{"id":17005,"date":"2025-08-21T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/automation-test-analyst-business-consultant-kzn-instructional-designer\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:24:38","slug":"automation-test-analyst-business-consultant-kzn-instructional-designer","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=17005","title":{"rendered":"Automation Test Analyst \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Business Consultant &#8211; KZN \n\n\n            \n\n            \n            Instructional Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Purpose<\/p>\n<p>\tTo design, develop, and maintain robust automation test scripts for web, mobile, and API applications using Java. 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