Job Description
Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Work Model: Onsite
Duration: 4 months
Extension: 1 Time
Must Haves
- 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems
- Hands-on working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
- Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance
- Experience in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
- Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.
Description / Responsibilities / Skills
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 GUI and non-GUI environments, including execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing.
- The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components.
- Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Documentation & Compliance
- Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
- Provide input for user manuals and release notes.
- Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
General Skills
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
- Understanding of scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) for automation or test data setup.
- Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.
- Experience developing and managing robust test data strategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuring data privacy, and managing test data environments.
- Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across various system components and databases, performing data migration and transformation testing as needed.
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
Experience & Skill Set Requirements
Core Skills and Experience - 40 %
- Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
- Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as well as test reports.
- Proven expertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, ensuring coverage of all functional and non-functional requirements.
- Knowledge of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.
Technical Skills and Experience - 35%
- Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
Soft Skills- 20%
- Strong communication skills; both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams
- Demonstrated ability to work with functional and technical teams Demonstrated ability to participate in a large team and work closely with other individual team members
- Proven analytical skills and systematic problem solving
- Strong ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be adaptive to change
Public sector Experience- 5%
- OPS quality assurance standard and practices.
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