Automated Testing Analyst - Mid Level

We are looking for a Mid-Level Automated Testing Analyst to empower people and businesses through innovation, with attitude, leadership, and a focus on getting things done.

Your impact in this position:

Create and review test scenarios using systematic techniques to ensure efficient test coverage.
Execute and guide other professionals on exploratory testing using techniques and planning to increase test coverage and detect previously unrecognized errors.
Create automated test scenarios (web, API, mobile) using a pre-defined framework and evolve this framework to provide quick feedback on system quality and avoid obsolescence of the automation framework.
Collect and analyze user/business metrics, as well as incidents, to use them in defining the test plan and as input for decision-making in the development process.
Review stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria, and suggest improvements to identify and avoid problems in the early phases such as incomplete or inconsistent requirements.
Disseminate agile QA culture and practices within teams to identify early-stage problems, preventing bugs, reducing costs, and correction time.
Understand the application architecture and its integrations to leverage knowledge in test planning and execution.
Review and suggest improvements to increase the effectiveness of unit tests by applying testing techniques and best practices.
Develop APIs or scripts (database, interface, API) with the necessary steps for creating test data to meet the prerequisites required for executing tests quickly and automatically.
Report the status of test execution, critical bugs, and impediments to ensure the entire team has visibility, and necessary actions can be defined to achieve delivery goals.
Create and review Test Planning documents, conduct understanding meetings, and create the Performance Test Plan to ensure all information is collected and that the testing strategy is correctly defined.
Create and review acceptance criteria, working with other squad professionals to ensure clear objectives for the tests are defined to all involved.
Obtain and review volume data, requesting it from the team that has this information, to plan the scenarios and types of Performance Tests that will be executed.
Create Performance Test scripts and evolve their structure using the tool selected by the project team and applying best practices to enable the execution of Performance Test scenarios.
Understand the application architecture and its integrations and develop a suitable Performance Test strategy to ensure the objectives set during planning are achieved.
Monitor, analyze, and maintain the culture of excellence in quality indicators within the team.

Stack:

Automation Java with TestNG or JUnit
API testing automation with RestAssured
Zephyr Scale
Gitlab CI/CD
Mongo
Kafka
Postman
Solid experience with Java (Java 8+), Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security)
Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)
Experience with microservices architecture and messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Practice with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI or similar
Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and code versioning (Git)
Higher education degree

Differentials:

Intermediate English
Knowledge or experience in banking institutions

Benefits:

Home office assistance
Flash Card
Access to courses and certifications via South Academy
Financial education program

About South:

You will be part of a collaborative team, with autonomy and a focus on continuous evolution, working on projects that have a real impact on the business, where transforming ideas into deliveries is part of everyday life. We are recognized for our team: we have been voted one of the best companies to work for in Brazil (GPTW) twice. We are committed to the future: we are a carbon-neutral company.

Interested? Join us and make things happen.