RQ00708 - Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist

10-month contract (194 business days) - possible extension

Up to 3 days on-site (Subject to hiring manager's discretion)-200 Front St

Must Haves:

7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for enterprise web applications and digital platforms

Experience developing and executing:

Functional testing

Integration testing

Regression testing

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Accessibility testing

Performance testing

Automated UI and API testing

3. Hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent technologies

4. Experience testing modern web applications built using Next.js, React, .NET C#, or equivalent technologies

5. Experience validating applications utilizing headless CMS platforms (Contentful preferred)

Nice to have:

Public Sector experience

Position Overview:

Supply Ontario is seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to support the design, validation, and delivery of modern digital platform capabilities as part of our Digital Experience Platform (DxP).

This role will lead quality assurance activities across public-facing and internal digital services, including account management, vendor workflows, search and discovery experiences, content management, secure integrations, reporting capabilities, and automated quality engineering as Supply Ontario modernizes procurement and supply chain services across Ontario's public sector.

Operating at the intersection of engineering delivery, enterprise architecture, and product development, the Senior QA Specialist will ensure that digital solutions meet functional, integration, accessibility, security, performance, and automation requirements while supporting a scalable, cloud-native, headless architecture.

A core outcome of this role will be to help transition Supply Ontario from fragmented digital experiences to a modern, secure, API-driven platform built on reusable components and enterprise integrations while establishing a sustainable automated testing framework that enables continuous delivery and high-quality releases.

Responsibilities:

Quality Strategy & Planning

Develop and execute comprehensive QA strategies across DxP initiatives

Review business requirements, user stories, and technical designs to ensure testability

Define test plans, test cases, automation strategies, and quality gates for releases

Support release readiness and Go/No-Go recommendations

Test Automation

Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for web applications and APIs

Develop automated functional,



regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end test suites

Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality validation

Execute automated test suites across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments

Analyze automation results, identify failures, and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues

Continuously improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort through reusable test assets and frameworks

Functional & Integration Testing

Validate end-to-end user journeys across public and authenticated experiences

Test account management and vendor registration workflows

Validate procurement search and discovery functionality

Test CMS-driven content and navigation components

Validate reporting capabilities and data accuracy

API & Integration Testing

Test enterprise APIs developed using REST and GraphQL

Validate secure integrations with:

Azure AD

Azure External ID

Identity providers

Contentful CMS

Analytics platforms

Validate role-based access controls (RBAC)

Verify authentication and authorization workflows using OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

Platform & CMS Testing

Validate dynamic Contentful-driven content rendering

Test reusable platform components

Verify multilingual and responsive user experiences

Validate content migration activities

Accessibility & Compliance

Perform accessibility testing aligned to WCAG and AODA standards

Validate keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, color contrast, and semantic structure

Document accessibility findings and support remediation activities

Performance & Non-Functional Testing

Support performance, load, stress, and scalability testing

Validate application responsiveness across browsers and devices

Identify bottlenecks and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues

DevOps & Release Support

Support testing activities across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments

Participate in CI/CD deployment validation and automated quality gates

Execute automated and manual smoke testing following deployments

Support release verification and production readiness

Defect Management

Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution





Work closely with developers, product owners, and architects to validate fixes

Support regression testing throughout sprint cycles

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

Develop test strategies, test plans, and automation documentation

Maintain manual and automated regression suites

Document test results, quality metrics, and automation coverage

Contribute to operational documentation and knowledge transfer activities

General Skills:

Robust understanding of software quality assurance methodologies and quality engineering best practices

Experience testing up-to-date frontend technologies including React and Next.js

Experience testing backend services built using .NET C#

Strong understanding of API-driven and microservice architectures

Experience validating secure authentication and authorization mechanisms

Experience developing and maintaining automated test suites for enterprise applications

Knowledge of shift-left testing practices and continuous testing methodologies

Ability to work collaboratively with Product, Architecture, Development, and Delivery teams

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in Agile Scrum teams

Commitment to delivering maintainable, scalable, and high-quality digital solutions

Desirable Skills:

Experience building or testing applications hosted in Microsoft Azure

Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines

Experience with enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) and federated identity solutions

Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent automation frameworks

Experience with automated API testing tools such as Postman or RestAssured

Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, k6, or LoadRunner

Experience validating bilingual digital platforms

Experience integrating analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager or Google Analytics

Experience supporting government digital service delivery and accessibility complianc

AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

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)

$67.81/hr - $81.37/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

$54.25/hr - $65.09/hr T4

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