Software Engineering Associate Quality Engineer Calgary, CA

Avature; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Associate Quality Engineer, where you'll design and execute test strategies for SAP projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, enhance automation frameworks, and ensure quality in a dynamic environment. This entry-level role offers a chance to grow your career in software engineering while working in a hybrid model in Calgary, AB.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in Canada without future visa sponsorship.
• Willingness to live and work in Calgary, AB.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test suites for SAP projects.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify and verify defects.

Skills

Analytical

Problem-Solving

Communication

Teamwork

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Selenium

Appium

JIRA

SAP Quality Center

CI/CD

Job description

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

At IBM, we know technology. But technology is only as good as the results it delivers. Are you interested and adept in application development methodology and tools? The IBM Client Innovation Centre CIC occupies a unique position in the IT marketplace – at the intersection of business and technology. In this role, you'll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

As a member of our team, you will help IBM clients solve some of their most challenging business problems, capitalize on market opportunities and achieve real value in today’s tough economy.

We’re looking for passionate, original thinkers who want to drive progress, grow their network, and further their careers. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning, who believes no problem is too big to solve, and who wants to unleash their potential, an Associate role is for you. As a Quality Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, accuracy, and efficiency of our SAP and related systems. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, methodologies, and processes to support our SAP projects and initiatives.

As an Associate Quality Engineer, you will be able to:

Test Planning and Strategy:

* Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test suites for SAP projects.

* Define testing scope, approach, and resources needed for each project.

* Contribute to the continuous improvement of our testing methodologies and processes.

Test Automation:

* Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Appium, or custom ABAP-based frameworks.

* Enhance existing automation frameworks and suggest improvements to increase efficiency and coverage.

* Collaborate with developers to implement and maintain automated checks in our CI/CD pipeline.

* Document, track, and manage defects throughout their lifecycle using tools like JIRA or SAP Quality Center.

* Work closely with development teams to clarify, reproduce, and verify defects, ensuring they're resolved correctly.

Data Management:

* Create, maintain, and manage test data using SAP tools (e.g., Data Migration, Data Services, or SAP HANA Smart Data Integration).

* Ensure data privacy, security, and compliance with relevant regulations.

Collaboration and Communication:

* Work effectively with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, project managers, and other QA engineers.

* Communicate findings, progress, and risks clearly and effectively through emails, meetings, and status reports.

* Stay updated with the latest SAP testing trends, tools, and best practices.

* Participate in training, workshops, and conferences to expand your skill-set and share knowledge with the team.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Required Qualifications:

* Eligibility to work in Canada without future visa sponsorship (valid work permit, permanent residency, or Canadian citizenship).

* Willingness to live and work in Calgary, AB.

Preferred Education:

* Bachelor's degree in compurer science, information technology, information systems, or a related field

Core Competencies:

* Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance processes

* Familiarity with testing methodologies, tools, and best practices

* Experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Appium, or Cucumber).

* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Bamboo).

Additional Skills:

* Familiarity with agile methods and scrum frameworks

Soft Skills:

* Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

* Effective communication and teamwork

* Curiosity and eagerness to learn emerging tools/tech

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

Job Title

Associate Quality Engineer

Job ID

34757

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Alberta

Country

Canada

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Position type

Entry Level

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

Company

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?