{"id":34978,"date":"2026-04-30T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/quality-assurance-officer-kwazulu-natal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:04:46","slug":"quality-assurance-officer-kwazulu-natal","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/quality-assurance-officer-kwazulu-natal\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Assurance Officer &#8211; Kwazulu Natal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Testing &amp; Quality Assurance<\/p>\n<p>\tDesign, execute, and maintain manual and automated test suites across functional, regression, performance, and API testing layers<br \/>\n\tConduct API testing using Postman and SoapUI across payment integrations and digital onboarding services<br \/>\n\tExecute performance and load testing using JMeter to validate system behaviour under real-world conditions<br \/>\n\tIdentify, log, and track defects through to resolution, ensuring clear and accurate defect reporting<\/p>\n<p>Compliance &amp; Security<\/p>\n<p>\tIdentify security and compliance gaps in software delivery, flagging risks in line with financial services regulatory requirements<br \/>\n\tEnsure QA activities support adherence to relevant compliance frameworks applicable to the banking environment<\/p>\n<p>Process Improvement<\/p>\n<p>\tContinuously review and improve existing QA processes, identifying opportunities for optimisation and efficiency gains<br \/>\n\tImplement best practices and standard operating procedures to ensure consistency and quality across software delivery<br \/>\n\tCollaborate with developers during sprint planning to define acceptance criteria and shift testing left in the delivery cycle<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholder Engagement<\/p>\n<p>\tBuild effective working relationships with developers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders<br \/>\n\tCommunicate quality risks, test progress, and outcomes in a clear and timely manner<br \/>\n\tEnsure stakeholder expectations around quality and release readiness are managed effectively<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>\tRelevant degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field<br \/>\n\tISTQB Foundation certification or equivalent (preferred)<br \/>\n\tAgile \/ Scrum training or certification advantageous<\/p>\n<p>Preferred experience<\/p>\n<p>\tDemonstrated experience in quality assurance within a software delivery environment<br \/>\n\tHands-on experience testing Mendix low-code applications<br \/>\n\tExperience working in fintech, payments, or banking and financial services<br \/>\n\tPractical experience with Postman \/ Newman, SoapUI, and JMeter or Gatling<br \/>\n\tProven track record working within Agile \/ Scrum delivery teams<br \/>\n\tExposure to real-time payments, digital onboarding, or payment rails advantageous<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>albaraka.mcidirecthire.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/albaraka.mcidirecthire.com","_company_name":"Al Baraka Bank South Africa","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"Al Baraka Bank, registered in South Africa since 1989, pioneered Islamic banking in this country in response to an identified need for a system of banking which adhered to Islamic economic principles. The bank, with its Head Office in Durban and a strategically located national branch network, is So... read moreuth Africa\u2019s only fully-fledged Islamic bank and is a subsidiary of the international Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C., which has established one of the largest international Islamic banking groups in the world.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[16],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-34978","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-kwazulu-natal","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/34978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=34978"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=34978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}