QA Automation Specialist — UAT & Regression Expert

First Canadian Insurance Corporation; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on Fridays

Vacation time-off

Group RRSP matching

On-site gym

Educational assistance

Employee benefits

Wellness spending account

EAP

Employee discounts

Culture & inclusion team

Employee recognition

Job summary

First Canadian Insurance Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented Test Automation Specialist to safeguard the quality of our platform. You will execute automated regression scripts in UAT and demo environments, monitor outcomes, and document defects with reproducible steps and environment details.

You will collaborate with business analysts and developers to ensure coverage, participate in release readiness, and drive improvements to testing practices across multiple releases.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software QA or testing experience with automated tests.
• Hands-on with automated regression scripts in UAT and staging/demo envs.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).
• Strong understanding of regression testing, test lifecycle, and defect mgmt.
• Good written communication for defects, results, and status updates.
• Experience with Jira, TestRail, or Azure DevOps is an asset.
• Experience with API testing tools like Postman is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Execute automated regression test scripts after each release, hotfix, or deployment in UAT and demo environments.
• Monitor test results, triage failures, and document defects with steps and screenshots.
• Maintain and organize test scripts, cases, and data as the system evolves.
• Collaborate with business analysts to update coverage for new features and changes.
• Communicate test outcomes and defect status to development teams for timely resolution.
• Participate in release readiness reviews with a go/no-go quality assessment based on results.
• Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, efficiency, and tooling.
• Maintain regression logs and traceability per QA standards.
• Flag recurring defects and escalate appropriately.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Automated testing

Regression testing

Test result documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

CI/CD understanding

API testing familiarity

Excellent written communication

Organization & multitasking

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Jira

TestRail

Azure DevOps

Postman

Job description

First Canadian Insurance Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented Test Automation Specialist to safeguard the quality of our platform. You will execute automated regression scripts in UAT and demo environments, monitor outcomes, and document defects with reproducible steps and environment details.

You will collaborate with business analysts and developers to ensure coverage, participate in release readiness, and drive improvements to testing practices across multiple releases.