Test Lead

Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government, Canada | Posted on 10/22/2026Country CanadaJob Description
Location:
Toronto, ON
Job ID#:
RQ11743
Duration:
12 Months
Role Overview
Leads and performs quality assurance and testing forenterprise platform features, integrations, releases, and onboarded services.The role develops risk-based test strategies, plans, scenarios, scripts, data,automation, traceability, quality metrics, and completion reporting acrossfunctional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance,security, API, database, and user acceptance testing.
Working collaboratively with product teams, analysts,architects, developers, DevOps engineers, security specialists, businessrepresentatives, and stakeholders, the Senior Systems Testing / QA Specialistcoordinates environments and test readiness, identifies and manages defects,and verifies that approved requirements and quality criteria have been met.
The role provides evidence-based release readinessassessments, communicates residual risks, and helps establish repeatabletesting practices and automation that improve coverage, reliability, deliveryspeed, and confidence in enterprise platform releases.
Key Responsibilities
Leadand perform testing activities across enterprise platform capabilities andintegrations.
Defineand maintain test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, testdata, and reporting.
Executemanual and automated testing across multiple testing disciplines.
Developand maintain UI, API, service, and database test automation whereappropriate.
Coordinatetest environments, accounts, tools, test data, and supporting resources.
Maintainrequirements traceability and test coverage reporting.
Leaddefect triage and monitor defects through resolution and closure.
Validateaccessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integrationrequirements.
Reportquality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and releaserisks.
Provideevidence-based recommendations on production readiness.
Experience Requirements
Experiencetesting large, complex digital platforms, enterprise applications, orpublic-facing services.
Experiencedeveloping test strategies, plans, scenarios, scripts, procedures, testdata, and completion reports.
Experienceconducting functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility,performance, security, API, database, and user acceptance testing.
Experiencedesigning and maintaining automated tests for user interfaces, APIs,services, and data components.
Experiencetesting cloud-based microservices, distributed applications, andintegrations across multiple systems.
Experienceestablishing test environments, test accounts, test data, entry and exitcriteria, and schedules.
Experiencemanaging defects through identification, triage, prioritization,resolution, retesting, and closure.
Experiencemaintaining requirements traceability, coverage reporting, dashboards, andquality metrics.
Experienceassessing release readiness and communicating residual quality risks.
Skills & Qualifications
Testing Strategy and Execution (35%)
Experienceplanning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
Experiencewith functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility,performance, and acceptance testing.
Test Automation and Technical Testing (25%)
Experienceautomating UI, API, service, or database tests.
Experiencetesting cloud applications, microservices, and system integrations.
Defect Management and Quality Reporting (25%)
Experiencemanaging defects, traceability, coverage, metrics, and release readinessassessments.
Communication and Collaboration (15%)
Excellentanalytical, reporting, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
Abilityto coordinate business and technical teams during testing and defectresolution.
Mandatory Requirements
Experienceplanning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
Experiencewith functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility,performance, and acceptance testing.
Experienceautomating UI, API, service, or database tests.
Experiencetesting cloud applications, microservices, and system integrations.
Abilityto coordinate business and technical teams during testing and defectresolution.
Preferred Qualifications
Previouspublic sector experience.
Work Arrangement
5days onsite in Toronto, Ontario.
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