senior systems testing/qa specialist.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist with over 7 years of enterprise testing experience to lead quality assurance strategies across complex, mission-critical healthcare systems and web applications. In this role, you will lead end-to-end testing streams—spanning functional, non-functional, integration, API, security, and accessibility validation. Working within both Agile and Waterfall frameworks, you will create automated scripts, execute SQL queries for backend data validation, manage defect triaging, and ensure solutions meet strict regulatory, performance, and accessibility standards.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite)

Duration: 12-month contract.

Advantages
High-Impact Healthcare Scope: Lead QA efforts on mission-critical public health platforms and high-volume transactional systems.

Full-Stack QA Architecture: Gain hands-on exposure across manual, automated (Selenium), API (HL7-FHIR), SQL backend, and BI dashboard testing.

Technical Leadership Role: Act as the lead QA specialist providing direction, test stream planning, and mentorship to junior testers.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Collaborate directly alongside architects, developers, and product managers in a structured, 5-day onsite workspace.

Responsibilities
End-to-End QA Leadership: Provide guidance and oversight to junior testing personnel while planning, organizing, and executing testing streams for large-scale clinical and public health applications.

Test Strategy & Artifact Creation: Develop complete testing documentation, including test strategies, test plans, test cases, test use cases, automated scripts, and test summary reports.

API & Web Services Validation: Perform functional and non-functional testing of RESTful APIs, HL7-FHIR web services, and security components using tools such as Postman, SOAP-UI, SAML, and JWT.

Test Automation & Tooling: Build and execute automated test scripts using frameworks such as Selenium to support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

Database & SQL Querying: Execute complex SQL ad-hoc queries and use information retrieval packages to prepare test data, analyze backend database results, and ensure data integrity across reporting dashboards and BI solutions.

Accessibility Testing: Conduct web and mobile accessibility testing to ensure digital interfaces comply with WCAG 2.0 and AODA standards using industry-standard tools.

Defect Lifecycle Management: Identify, log, track, and prioritize software defects using platforms like Jira, Confluence, or TestRail, leading regular triage sessions with developers and product owners.

COTS & Systems Integration: Validate COTS platform updates, COTS patches, in-house web applications, and enterprise registry integration components to ensure seamless cross-system performance.

Qualifications
SQL & Data Querying Expertise: Solid hands-on knowledge and experience with information retrieval packages, complex SQL queries, and ad-hoc query writing (Strictly Required).

QA Leadership Seniority: Minimum 7+ years of experience as a lead Systems Testing/QA Specialist planning, organizing, and executing full lifecycle testing streams (Strictly Required).

API, Web Services & Security: 7+ years of experience testing RESTful/HL7-FHIR web services, APIs, and security authentication protocols (SAML, JWT) using tools like Postman or SOAP-UI (Strictly Required).

Test Automation & Scripting: Demonstrated hands-on experience developing and executing automated test scripts using frameworks such as Selenium (Strictly Required).

Accessibility Compliance: Proven experience conducting accessibility testing for web and mobile interfaces to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.0 / AODA standards (Strictly Required).

Public Sector Healthcare Experience: 5+ years of experience working with broader public-sector healthcare providers, health datasets, or public sector IT project methodologies.

Summary
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Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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