RQ09902 Systems TestingQA Specialist Intermediate

Responsibilities:

Collaborates with product managers product owners and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans

Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support developing manual test scripts test cases and/or test scenarios

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

Design develop and maintain automated test scripts for functional regression and integration testing

Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium Appium or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.

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 Clusters 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:

• 5 years experience developing Test Cases/Scripts and Data Requirements develop test scenarios test cases for manual testing
  
• 5 years experience develop test cases/scripts as well as test data ensuring all of the Business requirements are met by creating a traceability matrix.
  
• 5 years of experience in developing and testing software applications using automated testing
  
• Familiarity with RESTful services and SOAP
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Experience in quality assurance at the specified experience level

Experience in testing Commercial off the Shelf Software (COTS/SaaS solutions) preferably Oracle Siebel Public Sector

Knowledge and experience in the use of test tools and methodologies (Waterfall/Agile/Iterative)

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

Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills

Product cycle (functional & non-functional) testing experience

Test case & Test Scenario design and review experience (from business requirements)

Test case development experience

Experience in defect tracking

Test scenarios (use-cases) design and review

Experience in writing manual/automated test scripts

Working knowledge of Web Web Services HTML JavaScript Java Perl and related scripting technologies for automation

Evaluation Criteria:

Manual Testing Skills/Experience:

5 years experience developing Test Cases/Scripts and Data Requirements develop test scenarios test cases for manual testing

5 years experience develop test cases/scripts as well as test data ensuring all of the Business requirements are met by creating a traceability matrix.

5 years experience developing technical testing strategies / plans

5 years experience testing non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over component response times data integrity security)

5 years experience executing testing activities for a number of types of testing such as:

o Integration testing

o Regression testing

o Functional testing

o Accessibility testing

o Non-functional testing

Automation Testing Skills/Experiences:

5 years of experience in developing and testing software applications using automated testing

Familiarity with RESTful services and SOAP

Knowledge of test automation tools (e.g. Katalon Selenium Appium)

Knowledge of API testing tools like Postman SoapUI or equivalent

Strong programming/scripting skills

Soft Skills:

Experience with agile methodology

Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills

Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Effective communication skills both written and verbal

Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team project leads and management including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations

Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete

Experience with User Acceptance Testing and providing sprint reviews

Public Sector Experience::

Experience in testing enterprise level systems and exposure to ministry QA processes and standards within OPS

Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.

Demonstrated knowledge of Public Sector applications databases and systems while testing

Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of the Ontario Public Service

Working knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)