Senior Test Automation Specialist

PQA Testing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software testing firm in Canada is seeking a Senior Test Automation Specialist. In this role, you will design and develop automation strategies while ensuring quality across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in test automation and must possess Federal Secret Clearance due to the project's requirements. This position offers competitive benefits and requires onsite work in one of the firm's office locations.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Time Off

Group RRSP

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Requires Federal Secret Clearance, residency in Canada for the last 10 years.
• Minimum 8 years of test automation experience.
• Experience testing Web, Desktop, API, and Enterprise solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement automation strategies and frameworks.
• Identify and document defects during test execution.
• Analyze results to identify issues and propose solutions.

Skills

Test automation experience

Communication skills

Consulting skills

Knowledge of multiple coding languages

Education

Computer Science degree or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

Robot

WebDriverIO

Playwright

Tosca

Job description

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The Opportunity

Ottawa, ON | Fredericton, NB | Regina , SK | Calgary, AB | Vancouver, BC | Toronto, ON Information Technology Experienced Full-time Benefits : Health Insurance Dental Insurance Paid Time Off Group RRSP Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program

PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous-staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believes that better software leads to a better world.

We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada in Ottawa, Fredericton, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver.

We are actively looking for a Senior Test Automation Specialist for our client project.

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Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement automation strategies, frameworks and test scripts
• Identify and document defects encountered during test execution activities utilizing defect tracking tools
• Participate with clients in discussions of prioritizing testing activities
• Analyze and interpret results to help identify issues and propose solutions
• Consult with clients to provide advice, direction, and proposed solutions with respect to the implementation of test automation

Qualifications

Mandatory :

• This role requires Federal Secret Clearance. Having resided in Canada for the past 10 years is required to qualify for clearance.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years of test automation experience with a minimum of three projects / roles
• Experience testing Web, Desktop, API, and Enterprise solutions
• Experience with multiple automation toolsets / frameworks (Selenium, Robot, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Tosca, etc)
• Expert in more than one coding language (Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, etc.)
• Excellent communication and consulting skills
• Candidate must be willing to work onsite from one of our office locations

Preferred :

• Experience with Robot Framework and Python
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, etc.)
• Experience in automated API testing (ReadyAPI, Postman, etc)
• Experience working in a mobile test environment that includes iOS and Android
• A continuous learner, up to date with industry best practices and the flexibility to transfer knowledge between toolsets
• Excellent time management skills, able to manage multiple tasks, self-motivated, and strong attention to detail
• Bilingual (EN / FR) would be an asset

A little bit about us

PLATO

Who We Are

PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.

In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services, PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative train-and-employ model. Since 1997, we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable, proven, quality-centric managed services. Companies such as Apple, Suncor, TD Bank, Medavie, BCLC, LinkedIn, Boeing, and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA), Testing, and eLearning expertise and experience.

We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability, boost customer satisfaction, manage development cycles and implement quality-centric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions, designed to generate increased efficiencies, competitive advantage, and market share for our clients.