RQ11340/RQ11341 - 2 x Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

RQ11340/RQ11341 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

1-year contract (254 business days) - possible extension

ONSITE 5 days - 222 Jarvis St.

Must Have:

• 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems
• Hands-on working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Hands on experience developing and planning automated testing
• Experience in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• AODA
• Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
• Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.

Nice-to-have:

• OPS/Public sector experience 

NOTE: needs strong communication skills

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

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

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)

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $67.78/hr - $72.62/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $54.22/hr - $58.10/hr T4

Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $67.78/hr - $72.62/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $54.22/hr - $58.10/hr T4