Senior Test Lead

Randstad Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Toronto seeks a Senior Test Lead for a 9-month hybrid contract. The role involves overseeing testing strategies and plans while collaborating with diverse teams. With a focus on automation and various testing methodologies, this position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in quality assurance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing test plans and cases in Azure DevOps.
• Extensive quality assurance experience at specified levels.
• Strong hands-on experience with AODA compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive test strategies and plans.
• Execute various testing types in multiple environments.
• Report and communicate test results to technical and non-technical teams.

Skills

Automation testing

Integration testing

Unit testing

Regression testing

Functional testing

Accessibility testing

Non-functional testing

Defect tracking

Test case development

AODA compliance

Tools

Azure DevOps

SharePoint

.NET Web

JavaScript

Python

RStudio

Job description

Do you have 3+ years of experience managing test plans and test cases in Azure DevOps, and hands-on experience in Azure DevOps Kanban Board management? Do you have 3+ years of experience executing Automation testing, Integration testing, Unit testing ? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!

Our client is looking for a Senior Test Lead for a 9 month contract in Toronto.
This is a hybrid role.


Advantages
• Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry


Responsibilities
• Collaborate with product managers, product owners, and technical teams to develop comprehensive test strategies and test plans.

• Apply a strong understanding of automated and manual testing practices to support the development of test scripts, test cases, and test scenarios in IST, UAT, and PROD architectures.

• Assist with planning and creating test data for each test phase.

• Set up Test Plans, Suites, and Cases in Azure DevOps, and continuously integrate automated test scripts.

• Lead automation testing

• Execute various types of testing, including integration, functional, regression, unit, load, performance, and accessibility testing.

• Plan and organize testing efforts for both front-end including user-interface and back-end application components/environments.

• Regularly communicate test results through reports and team stand-up (need to be able to speak about the results as well to both technical and non-technical team members) summarizing test completion and defects found.

• Implement project technical testing strategies and methodologies, including testing of integration points, interfaces, and non-functional requirements (e.g., fail-over, response times, data integrity, security).

• Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the incremental work assigned .

• Provide weekly reports confirming the status of assigned tasks

• Define and measure acceptance criteria for test cases.

• Record all defects/issues in defect reporting tools and Azure DevOps, including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to reproduce.

• Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, reviews sessions, and walkthrough meetings.

• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile/iterative solution development lifecycle.

• Conduct post-release/post-implementation testing.

• Support clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.

• Create traceability matrices and strategies to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements.

• Coordinate review meetings with business analysts and stakeholders.


Qualifications
Must haves:

• 3+ years of experience executing various types of testing, including:
Automation testing
Integration testing
Unit testing
Regression testing
Functional testing
Accessibility testing
Non-functional testing

• 3+ years of experience managing test plans and test cases in Azure DevOps, and hands-on experience in Azure DevOps Kanban Board management

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

• Extensive experience in quality assurance at the specified experience level.

• Experience in testing Commercial off-the-Shelf Software (COTS/SaaS solutions).

• Working knowledge of SharePoint, .NET Web, Web Services, JavaScript, Python, RStudio, data visualization, geospatial data tools and related scripting technologies for automation.

• Knowledge and experience with test tools and methodologies (Waterfall/Agile/Iterative).

• Comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, as well as organizational, creativity, perseverance, verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

• Experience with functional and non-functional product cycle testing.

• Test case and test scenario design and review experience (from business requirements).

• Experience in test case development.

• Experience in automation testing

• Proficiency in defect tracking.

• Experience designing and reviewing test scenarios (use-cases).

• Proficiency in writing manual/automated test scripts.

• Strong hands-on experience with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).


Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Test Lead role in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.


Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.