Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist Senior

Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist
Location: Toronto Ontario
Work Model: Hybrid
Submission Deadline::00 p.m.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Must Have

• 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance for enterprise web applications and digital platforms
• Experience developing and executing:
  • Functional testing
  • Integration testing
  • Regression testing
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Accessibility testing
  • Performance testing
  • Automated UI and API testing
• Hands-on experience designing developing and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright Cypress Selenium or equivalent technologies
• Experience testing modern web applications built using C# or equivalent technologies
• Experience validating applications utilizing headless CMS platforms (Contentful preferred)

Description

Project Description

• Supply Ontario is seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to support the design validation and delivery of modern digital platform capabilities as part of our Digital Experience Platform (DxP).
• This role will contribute to ensuring the quality reliability accessibility and security of Supply Ontarios public-facing and internal digital services including account management vendor workflows search and discovery experiences content management reporting capabilities secure integrations and automated testing.
• Operating at the intersection of quality engineering enterprise architecture product development and delivery this role will support the transition to a scalable secure and service-based digital platform.
• A core outcome for this role will be to help move Supply Ontario from fragmented digital experiences to a modern headless cloud-native platform built on reusable components secure integrations and automated quality engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Planning

• Develop and execute comprehensive QA strategies across DxP initiatives
• Review business requirements user stories and technical designs to ensure testability
• Define test plans test cases automation strategies and quality gates for releases
• Support release readiness and Go/No-Go recommendations

Test Automation

• Design develop and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for web applications and APIs
• Develop automated functional regression smoke integration and end-to-end test suites
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality validation
• Execute automated test suites across Development QA UAT and Production environments
• Analyze automation results identify failures and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues
• Continuously improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort through reusable test assets and frameworks

Functional & Integration Testing

• Validate end-to-end user journeys across public and authenticated experiences
• Test account management and vendor registration workflows
• Validate procurement search and discovery functionality
• Test CMS-driven content and navigation components
• Validate reporting capabilities and data accuracy

API & Integration Testing

• Test enterprise APIs developed using REST and GraphQL
• Validate secure integrations with Azure AD Azure External ID Identity providers Contentful CMS Analytics platforms
• Validate role-based access controls (RBAC)
• Verify authentication and authorization workflows using OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

Accessibility & Compliance

• Perform accessibility testing aligned to WCAG and AODA standards
• Validate keyboard navigation screen reader compatibility color contrast and semantic structure
• Document accessibility findings and support remediation activities

DevOps & Release Support

• Support testing activities across Development QA UAT and Production environments
• Participate in CI/CD deployment validation and automated quality gates
• Execute automated and manual smoke testing following deployments
• Support release verification and production readiness

General Skills

• Strong understanding of software quality assurance methodologies and quality engineering best practices
• Experience testing modern frontend technologies including React and
• Experience testing backend services built C#
• Strong understanding of API-driven and microservice architectures
• Experience validating secure authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test suites for enterprise applications
• Knowledge of shift-left testing practices and continuous testing methodologies
• Ability to work collaboratively with Product Architecture Development and Delivery teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in Agile Scrum teams
• Commitment to delivering maintainable scalable and high-quality digital solutions

Skills

Required Skills

• 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance for enterprise web applications and digital platforms
• Experience testing modern web applications built using C# or equivalent technologies
• Experience validating applications utilizing headless CMS platforms (Contentful preferred)
• Experience testing integrations with enterprise identity providers including OAuth2 OpenID Connect Azure AD and Azure External ID
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs and/or GraphQL services
• Hands-on experience designing developing and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright Cypress Selenium or equivalent technologies
• Experience implementing automated API testing using Postman RestAssured or equivalent tools
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines within Microsoft Azure DevOps or similar cloud environments
• Experience using modern test management and defect management tools
• Strong understanding of WCAG 2.2 Level AA / AODA accessibility requirements
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Desirable Skills

• Experience building or testing applications hosted in Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines
• Experience with enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) and federated identity solutions
• Experience with Playwright Cypress Selenium or equivalent automation frameworks
• Experience with automated API testing tools such as Postman or RestAssured
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter k6 or LoadRunner
• Experience validating bilingual digital platforms
• Experience integrating analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager or Google Analytics
• Experience supporting government digital service delivery and accessibility compliance