RQ09608 Systems TestingQA Specialist Senior

Scope

• Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT Integrations project. The resource will be responsible for the following activities:
  
• Lead in the development of test strategy preparation of test cases / scenarios test scripts regression test cases/scenarios required to verify solution and system.
  
• Manage all test activities including stress/load testing.
  
• Execute test scripts to verify solution.
  
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts.
  
• Execute the automated test scripts and create test reports.
  
• Reconcile manage record and track system or functional defects break/fixes identified during unit and user acceptance testing.
  
• Communication with project manager and developers to ensure application quality and alignment with project timelines
  

Assignment Deliverables

• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
  
• Identify test requirements from specifications map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
  
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management.
  
• Develop document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test plans test scripts test data and data validation.
  
• Automate all the test cases using automation scripts.
  
• Supervise the executing of manual test cases and report test results.
  
• Oversee the documentation of software defects and track resolution and communicate defect related issues to project team.
  
• Development of test plans test cases and test scripts to validate the functionality of various modules.
  
• Ability to create test plan test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application.
  
• Plan facilitate and support User Acceptance Testing and lead UAT sessions.
  
• Provide guidance to the business users during User Acceptance Testing
  
• Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information.
  
• Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project manager and project team
  
• Working closely with QA teams and developers leading triage sessions and ensuring appropriate prioritization of defects
  
• Working closely with the client lead prioritize schedule and remediate defects.
  
• Prepare test data sets that mimic real-world scenarios ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios.
  
• Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data.
  
• Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.
  
• Hold and facilitate test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members.
  
• Write automation test script using Selenium JMeters and Python or Java.
  
  

Requirements

Experience and Skillset Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

• 8 years of demonstrated QA experience including leading QA teams defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  
• Experience on Automation testing script using Selenium JMeter Python or Java.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational creativity and perseverance skills verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
  
• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
  

Desired Skills and Experience

• 8 years of demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.
  
• Ability to catch inconsistencies bugs and edge cases others may overlook.
  
• Ability to analyze and break down complex systems and understand how different components interact.
  
• Quickly identify the root cause of issues and propose solutions.
  
• Clearly report defects write test cases and collaborate with developers and stakeholders.
  
• Meet tight testing deadlines while ensuring test quality.
  
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions.
  
• Ability to write effective reusable test cases and test scenarios.
  
• Expert of using Azure DevOps Jira tools to track test suites and bugs.
  
• Experience in automating tests using Python Java as well as industry recognized test frameworks such as Selenium Playwright JMeters
  
• Ability to performance API test
  
• Use SQL queries validate data and test backend logic.
  
• 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
  

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points

• Ability to write effective reusable test cases and test scenarios.
  
• Expert of using Azure DevOps Jira tools to tracke test suites and bugs.
  
• Experience in automating tests using Python Java as well as industry recognized test frameworks such as Selenium Playwright JMeters
  
• Ability to performance API test
  
• Use SQL queries validate data and test backend logic.
  
• Knowledge and experience of automation tools and use of version control systems on one or more platforms
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of regression data and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
  
• Experience executing functional tests non-functional tests data testing and systems level integration tests
  
• Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g. SQL)
  
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  

Criteria 2: Quality Assurance Skills - 35 Points

• 8 years of demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  
• Ability to catch inconsistencies bugs and edge cases others may overlook
  
• Ability to analyze and break down complex systems and understand how different components interact
  
• Quickly identify the root cause of issues and propose solutions
  
• Clearly report defects write test cases and collaborate with developers and stakeholders.
  
• Meet tight testing deadlines while ensuring test quality.
  

Criteria 3: Business Skills - 25 Points

• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational creativity and perseverance skills; strong verbal and written communication skills
  
• Provide periodic status reports present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders.
  

Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

• Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations
  
  

Knowledge Transfer

What needs to be KT

• All documentation relating to the technology designs and technology knowledge specific to the candidates assignment All information gathered while working with vendors and internal solutions to be shared Any best practices work around lessons learned must be documented
  

To whom

• Project Manager / Team members
  

When

• 1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation on SharePoint site throughout the duration of the project life cycle etc.
  

Must Haves:

• 8 years of demonstrated QA experience including leading QA teams defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  
• Experience on Automation testing script using Selenium JMeter Python or Java.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational creativity and perseverance skills verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
  
• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards