QA Tester

Applications are warmly invited for a QA Tester role based in Knysna. We welcome candidates from every background across Western Cape who are ready to grow with us.

The Role

This QA Tester role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Knysna. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the it jobs pipeline across Western Cape.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Knysna teams, and the new QA Tester will feel that from the first week.

Growing With Us

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The it jobs space in Knysna offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Western Cape.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Knysna have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Western Cape.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Why This Role

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Knysna contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the it jobs space in Western Cape.

The company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Knysna keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Knysna teams.

What Your Day Looks Like

Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you've shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.

Importantly, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Western Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Crucially, the Knysna office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Key Outputs

• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
• Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks

Candidate Profile

• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)

If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.