Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

BC Ferries; Victoria; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

A major transportation company in British Columbia is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to enhance testing capacity and technical capability. The candidate will lead automation testing efforts, drive quality improvements, and collaborate with management and partners. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree, experience in automation testing, and proficiency in tools like Selenium and Jenkins. Join a team that values diversity and innovation. Salary range $105,200 - $131,500 per year.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in automation testing, especially Web UI and API-REST.
• 3+ years leading automation testing efforts.
• Proficiency in Java, Groovy, Python, or JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Analyze problems and generate solutions.
• Drive test efficiency and improve test coverage.
• Foster relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Automation testing

Selenium

Java

Agile

CI/CD pipelines

GIT

API-REST

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Postman

JMeter

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Victoria or Vancouver Lower Mainland

The Opportunity

BC Ferries is seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to join our Information Technology team. This role will enhance our testing capacity and technical capability, supporting both BC Ferries’ key project initiatives and ongoing sustainment efforts.

As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, you will represent the organization as the primary contact interacting with management and senior value chain partners on matters requiring coordination across organizational lines. You will play a central role in driving test efficiency, improving test coverage, and fostering continuous quality improvements across the organization.

The Role

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Test Manager, you add value by key areas of oversight such as:

• Analyzing problems, systematically organizing information, identifying key factors, identifying underlying causes, and generating solutions.
• Taking initiative, self-directed, prioritizes work and communicates complex technical information.
• Conveying complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in a manner that is easily understood, authoritative and actionable for the business
• Fostering positive and collaborative relationships with all stakeholders.
• Driving toward results and ensuring high-quality standards and requirements are met.
• Embracing and adapting to change and taking action to encourage others to change as required.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience mentoring junior team members.

What you bring to the team

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in automation testing (Web UI, API-REST preferred, or backend testing) using tools such as Selenium, Katalon, UFT, Cypress, Soap UI, Postman/Newman, JMeter, or Gatling.
• 3+ years of experience in developing test automation strategies and leading automation testing efforts.
• Exposure to ERP applications (e.g., SAP, Oracle), IAM (e.g., Okta, Azure AD) and cloud-based HR and finance platforms.
• Proficiency in programming or scripting languages such as Java, Groovy, Python, or JavaScript.
• Good experience with GIT for version control.
• Demonstrated experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Experience working with cloud-based testing and monitoring tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Application Insights) to support automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with Oracle 12G databases, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle EBS 12.1.3, Oracle SOA suite 11, or Oracle API Gateway is preferred.
• Prior experience working in Agile teams (Scrum preferred).
• Proven knowledge to support QA/Automation tasks for 2-tier/3-tier architecture, including web single-page applications and Java-based applications.

Join us!

If this sounds like your next great career move, please submit your cover letter and resume by November 21, 2025.

Additional information

The target salary range: $105,200 - $131,500 per annum. The starting salary is determined based on the successful candidate’s knowledge, experience and internal equity.

"We connect communities and customers to people and places important in their lives"

At BC Ferries, our employees are our most important assets in delivering our commitment to customer safety, service and satisfaction. We support employment equity and diversity in the workplace and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals including women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who reflect our ever-changing workplace.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.