RQ10227 Systems Testing QA Specialist

Job Title: Systems Testing / QA Specialist

Work Arrangement: Onsite
Work Hours: MondayFriday 8:00 AM 5:00 PM (excluding lunch)

Role Overview

The Systems Testing / QA Specialist is responsible for planning executing and managing testing activities for enterprise systems across GUI and non-GUI environments.
This role ensures that applications meet quality performance reliability and compliance standards throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to testing strategy test plans tool selection and resource planning

• Plan and organize testing for large systems including:

  • Functional testing

  • Integration testing

  • System testing

  • Regression testing

  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Develop and execute test plans test cases test scripts and test data

• Validate system behavior under various conditions

• Identify document and track defects using tools such as ALM JIRA Bugzilla Azure DevOps

• Work closely with developers to reproduce issues and verify fixes

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as:

  • Selenium

  • Micro Focus / OpenText UFT

  • TestComplete

  • Postman

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

• Perform performance stress and load testing

• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning stand-ups retrospectives)

• Maintain clear documentation for test results coverage and quality metrics

• Support accessibility testing and compliance with AODA / WCAG standards

• Ensure testing activities align with industry standards and regulatory requirements

Required Skills & Experience

Core QA & Testing

• 3 years of experience as a Systems Tester / QA Specialist

• Strong experience in manual testing

• Proven ability to plan organize and execute testing efforts

• Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications

• Solid understanding of:

  • SDLC & STLC

  • Application development methodologies

  • Structured testing approaches

• Strong experience in:

  • Business rules analysis

  • Test case creation and execution

  • Traceability matrices

  • Entry exit and acceptance criteria

Tools & Technical Skills

• Experience with test and defect management tools such as:

  • Micro Focus ALM

  • JIRA

  • Bugzilla

  • TestRail / Zephyr

• Experience with automation tools (Selenium UFT TestComplete Postman)

• Ability to write SQL queries for backend data validation

• Experience validating data integrity accuracy and consistency

• Exposure to API testing and basic security testing

• Experience managing test data strategies

Ways of Working

• Experience working in Agile Scrum and Waterfall environments

• Strong collaboration skills with developers BAs and project managers

• Experience supporting UAT activities

• Excellent documentation and reporting skills

Nice to Have

• Experience testing registry systems (e.g. Catalyst or similar)

• Experience coding automated test scripts

• Knowledge of object-oriented testing methods

• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter LoadRunner)

• Strong written communication and presentation skills