Senior Test Analyst: QA Strategy & Automation Lead

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

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.