Job Vacancy: Software Quality Assurance Tester
Position: 1 Post
Posted Date: March 8, 2025
Reporting to: Software Engineer
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field from a recognized university.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing.
- Relevant certifications in software testing will be an added advantage.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop, document, and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on software requirements and design specifications.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand system requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Perform manual and automated testing of software applications, including web-based systems, mobile applications, and APIs, to ensure they meet functional and non-functional requirements.
- Conduct regression testing to ensure that new features, enhancements, or bug fixes do not introduce new issues.
- Execute performance testing, load testing, and stress testing to evaluate system stability and scalability.
- Identify, document, and track software defects using defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla).
- Work closely with software development teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve defects in a timely manner.
- Verify and validate bug fixes to ensure issues are resolved effectively.
- Ensure adherence to software development life cycle (SDLC) and software testing life cycle (STLC) best practices.
- Collaborate with the software development team, including developers, IT projects engineers, and end-users, to ensure software quality aligns with user expectations and business needs.
- Provide clear and concise feedback on testing progress, risks, and issues.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of test cases, test results, and testing processes.
Equal Opportunities Employer:
Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants must submit an application letter, certified copies of certificates, transcripts, national identification, and a Curriculum Vitae (CV) that includes full personal particulars such as full names, date of birth, qualifications, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact details, and the names and addresses of three referees.
Your application should be addressed to:
Deputy Registrar – Human Resource
and submitted as a single merged PDF file to the email address: academicrecruitment@staff.msu.ac.zw.
Please label the subject line with the post being applied for.
Closing Date for Applications: Friday, March 21, 2025.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.