QA Engineer

Location: South Africa
Industry: Financial Services / Enterprise Technology
Contract/Perm: Open
Certification: ISTQB
Experience: 6+ Years

We are seeking a highly skilled QA Engineer with strong experience across automation, performance, and security testing for enterprise-scale platforms. The ideal candidate is detail-driven, quality-focused, and confident operating within structured governance models aligned to the company's Quality Plan.

• Design, execute, and maintain automation test suites across enterprise applications and integrations.

• Conduct performance, load, and security testing to validate system resilience and compliance.

• Drive end-to-end regression testing and support UAT cycles, ensuring alignment with the company's Quality Plan standards.

• Validate integration points, SLAs, and service behaviours across APIs, middleware, and enterprise platforms.

• Analyse defects, conduct root cause investigations, and ensure clear, actionable reporting.

• Collaborate closely with developers, Business Analysts, and Solution Architects to ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC.

• Ensure testing documentation is complete, traceable, and compliant with enterprise governance.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA frameworks, tools, and automation pipelines.

• ISTQB certification (Foundation or Advanced).

• 6+ years' experience in QA and software testing within large enterprise environments.

• Proven experience with automation testing frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar).

• Experience with performance/security testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, Burp Suite, or similar).

• Strong understanding of integration testing, API validation, SLAs, and non-functional testing.

• Experience working in Agile, hybrid, or DevOps environments.

• Ability to produce high-quality test artefacts and manage complex regression packs.

• Automation testing (UI/API)

• Performance & security testing

• Regression & UAT management

• Test planning, documentation & execution

• API testing and integration validation

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Communication & stakeholder collaboration

• Familiarity with CI/CD and test pipelines (advantageous)

• Work on high-impact, enterprise-level platforms in a leading financial institution.

• Shape and improve QA capabilities within a modern, technology-driven environment.

• Opportunity to contribute to delivery quality, stability, and security across critical systems.