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CROSS-BORDER ROAD TRANSPORT AGENCY (CBRTA)
 
SOFTWARE TESTER (SIX MONTHS CONTRACT) 
Ref: CIO 001/05/2021 
 
THE EMPLOYER 
The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency is a statutory authority, established in terms of Section 4 of the Cross-Border Road Transport Act, Act 4 of 1998, as amended, to regulate cross-border road transport. 
The position of Senior Software Developer will be based at the Agency’s Head Office in Centurion, Eco-Park. The incumbent will report directly to the Chief Information Officer. 
 
Purpose
The primary responsibility of a software tester is the quality assurance stage of software development and deployment. A software tester shall conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose and any bugs or issues are removed within a product before it gets deployed to the production environment. The software tester shall take full accountability of the testing process, tools, techniques, and standards. 
 
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Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree or 3 Year Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 
• ISEB or ISTQB Certification 
 
Experience
• At least 8 years’ experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle 
• At least 2 years’ experience in a Management/Team Leadership role 
• Experience of modern QA automation and monitoring tools. 
• Microsoft .Net experience preferred. 
• Microsoft DevOps experience. 
• Working with stakeholders to ensure QA strategy is understood and implemented correctly. 
• Experience of working with teams following an Agile methodology. 
• Software Design and Development 
• Programming experience 
• Software testing experience with knowledge of automated testing methodologies 
 
 
 
Competency Requirements: 
• Knowledge of software quality assurance 
• Understanding of software development methodologies, e.g. SCRUM and Agile 
• Working with data such as conversion, transfer and report design. 
• Working knowledge of object-oriented design and development skills 
• Knowledge of Test Automation tools 
 
Key Performance Areas: 
The successful candidate will be expected to:- 
• Establish Quality Assurance discipline as an integral component of the Software Development Lifecycle 
• Design, build and execute test conditions, test procedures and regression tests to cover all system requirements. 
• Test Scope determination. 
• Conduct stress testing, performance testing, functional testing and scalability testing 
• Write and execute test scripts 
• Run manual and automated tests 
• Test solution in different environments including web and mobile platforms 
• Write bug reports and present to the development team 
• Assess system code for bugs and errors 
• Provide the necessary evidence to support evaluations 
• Implement the necessary tools and techniques to achieve the defined goals 
• Sign-off on the final release readiness for product and component releases to provide assurance that the product is deployed / released according to the best possible quality standards 
• Provide objective feedback to software development project teams 
• Design tests to mitigate risks and to ensure all risks are mitigated.
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SALARY: The employer offers a market related salary. 
 
CLOSING DATE: 09 June 2021. 
Employer reserves the right to close applications earlier. 
 
Submit detailed CV’s including certified copies of qualifications to: recruitment25@cbrta.co.za  and please quote the reference number 
 
C-BRTA reserves the right not to appoint. 
 
Shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a reference check, security clearance and criminal records check. 
 
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM THE C-BRTA 21 DAYS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION UNSUCCESSFUL.