RQ09179 - Systems Testing / QA Specialist - Intermediate

freelance.ca; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the software sector is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to enhance their systems testing efforts. This role involves developing comprehensive test strategies, performing manual and automated testing, and collaborating with project teams to ensure quality delivery in a hybrid working environment. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in various testing types, proficiency with automation tools, and strong analytical skills. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative projects within a dynamic team while enjoying a flexible work setting.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in testing types including unit, integration, and system testing.
• Experience with automated testing tools and defect tracking tools.
• Hands-on experience with SQL for validating and extracting test data.

Responsibilities

• Developing test plans, scripts, and executing test cases across multiple solutions.
• Working closely with project teams to ensure comprehensive testing strategies.
• Planning and organizing testing efforts for GUI and non-GUI environments.

Skills

Regression testing

Automation testing

SQL queries

Defect tracking

Analytical skills

Problem solving

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Agile Methodology

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Job Description Job Title : RQ09179 - Systems Testing / QA Specialist - Intermediate Work Location : Toronto, Ontario, Hybrid Estimated Start Date : 2025-06-25 Estimated End Date : 2026-03-31 #Business Days : 217.00 Extension : Probable after the initial mandate Hours per day or Week : 7.25 hours per day Security Level : No Clearance Required

Must haves

• Solid experience with triaging defects, participating and leading triage meetings, and producing defect summary reports.
• Extensive experience performing regression testing manually and automation scripts
• 5-10 years of experience with different automation and manual testing types : black box testing, penetration testing, security testing, system testing, unit testing, AODA and UAT testing
• Extensive experience with preparing detailed test cases to test functionality
• Hands on experience with various defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps

Description

Responsibilities :

Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests)

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems

General Skills

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
• Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
• Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
• Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices. Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
• Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
• Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

The Consultant is expected to provide advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing. They will also plan and organize testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing.

The consultant will develop and execute automation testing on multiple solutions.

Excellent knowledge and hands on experience of SQL queries for validating / creating / extracting test data

They will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems.

• Consultant must be able to make remediation recommendations in the areas of application design, code development, application architecture, user experience and user interface.
• Expert skills using Jira and Azure DevOps
• Extensive practical experience in Quality Assurance preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and executing and monitoring unit, integration and UAT testing while working directly with clients
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills in both oral and written
• Experience in preparing technical presentations
• Experience in ORACLE DB, J2EE, HTML, XML
• Consultant may be asked to work on additional projects / assignments

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Experience & Skill Set : 30%

• Solid experience with triaging defects, participating and leading triage meetings, and producing defect summary reports.
• Hands on experience with various defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps
• Experience creating test cases and test scenarios in Azure DevOps
• 5+ years developing automation test scripts with multiple Tools
• Extensive experience performing regression testing manually and automation scripts
• Experience performing Load Test
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience Performing automation testing and developing test scripts
• Extensive experience performing functional and regression testing through manual testing and automation.

QA experience : 35%

• 5 – 10 years of experience with DevOps / Agile / Scrum Methodology working with Web and Mobile technologies, as well as different OS / Platforms
• 5-10 years of experience with different automation and manual testing types : black box testing, penetration testing, security testing, system testing, unit testing, AODA and UAT testing
• Solid experience creating Test Strategy / Test Plan document
• 5-10 years of hands- on experience with BRD : analyzing business requirements and creating test data requirements

Automation Testing / Technical experience : 35%

Note :

• Hybrid : 3 Days onsite / 2 days remote

Eligibility and Application Steps

If you are enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity, we kindly request you to provide the following documents via E-mail.

Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)

Please only apply if you meet the qualifications mentioned above.

Qualification Bachelor Degree Job Related Sector(s) Systems Testing / QA Specialist Experience