To plan, prepare and execute functional testing to ensure the overall quality of software applications at the JSE is in order and that systems meet requirements and minimise risk to JSE. Financial / Business Objectives Apply cost effective principles in everyday delivery to contribute to achievement of departmental financial targets. Meet predefined timeframes for all aspects of solution testing and quality for assigned modules to save costs. Ensure the quality of work delivered to business meets requirements when UAT (User Acceptance Testing) signs off on changes. Work within scheduled timeframes as planned and agreed in order to meet scheduled deployment dates. Client Service and Relationships Collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams including development, business analysis, and third-party service providers to identify and understand needs and requirements. Meet with Business Analyst (BA), business and developer to get functional specifications and technical requirements to ensure needs are understood before testing. Manage the expectations of stakeholders by giving regular feedback Make quality decisions to strengthen relationships which will ultimately contribute to consistent delivery. Engage in formal and informal communication with peers, management and customers so as to build relationships and networks with all stakeholders. Management and/or Process Create the Test Plan, when required, which includes selection of Test Techniques. Work to predefined plan to test software applications in order to ensure that requirements are met by extracting requirements from specifications, creating test cases according to requirements, executing test cases, creating and maintaining testing environments, liaising with stakeholders and providing regular feedback, reviewing test scripts of other test analysts and maintaining test scripts by keeping them up to date during testing and afterwards (living document). Minimise or eliminate risk through the entire testing process as outlined above to reveal defects. Communicate any potential impact or legal repercussions for not testing to the business so that the risk is covered Revert back to development team if tests do not meet requirements so that they can address the issues so that applications have no faults. Perform investigations to find the root cause for any problem areas and take preventative measures to ensure that they don’t reoccur by testing applications according to specifications. Mitigate risk by communicating to the development team what defects exist and provide guidance for where there is a need for improvement. Make decisions in day-to-day testing and escalate to team lead or manager when necessary. Leadership and Learning Improve personal capability and professional growth in line with JSE objectives by discussing development needs and proposed solutions with management. Be an effective team member encouraging teamwork and freely sharing knowledge. Visibly live the JSE values contributing to the achievement of divisional objectives. Manage self in terms of development, delivery and act as a self-starter. Transformation and Innovation Identify, share and implement value adding improvement/innovative ideas and solutions for the testing life cycle contributing to divisional and JSE results. Matric ISEB/ISTQB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing or higher - Must have. At least 3-5 years of experience in software testing with an understanding of the SDLC process. #J-18808-Ljbffr