11861

Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to lead testing strategy and execution for large enterprise systems in a Canadian environment. The role focuses on manual and automated testing, defect management, and collaboration with developers and project teams to ensure quality across GUI and non-GUI components.

Candidates should have extensive experience with Agile methodologies, test planning, and UAT, plus hands-on skills in Selenium, Postman, JIRA and Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments.
• Hands-on experience in manual and automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance.
• Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, cases and scripts.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on testing strategy, plans, tools and resources for testing.
• Plan and organize testing for large GUI and non-GUI systems, including integration tests and UAT.
• Develop and execute test plans, scripts and data; work with project teams to ensure quality.
• Execute functional, integration, system and regression tests and document results.
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce and resolve defects.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and maintain test data strategies.
• Perform performance, stress and load testing and analyze bottlenecks.
• Ensure QA processes meet regulatory standards and accessibility requirements.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Agile methodologies

UAT

Defect tracking

SQL/Database testing

API testing

CI/CD integration

Security testing basics

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Selenium

Postman

TestRail

Zephyr

ALM

Job description

RQ11672 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

• Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, theselection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required fortesting.
  
• Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems inGraphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI)environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specializedtests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
  
• The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for thedevelopment of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing theseagainst the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead andIT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis,design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the requiredsystems.
  
• Executes functional, integration, system, and regressiontests.
  
• Validates that the system behaves as expected under variousconditions.
  
• Identifies, document, and track software defects using toolslike ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
  
• Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolveissues.
  
• Develops and maintains automated test scripts using toolslike Micro Focus, OpenText™ UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
  
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure thesystem can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarianswith Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and projectmanagers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, dailystand-ups, and retrospectives.
  
• Maintain detailed documentation of test results, testcoverage, and quality metrics.
  
• Provide input for user manuals and release notes.
  
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards andregulatory requirements.
  

General Skills:

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testingefforts 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 AidedSoftware Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in thedevelopment of test cases
  
• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test toolsand version control systems on one or more platforms
  
• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional testsand systems level integration tests
  
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing andparticipating in UAT activities
  
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices,tools and structured methodologies
  
• Experience creating testing strategy documentation, testplans, 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 unittesting, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
  
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the SystemsDevelopment Life Cycle
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-makingskills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and writtencommunication skills; and interpersonal skills
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  
• Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools
  
• Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptancetesting.
  
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
  
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, comprehensive testcases and execute them effectively.
  
• Experience with tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail,Zephyr, etc.
  
• Familiarity with tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Postmanfor API testing.
  
• Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data andperform backend testing.
  
• Clear grasp of the software development and testing lifecycles.
  
• Experience conducting basic security testing andcollaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.
  
• Experience developing and managing robust test datastrategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuringdata privacy, and managing test data environments.
  
• Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy acrossvarious system components and databases, performing data migration andtransformation testing as needed.
  
• Experience developing and executing performance test scriptsusing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner, and analyzing performance bottlenecksand system scalability.
  
• Knowledge and experience in at least one programminglanguage
  
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
  
• Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in anobject-oriented environment
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Managementprinciples, concepts, policies and practices.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarianswith Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  
• Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for bothlarge and small systems
  
• Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets ofautomated test cases
  
• Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications(COTS)
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 10+years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level ITenvironments and large-scale systems
• Hands-onworking experience in manual testing and automated testing tools andframeworks.
• Deepunderstanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.

Nice to have:

• OPS exp and public sector exp.

Skill Set Requirements:

Core Skills and Experience:

• 10+years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level ITenvironments and large-scale systems
• Hands-onworking experience in manual testing and automated testing tools andframeworks.
• Deepunderstanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Extensiveexperience with AODA testing and compliance
• Experiencecreating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as wellas test reports.
• Experiencein test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experiencewith performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Experiencewith defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Provenexpertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, ensuring coverage ofall functional and non-functional requirements.
• Knowledgeof QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Strongunderstanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
• Knowledgeof cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
• Knowledgeof CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.

Soft Skills:

• Strongcommunication skills; both written and verbal
• Excellentinterpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with otherseffectively in teams
• Demonstratedability to work with functional and technical teams Demonstrated abilityto participate in a large team and work closely with other individual teammembers
• Provenanalytical skills and systematic problem solving
• Strongability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and beadaptive to change

Public sector Experience:

• OPSquality assurance standard and practices.