RQ10017 Systems TestingQA Specialist Senior

About the Role:

The Ministry of Education is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented DevOps Test Planner to join the Alternative Education Resources for Ontario (AERO) system modernization team. This role is central to ensuring the quality reliability and accessibility of digital services supporting students educators and administrators across Ontario.

As part of a cross-functional teamincluding a Senior Developer and Systems Analystyou will lead test planning and execution within a DevOps environment support developer unit testing and create structured use cases that guide both functional and non-functional testing. Youll help modernize a complex legacy system while ensuring compliance with OPS standards and accessibility requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Planning & Strategy:

• Develop and maintain test strategies aligned with DevOps workflows and Agile sprint cycles.
  
• Define and manage test coverage across unit integration system regression and acceptance testing.
  
• Collaborate with developers analysts and QA engineers to embed testing throughout the development lifecycle.
  

Developer Support Unit Testing:

• Work closely with the Senior Developer to design and implement robust unit tests.
  
• Promote test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices.
  
• Integrate unit tests into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
  

Use Case Development:

• Collaborate with the Systems Analyst and business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.
  
• Write structured use cases that describe user interactions system behavior and edge conditions.
  
• Ensure use cases support performance accessibility (AODA) and security testing.
  
• Maintain traceability between use cases test cases and business requirements.
  

Automation & Tooling:

• Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and pipelines.
  
• Use tools such as Selenium Cypress Postman JMeter and LoadRunner.
  
• Monitor test execution and optimize test environments and data sets.
  

Quality Assurance & Compliance:

• Ensure all testing activities comply with OPS QA standards and AODA accessibility requirements.
  
• Conduct performance load and security testing.
  
• Document and report defects; participate in defect triage and resolution.
  

Collaboration & Leadership:

• Lead UAT planning and coordination with business users.
  
• Mentor junior QA engineers and testers.
  
• Support cross-branch working groups and digital transformation initiatives.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Ability to establish and manage a QA framework including processes standards and tools.
  
• Experience with system analysis or system documentation is an asset.
  
• Ability to support integration testing and troubleshoot integration issues is ideal.
  
• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps GitHub Actions
  
• Unit testing frameworks: MSTest NUnit JUnit
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
  

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in QA DevOps testing or software development roles.
  
• Experience supporting developer unit testing and writing use cases.
  
• Familiarity with legacy systems and modernization projects.
  
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  

Technical Skills:

• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins
  
• Unit testing frameworks: MSTest NUnit JUnit PyTest
  
• Automation tools: Selenium Cypress Postman
  
• Scripting: Python Bash PowerShell
  
• Use case modeling: UML BPMN or structured templates
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) is an asset
  

Relevant Experience:

• Relevant work history aligns with job requirements and industry context.
  

Technical/Job-Specific Skills:

• Required tools systems certifications and technical capabilities are demonstrated.
  

Education and Training:

• Meets/Exceeds required education; relevant coursework; ongoing development
  

Resume Quality and Professionalism:

• Clear layout; minimal errors; professional tone; logical structure
  

Achievement and Impact:

• Quantified accomplishments and outcomes (metrics improvements efficiencies)
  

Soft Skills Indicators:

• Communication teamwork initiative problem solving evidenced in descriptions
  

Cost:

• % of lowest bid