QA Automation Specialist

Intelex Technologies ULC; Ontario; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Ontario seeks an Automation Specialist to enhance test automation within their scrum team. The role involves developing reusable components, identifying test gaps, and ensuring reliable CI systems. Candidates should have a solid background in automation testing and experience with tools like Selenium and JIRA.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years in Software development focused on Quality Assurance.
• 3+ years in Test automation with CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain test automation within the scrum team.
• Document defects and ensure CI system reliability.
• Identify and drive best practices in testing.

Skills

Automation Testing

Problem Solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Programming / Systems or Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

JIRA

Karate

RestAssured

Postman

Job description

The Automation Specialist will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the test automation within the scrum team along with manual and exploratory testing when needed.

Responsibilities :

• Write well-designed, modular, and testable code.
• Develop, improve, and extend reusable components and libraries.
• Identify test gaps and prioritize adding coverage based on areas of risk.
• Works under minimal guidance from the senior individual in the team.
• Document defects in products and update resolution in the ticket management system, JIRA.
• Take ownership of test failures and ensure the CI system is reliable.
• Troubleshoot and debug automated test failures within the automation project.
• Maintain knowledge of current testing approaches, tools, and technologies.
• Work with engineers to define and implement mechanisms to inject testing earlier into the software development process.
• Identify and drive the adoption of best practices in code health, testing, testability, and maintainability.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Experience creating automation scripts from the existing framework and enhance the framework as required.
• Working experience with Selenium framework using C# or Java.
• Basic knowledge of API testing framework like Karate, RestAssured, and Postman.

Experience :

• 4-6 years of experience in Software development with a focus on Quality Assurance in Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing environment.
• 3+ years of working experience in Test automation with exposure to CI / CD tools.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in Programming / Systems or Computer Science or another related field (or equivalent work experience).