SITA SOC is the State Information Technology Agency, a South African government-owned company (SOC stands for “State-Owned Company”). Established in 1999, it was created to consolidate and coordinate the state’s information technology resources. SITA’s mandate is to manage the procurement and delivery of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services for the South African government. Its mission is to provide efficient, cost-effective, and integrated ICT services to the public sector to improve service delivery and citizen convenience. 

Purpose of the job

• To 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 deployment.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Review software requirements and prepare test scenarios according to project plans and architectural governance mechanisms to ensure overall compliance and improved service delivery
• Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression)
• Prepare reports on all aspects related to the software testing carried out and report to the design team
• Stay abreast of the latest industry developments and ensure that appropriate technologies are used for knowledge management so as to ensure innovation and improved productivity.

Qualifications and Experience

• Required Qualification: 1 – 2-year National Certificate in a relevant discipline / NQF level 5.
• Experience: 1 – 2 years testing experience applicable to the specified discipline including application of system testing techniques, interpretation of solution design architectures, walkthroughs and inspections, functional and nonfunctional test automation concepts and manual software system testing.

Technical Competencies Description

• Knowledge of: Software development Life Cycle; Security (Software and Technologies); Portal (HTML, CSS, JAVA scripting, Portlets with various integrations); Interfacing and Integration (Middleware Technologies); Development methodologies (RUP, OpenUp, Agile), SDLC (ISO\IEC12207)) Quality (ISO9001); Entity Relationship Diagrams; Governance Processes and Standards (COBIT, ITIL, UML); System testing (ISEB, ISTQB, IEEE829).

Personal Attributes/ Behaviours:

• Agility, Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Integrity, Innovation and Empathy.