RQ08864 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Responsibilities:

Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing and managing the quality assurance (QA) processes for both manual and automated testing efforts. This role involves leading a team of QA engineers developing and implementing testing strategies and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automated testing strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies.

As a Test Lead you will:

• Collaborate with product managers product owners and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
  
• 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)
  
• Develop of test plans test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components.
  
• Design develop and maintain automated test scripts for functional regression and integration testing
  
• Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium Appium Katalon or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
  
• Provides advice on the testing strategy test plans the selection of testing tools and the identification of resources required for testing.
  
• Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase
  
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
  
• Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments
  
• Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
  
• Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over component response times data integrity security)
  
• Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment
  
• Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases
  
• Record all defects/issues in the Cluster s defect reporting tool (Jira) including detailed descriptions screenshots and steps to re-produce
  
• Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
  
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
  
• Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing
  
• Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
  
• Creates traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements
  
• Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders
  
• Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups team meetings as required
  
• Provide weekly report confirming status of assigned tasks
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 10 years of experience in process planning organizing and implementing testing efforts
  
• Demonstrates working knowledge of the testing process and the Software development life cycle (SDLC) including Agile & DevOps
  
• Experience with creating reviewing and executing test strategy test plans and test cases
  
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
  
• Hands-on experience with automation tools like Selenium Appium Katalon etc.
  
• Experience with API testing tools like Postman SoapUI or RestAssured.
  
• Knowledge of RESTful and SOAP web services.
  
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for database validation and data-driven testing
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development product management and operations to ensure a unified approach to quality.
  
• Drive initiatives to enhance testing tools frameworks and processes to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Testing Skills/Experience:

• 10 years of experience in process planning organizing and implementing testing efforts
  
• Demonstrates working knowledge of the testing process and the Software development life cycle (SDLC) including Agile & DevOps
  
• Experience with creating reviewing and executing test strategy test plans and test cases
  
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing functional testing regression testing unit testing load testing performance testing and accessibility testing
  
• Experience with providing identification and resolution of problems/issues
  
• Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments
  
• Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
  

Automation Testing Technical Skills/Experiences:

• Hands-on experience with automation tools like Selenium Appium Katalon etc.
  
• Ability to write clean maintainable and reusable code for test automation
  
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java Python C# or JavaScript.
  
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as TestNG JUnit NUnit or PyTest.
  
• Experience with API testing tools like Postman SoapUI or RestAssured.
  
• Knowledge of RESTful and SOAP web services.
  
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for database validation and data-driven testing.
  
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot automation scripts and identify root causes of failures.
  
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and technologies.
  
• Experience with AODA Compliance Audit tools AXE WAVE etc.
  
• Familiarity with performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner (optional)
  

Leadership Skills:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development product management and operations to ensure a unified approach to quality.
  
• Drive initiatives to enhance testing tools frameworks and processes to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Communicate testing progress results and risks to stakeholders providing actionable insights and recommendations.
  
• Act as a key point of contact for QA-related issues and escalations.
  
• Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the organization.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  
• Strong organizational creativity and perseverance skills.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills.
  
• Proven track record for building strong working relationships.