Consultant | Intermediate / Senior Tester

PQA Testing; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Indigenous-led software testing firm in Canada is seeking experienced Software Quality Assurance Analysts. The role involves manual testing, collaboration with stakeholders, and requires strong analytical and communication skills. Preference for candidates with healthcare experience and familiarity with testing tools. Join a team committed to quality and community development.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst.
• Experience in healthcare systems preferred.
• Ability to write SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk-based and context-driven manual software testing.
• Conduct testing to align with client test methodologies.
• Write detailed test plans, test cases, and test status reports.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

JIRA

SoapUI

Postman

Katalon

ALM / QC

gTest

Job description

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing, and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believe that better software leads to a better world.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada, in Fredericton, Miramichi, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.

We are growing in Manitoba and are currently looking for experienced intermediate- to senior-level testers to help us do that! Preference will be given to those based in Winnipeg as it requires the successful incumbent to work in a hybrid capacity.

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What you'll do

Responsibilities

• Perform risk-based and context-driven manual software testing
• Conduct testing to align with client test methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, BDD, etc)
• Use defect tracking and test case management systems to document test cases, record defects and record test case execution results
• Work / communicate directly with project stakeholders including Business and external Vendors and discuss defects, priority of testing activities
• Extract testing requirements from functional / business requirements and transform them to test cases
• Write detailed test plans, test cases and test status reports

What you'll need

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst including experience in Test case / Test data design, Test execution, Test reporting
• Preference will be given to those with experience in healthcare systems
• 1+ year' experience with working on front-end and back-end web applications
• Preference will be given to those with intermediate experience in service level API testing (SoapUI, Postman, Katalon, etc)
• 3+ years' experience with Test Management tools such as ALM / QC, JIRA, gTest
• ISTQB certification or similar testing certification considered an asset
• Ability to write SQL queries
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Demonstrated experience having tested complex IT solutions
• Experience having performed System Integration testing and UAT support
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to propose practical solutions to complex problems
• Flexibility, self-motivation and the ability to give and receive feedback at all levels
• Adaptable and willing to work through challenges with a positive attitude
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships in a team oriented environment

A little bit about us

PLATO

Who We Are

PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.