Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Toronto, ON (5 days On-site)

Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON (5 days On-site)

Duration: 6+ Months Contract (Possible extension)

Description

Responsibilities

Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.

Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems.

Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.

Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.

Identifies, document, and track software defects using tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.

Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.

Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools like Micro Focus, OpenText UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure the system can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.

Knowledge and understanding of 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 like 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.

General Skills

Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level

Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications

Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases

Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms

Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests

Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities

Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies

Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation

Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.

Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing.

Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.

Demonstrated ability to write clear, comprehensive test cases and execute them effectively.

Experience with tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, Zephyr, etc.

Familiarity with tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Postman for API testing.

Understanding of scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash) for automation or test data setup.

Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and perform backend testing.

Clear grasp of the software development and testing life cycles.

Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.

Experience developing and managing robust test data strategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuring data privacy, and managing test data environments.

Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across various system components and databases, performing data migration and transformation testing as needed.

Experience developing and executing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner, and analyzing performance bottlenecks and system scalability.

Desirable Skills

Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language

Experience in the use of information retrieval packages

Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems

Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases

Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

QA Skills

• Proven experience in executing testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems.

• Experience in developing test plans, test cases and expected test results for complex business systems.

• Experience in setting up test strategies for complex business systems involving data, rules and images which undergo a very high rate of change annually.

• Experience in data analysis, cleansing, conversion and reconciliation on large complex systems.

• Experience in executing test cases and test scenarios for large complex systems.

• Excellent coordination and organization skills to assist with all QA activities in a tight timeline with conflicting priorities.

• Experience in Accessibility testing of applications with alignment to AODA (WCAG2.0 AA).

Technical Skills

• Excellent working knowledge of workflow, portfolio management and rule-driven business solutions.

• Experience with web-based 3-tier software platforms.

• Experience with testing tools, problem tracking software (i.e., Jira, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps and Microfocus Product Suite).

• Good knowledge of Oracle database tools.

• Proficiency with desktop tools (Visio, MS Office, MS Project, MS Outlook)

• Experience testing custom implementations and COTS implementations, which include IBM J-Rules Engine

• Working knowledge of web-based application development.

• Experience with Accessibility testing tools like WAVES, JAWS, NVDA, Compliance Sheriff.

General skills

• Experience in effectively coordinating multiple teams representing various business and technology areas, each with responsibility for a component of the solution.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.

• Excellent analytical problem solving and decision-making capabilities.

Public Sector Experience

• Experience in the Public Sector, either as a vendor representative or under contract to a government ministry or agency.

MUST HAVES:

• Proven experience in executing testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems.

• Experience in developing test plans, test cases, test scripts and expected test results for complex business systems.

• Experience in developing and executing automated test and performance test scenarios for large complex systems.

• Experience with automated and manual testing tools, problem tracking software (i.e., Jira, Bugzilla and Microfocus UFT Product Suite).