The Role
Lead and execute test strategy, design and maintain scalable Playwright automation frameworks, perform functional/integration/regression and API testing, validate backend data via SQL and CI/CD pipelines, track defects in Jira/Azure DevOps, mentor junior testers, and coordinate testing activities with the software team to ensure high-quality deliveries.
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Description
The Western Cape Department of Health is looking for a highly skilled Senior / Lead Automation Tester to join a highly motivated engineering team at the Provincial Health Data Centre (PHDC). This role requires an experienced professional who is both technically hands-on and capable of leading, coordinating, and mentoring junior testers.
The successful person will take full ownership of their deliverables as well as the team’s output, ensuring a high standard of quality across all testing initiatives.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead Test Strategy & Planning: Collaborate with stakeholders to define testing scopes, objectives, and robust test strategies.
- Lead Test Automation: Design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks (using Playwright).
- Execution & Defect Tracking: Perform functional, integration, regression, and API testing. Log, track, and reproduce defects using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
- Required to lead the Testing effort. Skill to
- Introduce and adopt processes
- Streamline work
- Coordinate work with the software team
- Environment & Data Validation: Work with databases and CI/CD pipelines to validate backend data integrity and support continuous deployment.
- Mentorship: Guide junior testers, review test scripts, and drive continuous quality improvement across the team.
Requirements
Requirements & Experience
- Experience: 5 to 7+ years of professional software testing experience, often with a mix of manual and automated testing.
- Technical Skills and Certifications: Tertiary qualifications and/or applicable training in application programming courses and/or International Software Testing Qualifications.
- Experience with MS SQL Server and data access methods, SQL, and extensive work done on Database Technologies (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL) – including familiarity with Stored Procedures.
- Methodologies: Strong experience working within Agile/Scrum and DevOps delivery cycles.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
The Team
- The current team is made up of experienced software developers, analysts, data scientists and database engineers who operate in an agile environment, implementing continuous automation, integrated unit testing and agile processes.
Skills Required
- 5 to 7+ years of professional software testing experience (manual and automated).
- Hands-on test automation using Playwright and building scalable automated testing frameworks.
- Experience with API, functional, integration, and regression testing.
- Experience using Jira or Azure DevOps for defect logging and tracking.
- Experience with MS SQL Server, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL and familiarity with stored procedures and database access methods.
- Experience validating backend data and working with CI/CD pipelines.
- Tertiary qualifications and/or applicable training in application programming or International Software Testing Qualifications.
- Strong experience working within Agile/Scrum and DevOps delivery cycles.
- Proven ability to lead testing efforts, introduce processes, streamline work, and coordinate with engineering teams.
- Mentorship skills to guide junior testers and review test scripts.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
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The Company
What We Do
DLK Group is a 100% black-owned and managed company, with our roots in Cape Town, and projects managed throughout South Africa. Our track record of operational excellence and innovation over 2 decades has made us trusted advisors to our clients. We provide the people, expertise, support, and training required to implement complex IT infrastructure, enterprise architecture and ERP solutions. We partner with our clients to build successful organisations, underpinned by robust technology.
