RQ11716 – Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Intermediate

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)
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 2+
  years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT
  environments.
• Hands-on
  working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and
  frameworks.
• Deep
  understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Extensive
  experience with AODA testing and compliance
• Experience
  creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as well
  as test reports.
• Experience
  in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experience
  with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Experience
  with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Skill Set Requirements:

Core Skills and Experience:

• 2+
  years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT
  environments.
• Hands-on
  working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and
  frameworks.
• Deep
  understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Extensive
  experience with AODA testing and compliance
• Experience
  creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as well
  as test reports.
• Experience
  in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experience
  with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Experience
  with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Proven
  expertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, ensuring coverage of
  all functional and non-functional requirements.
• Knowledge
  of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Strong
  understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
• Knowledge
  of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
• Knowledge
  of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.

Soft Skills

• Strong
  communication skills; both written and verbal
• Excellent
  interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others
  effectively in teams
• Demonstrated
  ability to work with functional and technical teams Demonstrated ability
  to participate in a large team and work closely with other individual team
  members
• Proven
  analytical skills and systematic problem solving
• Strong
  ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be
  adaptive to change

Public sector Experience

• OPS quality assurance standard and practices.