Position Reports to: Manager: Systems Qualification & Testing
Division: Strategy Enab & Modernisation
Location: Le-Hae Brooklyn, Pretoria
Advert Closing Date: 05 September 2025

About the Position

SARS is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented individual for the role of Specialist: Software Tester – Automation. The ideal candidate will be a subject matter expert in test automation, with a strong focus on driving quality engineering practices and ensuring robust software delivery. This role is pivotal in enhancing SARS’s digital capabilities and aligning with its strategic objectives and service excellence mandate.

The successful applicant will be responsible for transforming testing into a continuous and efficient end-to-end quality engineering function. This includes leveraging quality processes, tools, and methodologies to significantly improve control, accuracy, and integrity across systems. The role demands a proactive and collaborative approach, engaging with multiple teams to influence key decisions and deliver high-quality solutions.

This innovative professional will develop and implement advanced testing strategies, continuously evaluate and refine methodologies, and mentor team members in automation best practices. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to align testing efforts with project goals and timelines, while analysing test results to provide actionable insights that enhance product quality and performance.

Job Purpose

To ensure software testing (Automation / Security / Performance) is conducted in relation to the automated script design, build, execution and deploy using appropriate automation technologies; or to the cooperative vulnerability and penetration assessments, or to the scalability and responsiveness under a specified workload, of the specific application/s, within set timeframes and against specified outputs.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in a Computer Science/IT/Information Systems/Engineering AND 5 – 7 years’ experience in a testing or automation environment, of which 2 – 3 years in technical testing.

#Alternative

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years in a testing or automation experience, of which 2 – 3 years in technical testing.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Must have completed some form of advanced, certified training in Technical Testing Techniques (e.g. ITSEB or ISTQB Technical Testing).

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