QA Integration Tester

Main purpose of the job

The successful candidate will join our Integration team as an independent QA resource for the software integration development team ensuring the quality reliability and robustness of our integration solutions for clients across their full lifecycle. You will analyse requirements and acceptance criteria derive appropriate test cases and execute functional API message-level integration and end-to-end tests across synchronous asynchronous and event-driven scenarios. Beyond finding defects you will help the team prevent them identifying recurring weaknesses building reusable test standards and constructively challenging approaches where quality gaps exist. You will work independently across multiple integration assignments in close collaboration with Technical Project Leads (TPLs) senior developers and the Team Lead.

What you will do

• Your passion is quality. You dont just execute test cases; you take ownership of defining the right test approach and preventing defects not only detecting them.
• You act as an independent internal QA resource for the Integration team across multiple assignments.
• You analyse requirements and acceptance criteria critically assess them for gaps and testability and derive appropriate test cases.
• You support regression and release testing ensuring changes are verified thoroughly before they reach production.
• You document defects with clear evidence verify corrections and coordinate retesting internally with developers and TPLs.
• You develop and maintain automated integration tests contributing to a sustainable and repeatable testing capability.
• You look beyond individual defects to identify recurring or systemic weaknesses across integration solutions and document quality gaps together with their impact and concrete recommendations.
• You address findings directly with the responsible TPLs or senior developers explain where improvement is needed and constructively challenge existing approaches when relevant gaps are identified.
• You provide recurring quality summaries to the Team Lead and proactively escalate critical risks and recurring quality problems.
• You create reusable test standards template and checklists for the Integration team

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 2 to 4 years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance or testing ideally with a focus on integration solutions.
• Proven experience testing APIs and message-based integrations including designing and executing test cases at both the API and message level.
• Experience validating synchronous asynchronous and event-driven integration scenarios end-to-end.
• Solid understanding of common integration technologies and message formats (e.g. REST SOAP JSON XML XPath).
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools such as Postman SoapUI or similar.
• Experience supporting regression and release testing within structured delivery processes.
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification (or equivalent QA certification) is a plus.
• Experience testing integrations built on platforms such as SAP Cloud Integration MuleSoft Azure Integration Services Dell Boomi or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab Azure DevOps) and integrating automated tests into build and release processes.
• Basic scripting skills (e.g. JavaScript Python or Groovy) for test automation and data preparation.

Behavioural competencies

• Excellent English communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to communicate findings clearly honestly and based on evidence.
• Strong sense of ownership takes responsibility for defining the appropriate test approach rather than only executing predefined test cases.
• Structured and analytical problem-solving approach with a critical eye for gaps in requirements acceptance criteria and integration logic.
• Preventive mindset focused on avoiding defects not only finding them.
• Proactive communicator comfortable escalating critical risks and recurring quality problems in a timely manner.
• Effective interpersonal and relationship-building skills able to address findings directly with TPLs senior developers and the Team Lead in a respectful and professional way.
• Be confident enough to challenge existing approaches constructively when relevant gaps are identified.
• Collaborative mindset with a genuine willingness to share knowledge through documentation templates and daily teamwork.
• Adaptable managing change and ambiguity with ease across multiple parallel assignments.

Additional Information :

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients our people and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose - Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact.

Influence - Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills.

Performance drive - Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track.

Strategic direction - Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business.

Talent development - Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent.

Why Deloitte

At Deloitte our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global fast-changing business world.

Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value differences and embrace people with diverse backgrounds experiences abilities and thinking styles.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and workalways striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality integrity and positive change. Learn more about Deloittes impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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To the successful candidates the Firm will offer a competitive and performance driven remuneration package a highly energized team environment comprising individuals who are committed to working as one producing results and enjoying it.

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Closing date: Friday 4 September 2026

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time