Senior - Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Job Title: Senior - Systems Testing/QA Specialist
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:
Leads, develops and provides guidance and advice to other QA team members concerning testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing

Plans and organize 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 on the various components. The test lead will work with the testers 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


General Skills:

• Experience in leading the planning, organizing and implementation of 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 - MS Power Platform testing tool and/or Selenium
• Experience with Azure DevOps

• 7+ years experience as a Systems Testing/QA Specialist
• Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
• Experience with both manual and automated testing
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
• Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
• 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 testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

• Work with stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories (Agile methodology).
• Develop, maintain, document and execute all test plans, test cases, test scenarios and scripts as directed by the project
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database
• Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools - MS Power Platform testing tool and/or Selenium