QA Consultant
CLARITY · Eastern Cape, South Africa
Advertising Services · 51-200 employees
Jun 10
Mid (2-5 yrs)
Full-time
South Africa
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About the role
The QA Consultant will design, document, and execute comprehensive test cases across various testing stages including functional, integration, and regression testing. They will also collaborate with developers and stakeholders to troubleshoot defects, track testing progress, and provide detailed execution reports.
What they look for
Manual QA
Functional Testing
Regression Testing
API Testing
Postman
Integration Testing
WebSockets
MySQL
SQL
Jira
Confluence
Git
GitHub
Browser DevTools
Sentry
Agile/Scrum
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in an IT-related field and possess at least 2 years of experience in software quality assurance. Proficiency in English, strong analytical skills, and technical expertise in SQL, API testing, and version control systems like Git are required.
Full description
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or any other IT-related degree/diploma, and/or completed Manual QA Course
- 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance
- English proficiency at B1 level or higher (spoken and written)
- Ability to design comprehensive test cases, test plans, and test scripts
- Experience with functional and regression testing, and API testing (Postman)
- Experience with integration testing: understanding of polling and callback-based integrations, basic understanding of signatures/encryption
- Knowledge of WebSockets and how they work in tested systems
- Experience with MySQL and ability to write SQL queries for data validation
- Experience with Jira and Confluence for organizing test cases, reporting, and documenting defects
- Experience with Git/GitHub: building branches, reading and reviewing Pull Requests
- Solid command of browser DevTools for debugging and analysis
- Experience with an error-monitoring tool (Sentry or similar)
- Ability to work effectively in Agile/Scrum development teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to work with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders
- Keen attention to detail, self-driven, analytical mindset, and strong problem-solving abilities
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide detailed test execution reports to stakeholders, including test coverage, pass/fail rates, and defect status.
- Collect and document feedback from stakeholders during UAT phases and ensure issues are tracked and addressed.
- Track testing progress and communicate test results to project teams and management.
- Collaborate with project managers and business analysts to define the scope of testing based on business requirements and workflows.
- Work closely with developers, functional consultants, and business users to troubleshoot and resolve defects.
- Collaborate with the QA team to define test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
- Design and document test cases, scenarios, and scripts.
- Participate in all aspects, types and stages of testing (e.g. functional, system, integration, regression, performance testing).
- Continuously improve test processes and methodologies to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Simulate real-world business scenarios to validate the performance and functionality.
- Execute end-to-end testing of business processes.
- Identify, investigate, log, track defects in bug-tracking systems (e.g., JIRA,).
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- Retest resolved issues to verify fixes and ensure no new defects are introduced.
