RQ10581 Systems TestingQA Specialist Intermediate

Scope

• Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project. The resource will be responsible for the following activities:
  
• Assist in the development of test strategy preparation of test cases / scenarios test scripts regression test cases/scenarios required to verify solution and system.
  
• Execute all test activities including AODA data testing stress/load testing test scripts to verify solution.
  
• Reconcile record and track system or functional defects break/fixes identified during unit and user acceptance testing.
  
• Communication with project manager test lead 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 scripts test data and data validation.
  
• Execution of manual test cases and report test results.
  
• Document software defects and track resolution.
  
• Ability to create test plan test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
  
• Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions.
  
• 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 team
  
• Working closely with QA team lead and developers holding 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.
  
  

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

• 5 years of demonstrated QA experience including defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  

Desired Skills and Experience

• 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 data 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
  
  

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points

• Hands on experiences with technologies such as SharePoint Web Services HTML JavaScript and VBScript COTS SaaS Cloud applications
  
• Experience executing functional tests non-functional tests data testing and systems level integration tests
  
• Knowledge and experience of automation tools and the use of version control systems on one or more platforms
  
• Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g. SQL)
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of regression and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  

Criteria 2: Quality Assurance Skills - 35 Points

• 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.
  
• Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan Test Scenarios Test Cases and Test Execution) defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.
  
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing and UAT sessions
  

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:

• 5 years of demonstrated QA experience including defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  
• Hands on experiences with technologies such as SharePoint Web Services HTML JavaScript and VBScript COTS SaaS Cloud applications
  

Nice to Have:

• 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.
  
• Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan Test Scenarios Test Cases and Test Execution) defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.
  
• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete.