Senior Test Analyst

Zohorecruit; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbiotic Digital in Canada seeks a Senior Test Analyst to lead testing strategy and plans for large GUI and non-GUI systems in Toronto. You will define test artifacts, coordinate with IT and business teams, and ensure quality across functional, integration, and performance testing.

You will drive automated testing, CI/CD integration, and UAT activities, while applying AODA and regulatory standards to testing processes and data handling.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems.
• Hands-on experience with manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases, scripts, and test reports.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on testing strategy, test plans, testing tool selection, and resources required for testing.
• Plan and organize testing efforts for large systems in GUI and non-GUI environments, including systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing such as stress tests.
• Develop test plans, test scripts, and test cases and execute them against various system components.
• Work with testing leads, IT leads, and project team members throughout analysis, design, development, implementation, and ongoing system support.
• Execute functional, integration, system, and regression tests.
• Validate that systems behave as expected under various conditions.
• Identify, document, and track software defects using tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
• Work closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Micro Focus, OpenText UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure systems can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.
• Apply knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
• Provide input for user manuals and release notes.
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Agile/Scrum

UAT testing

Defect tracking (JIRA/Azure DevOps)

Tools

JIRA

ALM

Bugzilla

TestRail

Zephyr

Selenium

Postman

LoadRunner

JMeter

OpenText UFT

Micro Focus

Job description

Central Toronto (Summerhill West / Rathnelly / South Hill / Forest Hill SE / Deer Park), Canada | Posted on 09/29/2026

• City Central Toronto (Summerhill West / Rathnelly / South Hill / Forest Hill SE / Deer Park)
• Country Canada

Job Description

Position: Senior Test Analyst

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11510

Duration: 6 Months

Role Overview

The Systems Senior Test Analyst will provide advice ontesting strategy, test plans, selection of testing tools, and identification ofresources required for testing. The role involves planning and organizingtesting efforts for large systems across Graphical User Interface (GUI) andnon-GUI environments, including systems integration testing, specializedtesting, user acceptance testing, performance testing, stress testing, and loadtesting.

The Quality Assurance Specialist will develop test plans,test scripts, and test cases and execute them against various systemcomponents. The specialist will work with testing leads, IT leads, and projectteam members throughout the analysis, design, development, implementation, andongoing support of required systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provideadvice on testing strategy, test plans, testing tool selection, andresources required for testing.
  
• Planand organize testing efforts for large systems in GUI and non-GUIenvironments, including systems integration tests, specialized tests, anduser acceptance testing such as stress tests.
  
• Developtest plans, test scripts, and test cases and execute them against varioussystem components.
  
• Workwith testing leads, IT leads, and project team members throughoutanalysis, design, development, implementation, and ongoing system support.
  
• Executefunctional, integration, system, and regression tests.
  
• Validatethat systems behave as expected under various conditions.
  
• Identify,document, and track software defects using tools such as ALM, JIRA,Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
  
• Workclosely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
  
• Developand maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Micro Focus,OpenText UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
  
• Integrateautomated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Conductperformance, stress, and load testing to ensure systems can handleexpected user traffic and data volumes.
  
• Applyknowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians withDisability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  
• Collaboratewith developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarifyrequirements and ensure quality.
  
• Participatein Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, andretrospectives.
  
• Maintaindetailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and qualitymetrics.
  
• Provideinput for user manuals and release notes.
  
• Ensuretesting processes comply with industry standards and regulatoryrequirements.
  

General Skills

• Experienceplanning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts at the specifiedexperience level.
  
• Knowledgeof structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation,and maintenance of applications.
  
• Knowledgeand experience using Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools anddata query tools to support test case development.
  
• Knowledgeand experience using automated test tools and version control systems onone or more platforms.
  
• Experienceexecuting functional, non-functional, and systems-level integration tests.
  
• Experiencesupporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
  
• Experiencewith quality assurance principles, practices, tools, and structuredmethodologies.
  
• Experiencecreating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases, and testdata for various testing types and phases, including technical andbusiness functional validation.
  
• Experiencein quality assurance and testing, including unit, integration, load, andperformance testing.
  
• Knowledgeand experience across all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
  
• Excellentanalytical, problem-solving, decision-making, organizational, creativity,perseverance, verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
  
• Teamplayer with a track record of meeting deadlines.
  
• Knowledgeof one or more automated testing tools.
  
• Knowledgeof system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing.
  
• Familiaritywith Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
  
• Demonstratedability to write clear, comprehensive test cases and execute themeffectively.
  
• Experiencewith tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, and Zephyr.
  
• Familiaritywith Selenium, Cypress, or Postman for API testing.
  
• Demonstratedability to write queries to validate data and perform backend testing.
  
• Clearunderstanding of software development and testing life cycles.
  
• Experienceconducting basic security testing and collaborating with securityspecialists for deeper penetration testing.
  
• Experiencedeveloping and managing robust test data strategies, including generatingrealistic and sufficient test data, ensuring data privacy, and managingtest data environments.
  
• Experiencevalidating data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across systemcomponents and databases, including data migration and transformationtesting.
  
• Experiencedeveloping and executing performance test scripts using tools such asJMeter or LoadRunner and analyzing performance bottlenecks and systemscalability.
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience - 40%

• 10+years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level ITenvironments and large-scale systems.
  
• Hands-onexperience with manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
  
• Deepunderstanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
  
• Extensiveexperience with AODA testing and compliance.
  
• Experiencecreating and maintaining test strategies, test cases, scripts, and testreports.
  
• Experiencewith test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
  
• Experiencewith performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
  
• Experiencewith defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
  
• Provenexpertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, covering functionaland non-functional requirements.
  
• Knowledgeof QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.
  

Technical Skills and Experience - 35%

• Strongunderstanding of databases such as SQL and Oracle.
  
• Knowledgeof cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS.
  
• Knowledgeof CI/CD pipelines and integration tools such as Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.
  

Soft Skills - 20%

• Strongwritten and verbal communication skills.
  
• Excellentinterpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively inteams.
  
• Demonstratedability to work with functional and technical teams, participate in alarge team, and work closely with individual team members.
  
• Provenanalytical skills and systematic problem-solving abilities.
  
• Strongability to work under pressure, manage aggressive timelines, and adapt tochange.
  

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Knowledgeof Ontario public-sector quality assurance standards and practices.
  

Must-Have Qualifications

• 10+years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level ITenvironments and large-scale systems.
  
• Hands-onexperience with manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
  
• Deepunderstanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
  
• Experiencecreating and maintaining test strategies, test cases, scripts, and testreports.
  
• Experiencewith test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
  
• Experiencewith performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
  
• Knowledgeof cloud technologies such as Azure and AWS.
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need thatsolve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can dofor you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We servecustomers in two ways, we provide:

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Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digitalprovides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staffneeded to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the mostreputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help themstaff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by ourproven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100%Indigenous owned company.