QA (Junior) 10168-0611

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

HM Note: This hybrid contract role is five (5) days in office. Candidate resumes must include first and last name email and telephone contact information. Looking for candidates with 3-5 years of testing experience.

Description

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

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

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)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills - 50%

Solid Relational Database and SQL knowledge including testing and validating data ETL DML DDL and basic DBA knowledge
3-5 Years experience with manual and automated testing tools and techniques
Third-party tools such as ReadyAPI SoapUI and Postman
Design/coding techniques such as schema validation parameter passing and Groovy scripting

General Testing skills: 30%

Familiar with design/coding techniques such as schema validation parameter passing and Groovy scripting
Hands-on testing experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server Oracle structured SQL-based query languages
Hands-on experience using HP ALM JIRA and other test/defect management tools.

Communication and amp; relationship mgmt. skills: 20%

Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Ability to document test plans/cases for technical systems clearly and perform knowledge transfer effectively to fulltime technical staff.
Good understanding of systems environments business analysis and change management.
Proven ability to prioritize and parallelize assigned tasks to achieve milestones within tight deadlines.

Must haves:

3-5 yrs testing experience and strong knowledge in Relational Databases SQL Oracle experience with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) procedures