03 Aug
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Cognizant
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Toronto
Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government, Canada | Posted on 07/30/2026 Country Canada Job Description Position: Test Automation Engineer Location: Toronto, ON Job ID#: RQ11378 Duration: 14 months Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer tosupport quality assurance, testing strategy, test planning, automation, andvalidation activities across complex web, mobile, and enterprise systems. Thesuccessful candidate will play a key role in ensuring software quality throughcomprehensive testing practices, defect management, automation, accessibilityvalidation, performance testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Key Responsibilities Provideguidance on testing strategy, test plans, testing tools, and resourcerequirements. Planand organize testing efforts for large-scale GUI and non-GUI systems. Executesystem integration testing, specialized testing, stress testing, and useracceptance testing (UAT). Developand maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts. Executefunctional, integration, system, and regression testing. Validatesystem functionality under various operating conditions. Identify,document, and track software defects using defect management tools. Workclosely with development teams to reproduce, investigate, and resolveissues. Developand maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard automationframeworks and tools. Integrateautomated testing into CI/CD pipelines. Conductperformance, load, and stress testing to validate scalability andreliability. Ensurecompliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)standards and related regulations. Collaboratewith developers, business analysts, project managers, and stakeholders toensure quality outcomes. Participatein Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews,and retrospectives. Maintaintest documentation, quality metrics, and test coverage reports. Contributeto user documentation and release notes. Ensuretesting activities align with industry best practices and regulatoryrequirements. Validatedata integrity, consistency, and accuracy across systems and databases.
Supportdata migration and transformation testing initiatives. Participatein defect triage activities and produce defect reporting and analysis. Required Qualifications QA & Technical Experience 5+years of experience working within Agile, Scrum, or DevOps environments. 5+years of experience testing web and mobile applications across multipleplatforms and operating systems. 5+years of hands-on experience performing systems testing, mobile testing,accessibility testing, and user acceptance testing. Strongexperience creating Testing Strategies and Test Plans. 5+years of experience analyzing business requirements and developing testdata requirements. Extensiveexperience creating detailed test cases and test scenarios. Provenexperience identifying, documenting, and communicating software defects. Experiencetriaging defects, leading defect discussions, and producing defect metricsand reports. Experienceusing defect management and test management tools. Experiencecreating and managing test cases within enterprise testing platforms. Extensiveexperience developing and executing automated testing suites. Experienceanalyzing automation results and communicating findings to project teamsand management. Experiencewith accessibility testing tools including screen readers and relatedaccessibility technologies. Experienceconducting backend and data validation testing. Experiencewith API testing tools and automation frameworks. Understandingof scripting languages used for testing and automation activities. Experienceconducting performance and load testing. General Skills Knowledgeof structured software development methodologies. Experiencewith functional, non-functional, integration, regression, and acceptancetesting.
Experiencesupporting UAT initiatives. Strongunderstanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes. Experiencecreating testing strategies, plans, test data, and test cases. Excellentanalytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. Strongwritten and verbal communication skills. Abilityto work independently and collaboratively within project teams. Abilityto meet deadlines within rapid-paced environments. Knowledgeof Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall delivery methodologies. Experiencewith at least one programming language. Experiencewith information retrieval and reporting tools. Knowledgeof object-oriented testing methodologies. Understandingof Information Management principles and practices. Experienceplanning and organizing testing efforts for both small and large systems. Experiencedeveloping automated test scripts and automation frameworks. Experiencewith reporting and analytics tools. Additional Experience Experiencewith analytics and reporting tools. Strongdocumentation and reporting capabilities. Demonstratedability to present complex concepts clearly to technical and businessaudiences. Strongstakeholder communication and customer service skills. About Symbiotic Digital. Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need thatsolve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can dofor you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We servecustomers in two ways, we provide: DigitalExperts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results Recruitment:Find The Right People You Need Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digitalprovides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staffneeded to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the mostreputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help themstaff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by ourproven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100%Indigenous owned company. #J-18808-Ljbffr
📌 Proactive Test Automation Engineer For Mobile And Web Applications (Toronto)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Toronto