RQ10021 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Source Code; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist for an 11-month contract. This position involves leading test strategy development, managing test activities, and supervising the execution of test cases. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of QA experience, hands-on technical skills with tools like SharePoint and Microsoft DevOps, and excellent problem-solving capabilities. Join us in ensuring high-quality delivery in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams.
• Hands-on experience with technologies/platforms like SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, and JavaScript.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the development of test strategy and test cases.
• Manage all test activities including test case development.
• Supervise and document software defects and track resolution.

Skills

Planning and organizing testing efforts

Knowledge of automated test tools

Experience in executing functional and non-functional tests

Strong analytical skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft DevOps

SharePoint

HTML

JavaScript

VBScript

Job description

RQ10021 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

11-month contract

Onsite / 21 College Street, Toronto

Justice Technology Services - Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Security Level: CRJMC

Scope

Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project. The resource will be responsible for the following activities:

1. Lead and contribute to in the development of test strategy, preparation of test cases and / scenarios, test scripts, regression test cases and scenarios required to verify solution and system, and testing summary reporting at the end of testing cycles
2. Manage and schedule all test activities including test case development, DevOps maintenance activities, AODA and stress/load testing
3. Lead team and participate in the execution of test cases and scripts to verify solution. Reconcile, manage, record and track system or functional defects, break/fixes identified during unit, system, functional, business and user acceptance testing

Assignment Deliverables

• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables
• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management
• Develop, document, and maintain functional, system and UAT test cases and other test artifacts like the test plans, test scripts, test data, test summary reports and data validation
• Supervise and participate in the executing of manual test cases and report test results. Oversee the documentation of software defects and track resolution and communicate defect related issues to project team
• Development of test plans, test cases and test scripts to validate the functionality of various modules
• Ability to create test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
• Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions, providing guidance to the business users during UAT
• Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information
• Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project manager and project team
• Working closely with QA teams, business resources and developers vendor resources holding or support triage sessions to ensure appropriate, logging, tracking, monitoring, prioritization and remediation of defects
• Prepare test data sets that mimic real-world scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios
• Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data
• Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results
• Hold, facilitate, or support test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members

Desired Skills and Experience

• 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 automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps
• Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
• Experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc
• 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 adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
• Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed

Must Have:

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
• Hands‑on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications
• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete
• Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably Microsoft DevOps
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills