About

I have 10 years in Software Testing in Banking Industry and work on a range of various products, systems and projects. I have worked for Nedbank and Standard Bank (Consulting). During this period, I have steadily grown in becoming a very competent Software Tester and Test Analyst, who is very detail and quality oriented. My professional approach to my work, accompanied by dedication, effective communication, strong analysis work ethic and other plethora of skills always ensures that I deliver quality on time and always go extra mile to get things done. Moreover, I am an individual who continuously equips himself so that my skills remain relevant and learn as much as I can since that is what is required by the rapidly growing and forever evolving industry of software testing. I have obtained ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate. I am currently a specialist in EMV testing and certification.

Skills

  • Banking
  • ICT
  • QA
  • Software testing techniques & SDLC
  • Payment certification
  • certification
  • Test Cases
  • Customer support
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Test Planning
  • Quality Assurance
  • English
  • Sesotho
  • Afrikaans
  • Sepedi
  • Setswana
  • IsiXhosa/IsiZulu

Experience

Malewa Radebe

Work experience
  • Specialist Solution Analyst  at   Absa
  • Sets up meetings that tracks progress on projects.
  • Sets up focus sessions that ensures brings all the relevant personnel together in ensuring that the solution is provided and any issue or blockage is resolved.
  • Certification of the host and chip cards with schemes i.e. Diners and Mastercard
  • Liase with clients, by effectively communicating the processes in ensuring that their expectations are well managed.
  • Provides advise to to business teams and management on which projects to prioritize, which ones not to. This does assist with cost saving and allows the budget to be efficiently managed.
  • Communicates with clients and internal stakeholders. Manages issues and timely escalates if needs be.
  • Have the kick-off meetings with the product or business process owners, to determine business requirements for certifications of terminals with Associations.
  • Prepare the certification test cases and execute them.
  • Manages and monitors the tools that minimizes risks, while ensuring that the uninterrupted service is provided to clients.
  • Assist business with EMV card behavior and aligning EMV card behavior with business requirements.
  • Provides support to clients for their Certification of their terminals.
  • Log and resolve defects by engaging with various stakeholders e.g. Developers (vendors), BASE24, BankServe, Third Parties and Associations.
  • Keeping up with association (PASA, Visa, Mastercard, Reserve Bank & Bankserv, EMVco) and EMV new releases, new requirements, new specifications and make sure the bank is aligned with these
  • Build and maintain relationships with line role players by communicating regularly and working closely with them to elicit business requirements, evaluate and recommend possible business solutions, make assessments and produce feasibility analysis.
  • Consultation key stakeholders and/or a risk assessment workshop and develop risk mitigating action plans in agreement with the project Sponsor/Project Owner/Project Manager (PM).
  • Perform a “root cause” issues analysis with key stakeholders by conducting interviews or workshop to further evaluate and identify solutions and/or alternatives to meet the business requirements.
  • Ensure the best solution is considered and identified by designing improved business processes and procedures to deliver project goals
  • Do feasibility analysis for identified solutions
  • Compliance Release testing, ensuring that the bank complies with the technical and business requirements stipulated by the Associations/Schemes.
  • IT Project management on small enhancements.

Malewa Radebe

Work experience
  • Test Analyst at   Wipro
  • August, 2015 - February, 2017
  • Parttime
  • Obtaining Master Requirements Document (MRD) from Business team.
  • Analysis and clarification of requirements.
  • Designing of Test Cases.
  • Extraction of Test Cases from Quality Centre for Business Team.
  • Setting up and attend Clarification Sessions.
  • Setting up and attending Focus sessions.
  • Application Testing, Banking Domain.
  • Stakeholder management, planning and estimation of Test Completion Dates in SIT.
  • Managing expectations with respect to delivery.
  • Working on core banking system (FINACLE).
  • Testing & analysis on channel applications (Debit Card Issuing, ATM, POS, E-Banking, USSD,
  • CAP ,FAS, Mobile Banking, BASE2000).
  • Opening of defects on QC.
  • Setting up and Coordinating Daily Defect calls.
  • Following up with Business, Development, Functional, Pricing Team on outstanding JIRA Items
  • & Defects.
  • Attending Daily Stand Up meetings and representing Channels SIT Testing Team.
  • Providing Testing progress to Standard Bank Portfolio and Programme Managers.
  • Coordination of Channels SIT Testing.

Malewa Radebe

Work experience
  • Extracting of requirements from Sharepoint.
  • Analysis and clarification of requirements.
  • Design of Test Cases.
  • Setting up and attending Clarification Sessions.
  • Setting up and attending Focus sessions.

Malewa Radebe

Work experience
  • Prepare test data through the application to test automation tools or manual intervention as
  • appropriate to the project requirements.
  • Validate the appropriateness of the test data prepared for test execution
  • Validate the test environment.
  • Review test packs with Test Analysts to ensure understanding of the test cases & procedures.
  • Execute test cases and record and check results.
  • Validate the actual test results against expected results.
  • Run automation test scripts for functional and regression test cases.
  • Record results and perform detailed initial root cause investigation.
  • Communicate Test Results.
  • Apply test strategy and Plan and Agree test execution priorities and risks with Test Analyst and Test Manager. (Risk based execution approach should the project run out of time).
  • Recording & assigning defects in appropriate defect tracking tool.
  • Retest incident fixes.
  • Assist developers to resolve issues.
  • Update test manager/project manager with status of testing / issues on a regular basis (both informal communication and written reports).
  • Attend regular test progress review meetings with all members of the project team.
  • Time recovery for work done on Formal and informal projects.
  • General Office administration.
  • Provide on-site support post implementation to all impacted stakeholders.
  • Perform Field testing post implementation.
  • Document and circulate results to stakeholders.
  • Assess the need for tool automation through the development of a supporting benefits case.
  • Document tool automation requirements from a user perspective.
  • Test technical solution.
  • Evaluate and measure benefits achieved.
  • Do ongoing evaluation for efficiency improvement.

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