Quality Assurance Senior Test Analyst

Raise; Calgary; Remote; CAD 71,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is hiring a Quality Assurance Senior Test Analyst to join a highly technical QA team supporting diverse IT initiatives in the banking sector. You will leverage multi-year QA and development experience to interact with business users and technical analysts, driving test automation and performance testing.

You will collaborate with senior managers, participate in standups, and maintain test artifacts in Jira, ensuring end-to-end coverage across SAP environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA or software development experience on large-scale enterprise systems.
• Direct Banking System experience and familiarity with financial institution workflows.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Testing or developing in SAP environments (TRBK, CRM/AO, PC, Portal/Fiori, FRDP, S/4HANA).
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA testing is strongly preferred.
• Experience with automated testing practices and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define test scope, strategies, estimates, and acceptance criteria across initiative phases.
• Analyze functional design and requirements to ensure testability and identify cross-system impacts.
• Develop risk-based test plans and prioritize test execution.
• Design and execute end-to-end, SIT, FIT, UAT, smoke, and regression tests across core banking apps (SAP focus).
• Perform E2E data mining and test execution within SAP Banking ecosystem.
• Support automated testing duties as required by scope.
• Lead test plan walkthroughs with teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain test status in Jira and provide progress updates.
• Report transparent test execution status to project leaders and internal audit.

Skills

QA

Banking domain

SAP testing

Agile/Hybrid

Test automation

Education

University degree or technical college in CS/IT

Tools

SAP TRBK

CRM/AO

Portal/Fiori

FRDP

S/4HANA

Tricentis Tosca

qTest

Playwright

Jira

Job description

Pay Rate, Contract & Location

• Pay Rate: $62.50/hour, depending on experience
• Contract: Hire Date: 11/9/2026 Position End Date: 3/31/2027
• Location: Calgary, Alberta (preference for Alberta-based candidates but open to anywhere in Canada working remotely MST hours)

Raise is currently hiring a Quality Assurance Senior Test Analyst on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is a market leading financial institution.

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description

The Quality Assurance Senior Test Analyst, in this role will be part of a highly engaged, highly technical Quality Assurance team supporting test efforts across a variety of internal IT initiatives. With the ultimate goal of maintaining a Safe, Secure, and Reliable banking system for our customers, you will utilize your multi-year QA and/or developer experience to interact with both non-technical business users and technical system/functional analysts.

You will leverage your analytical mindset and technical expertise to support traditional QA practices while driving technically focused initiatives such as test automation and performance testing. We are looking for a collaborative team player with a growth and inquisitive mindset who is eager to take on new challenges, share knowledge with peers, and have fun along the way!

Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Planning:
• Collaborate with Senior Test Managers and project teams to define test scope, testing strategies, effort estimates, and acceptance criteria across all initiative phases.
• Analyze functional design documentation and business requirements to ensure full testability, identifying cross-system impacts, dependencies, and risks.
• Utilize a risk-based testing approach to develop, modify, and prioritize test execution.
• Test Execution & Quality Delivery:
• Design and execute constructive and destructive test cases, scripts, and scenarios to ensure thorough end-to-end (E2E) coverage.
• Perform Functional, System, System Integration (SIT), Functional Integration (FIT), User Acceptance (UAT), Smoke, and Regression testing across core banking applications, with a primary focus on SAP environments.
• Conduct E2E data mining and test execution within the SAP Banking ecosystem.
• Support and perform automated testing duties as required by initiative scope.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:
• Conduct test plan and test specification walkthroughs with project teams, technical analysts, business stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Participate in daily standups/scrum meetings, providing accurate progress and execution updates.
• Maintain up-to-date user story status and test execution tracking in Jira.
• Provide transparent test execution status reporting to project leaders, internal audit, and key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive Quality Assurance (QA) or Software Development experience working on large-scale enterprise systems.
• Direct Banking System experience and familiarity with financial institution operational workflows.
• Strong hands‑on experience across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Core experience testing or developing in SAP environments (e.g., TRBK, CRM/AO, PC, Portal/Fiori, FRDP, S/4HANA).
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA testing is strongly preferred.
• Deep experience in test scope breakdown, test case creation, requirement analysis, and E2E data mining.
• Proven background across full test cycles: SIT, FIT, UAT, Smoke, Integration, and Regression testing.
• Technical & Automation Preferences (Nice-to-Have)
• Experience with automated testing practices and frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with test management and automation tools, specifically:
• Tricentis Tosca (Highly Desirable)
• qTest (Highly Desirable)
• Playwright (Highly Desirable)
• Experience tracking work and managing test artifacts within Jira.
• Soft Skills & Mindset
• Highly analytical and detail‑oriented approach to problem‑solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to bridge non‑technical business teams and technical systems teams.
• Growth‑oriented, curious, and eager to learn and mentor team members.
• Strong team‑first attitude with a passion for building quality software solutions.
• Education and Certifications
• University degree or technical college diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical/quantitative discipline or equivalent experience

Additional Information

A requirement for candidates when they are hired for this role will be to complete a criminal and credit check (including Canadian Credit Risk Score).

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.