 12 - month contract with our client in the banking industry

We are looking for a strategic Senior Test Analyst to lead quality governance across complex software initiatives. This role is designed for a QA professional who moves beyond simple execution to define test strategies, mentor junior analysts, and provide critical "go/no-go" insights to stakeholders. You will be the bridge between technical stability and business-focused quality.

Key requirements

  • Strategic Leadership: Define and lead the execution of comprehensive test strategies, plans, and risk assessments for major releases.
  • End-to-End Oversight: Manage the full testing lifecycle, including functional, integration, regression, and non-functional requirements (Performance/Security).
  • Technical Excellence: Design and maintain high-quality test scenarios; guide automation efforts and perform API testing using tools like Postman
  • Defect Governance: Manage the defect lifecycle and perform root cause analysis to drive continuous quality improvements.
  • Stakeholder Liaison: Partner with BAs, Developers, and Product Owners to translate technical risks into actionable business insights.
  • Mentorship: Coach junior QA team members and perform peer reviews of test artefacts to maintain organizational standards.

Minimum requirements

  • Experience: 5+ years in software testing, with at least 2 years in a Senior or Lead capacity
  • Technical Stack: * Proficiency in SQL for data validation and analysis.
    • Expertise in Jira, Azure DevOps, Zephyr, or TestRail
    • Solid experience with API testing (Postman) and manual testing.
  • Methodology: Strong experience in Agile/Scrum and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environments.
  • Education: Degree or Diploma in IT/Computer Science.
  • Certification: ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst (highly advantageous).
Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd

About Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd

Enabling the Digital Enterprise

South African business leadership has always been early adopters and significantly used information technology to improve productivity, efficiency, reach new markets and optimize supply chains. What is significant in recent years is that customer expectations have changed radically from the past. The challenge facing all South African and global organisations for that matter is:

• How can they best respond to this paradigm shift?

• How can they take advantage of the opportunity to innovate and grow through technology adoption? And,

• How can they do all this as cost effectively as possible?

This in Ovations’ opinion is the highly strategic journey of Digital Enablement including the critical intersection with Cloud Adoption as the strategic enabler. We, at Ovations, believe that digital enablement incorporates the change associated with the application of modern technology in all aspects of business and society, whereby Cloud Adoption is the way in which all business will implement and accelerate digital enablement.

Ovations has core domain expertise in process automation, content services, data & analytics and financial crime and risk prevention solutions. As Ovations, we provide guidance to our clients through an entire lifecycle of the cloud adoption process including initiatives to mitigate strategic workloads to the cloud deployment models encompassing IaaS, PaaS, FaaS and SaaS. We provide the following summary core cloud adoption services in this regard:

• Enterprise architecture and cloud adoption

• Cloud adoption architecture design

• Cloud people structures, roles and change management

• Cloud governance models and business cases

• Cloud adoption platform and public cloud selection

• Cloud data security and privacy

• Cloud migration strategies

• Cloud operational SLA and platform management

• DevSecOps design and implementations

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
1998
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