Software Quality Analyst Engineer

Do you want to be part of a dynamic team constantly challenging the status quo and finding "smarter" ways of doing things? If you answered yes, keep reading.   

Who Are We?  

1Nebula is a next-generation SaaS Technology Business focused on providing businesses with cloud & technology expense management services and tools to accelerate their cloud journey.   

We hire amazing people from across South Africa, making our diverse group of team members, called N48Xers, a force to be reckoned with.  

Learn more about our people brand by watching our culture videos:   

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkUpUigUdM&t=1s  
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVk3_vVyrW0 

Job Opportunity at 1Nebula:  

You will be building a robust software testing infrastructure for our world-class cloud-native mobile and web applications while tracking quality across the SDLC. 

What You will do within this role (Your key responsibilities): 

• Become an effective member of the technical teams enabling quality across the SDLC. 
• Ability to move beyond manual functional testing and focus your efforts on automation and testing strategies. 
• Be a key player in authorizing application release, having tested the product against your test and regression plans. 
• Develop metrics that detect software defects early in the development cycle. 
• Should be proactively involved in the requirements process to help and guide development teams towards proper direction. 
• Focus more on automated regression testing on critical areas such as key software functionality. 
• Move QA towards leveraging automation tools to automate testing wherever possible. 
• Should facilitate and encourage communication, collaboration, and optimization across DevOps by being a “quality-first” evangelist. 
• Focus on continuous integration to identify defects early in the development lifecycle. 
• Set up early warning detection and health systems to notify when something goes wrong in Production. 
• Integrating a fully automated continuous testing process into the SDLC for a successful continuous delivery process that minimizes risks, reduces costs, and accelerates time to market. 
• Be a self-starter with the ability to produce results with minimal supervision. 
• Follow QA best practices & have used Selenium or other Automated Test Frameworks 

More about You (Our requirements for the role): 

Although we believe in the potential of others more than anything else there are some minimum requirements we would look for so consider these before sending us your application 

• You are driven and passionate about cloud technologies.  
• Hold a relevant tertiary qualification with at least 3 years’ experience in software testing with a minimum of 2 years' experience in automation experience 
• You enjoy being part of a team that is constantly pushing themselves whilst having fun. 
• Have technical knowledge and experience with setting up Automation Frameworks for testing 
• You work hard and play hard with epic MS teams backgrounds for Friday Fun-day check-ins.  
• You have great banter and an insatiable curiosity for all things tech 
• Experience in the following Tools & Technologies would be an advantage 

• Selenium or similar automation language 
• Postman 
• Microsoft App center or similar mobile test automation 
• SQL 

Our Amazing Perks! 

• Enjoy 20 Leave days a year plus a “mulligan day” each quarter after meeting all your deliverables. That’s 4 extra leave days annually! 
• High spec laptops and equipment for you to comfortably work remotely. 

• A once off at home office allowance to set up your home office. 
• Flexible working hours. We work on a flexible schedule from Monday to Friday where you can make the hours work for you. 
• Access to our Well-being program and Employee support services – we believe in work/life balance being of utmost importance for you and your family so this perk is for them too. 
• Grow your skills and learn something new with paid for Microsoft courses and certifications.  
• Take up a hobby and unlock a training allowance every 2 years to do something non-work related. 
• Give back by participating in our Culture and Social Responsibility initiatives. 
• Free Gap cover and a relaxed/hybrid work environment.  
• Hackathons (If you find yourself in office, we’ll provide the pizza!)