RQ11170 Int. Systems TestingQA Specialist

RQ11170 - Int. Systems Testing/QA Specialist

11-month contract - possible extension

ON-SITE 5 days - 222 Jarvis St

Must Have:

• Solid experience with triaging defects participating and leading triage meetings and producing defect summary reports.
• Extensive experience performing regression testing manually and automation scripts
• 5-10 years of experience with different automation and manual testing types: black box testing penetration testing security testing system testing unit testing AODA and UAT testing
• Extensive experience with preparing detailed test cases to test functionality
• Hands on experience with various defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps
• 5-10 years of hands- on experience with BRD

Nice to have: (all of these are preferred)

• Prior OPS or public sector exp.
• Contact centre exp.
• Experience with development tools (Java Angular JS)
• Bi-lingual testing experience is a strong asset
• Experience with Screen Readers Syntax Checking tools Colour-Contract tools browser tools/toolbars.
• Experience with HTML 5 WAI-ARIA tags UX and front-end development

Responsibilities:

Provides advice on the testing strategy test plans the selection of testing tools and the identification of resources required for testing.

Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments including the execution of systems integration tests specialized tests and user acceptance testing (e.g. stress tests).

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis design development implementation and ongoing support of the required systems.

Executes functional integration system and regression tests.

Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.

Identifies document and track software defects using tools like ALM JIRA Bugzilla and Azure DevOps.

Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.

Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools like Micro Focus OpenText UFT Selenium TestComplete or Postman.

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Conduct performance stress and load testing to ensure the system can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Collaborate with developers business analysts and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.

Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning daily stand-ups and retrospectives.

Maintain detailed documentation of test results test coverage and quality metrics.

Provide input for user manuals and release notes.

Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

General Skills:

Experience in planning organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level

Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development design implementation and maintenance of applications

Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases

Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms

Experience executing functional tests non-functional tests and systems level integration tests

Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities

Experience with quality assurance principles practices tools and structured methodologies

Experience creating testing strategy documentation test plans test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing including technical and business functional validation

Experience in quality assurance and testing including unit testing integration testing load testing performance testing etc.

Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Knowledge of system integration regression and acceptance testing.

Familiarity with Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.

Demonstrated ability to write clear comprehensive test cases and execute them effectively.

Experience with tools like ALM JIRA Bugzilla TestRail Zephyr etc.

Familiarity with tools like Selenium Cypress or Postman for API testing.

Understanding of scripting languages (e.g. Python JavaScript Bash) for automation or test data setup.

Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and perform backend testing.

Clear grasp of the software development and testing life cycles.

Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.

Experience developing and managing robust test data strategies including generating realistic and sufficient test data ensuring data privacy and managing test data environments.

Validates data integrity consistency and accuracy across various system components and databases performing data migration and transformation testing as needed.

Experience developing and executing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner and analyzing performance bottlenecks and system scalability.

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language

Experience in the use of information retrieval packages

Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices.

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems

Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases

Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $56.19/hr - $60.21/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $44.95/hr - $48.17/hr T4