Assignment: RQ00737 - Test Lead - Senior Requisition: RQ00737 Job Title: Senior Test Lead for Virtual Care Products Client: Ontario Health Start Date: 2026-08-31 End Date: 2027-04-23 Department: Digital Excellence in Health Office Location: 525 University Avenue, Toronto Business Days: 164.00 Location: Hybrid (onsite as needed) Public Sector Experience: Must Have Must Haves: Senior-level test lead experience on complex application modernization, integration, healthcare, or digital service projects.

Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, test execution reports, defect reports, automation reports, and release readiness recommendations.

Hands-on functional testing experience for React applications, Java/Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, backend services, and database-driven applications.

Hands-on automated testing experience using Playwright, including automated UI regression testing, test scripting, test execution, debugging, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.

Hands-on API testing experience using Postman and vREST, including test collection creation, environment configuration, assertions, regression execution, and API defect analysis.

Experience testing healthcare interoperability workflows using HL7v2, FHIR APIs, FHIR Subscriptions, SMART on FHIR, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, and Mirth integration engine.

Description The Agency requires a Senior Test Lead to lead quality assurance activities supporting the modernization and expansion of the Provincial Health Services Directory (PHSD).

The Senior Test Lead will be responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and reporting on functional, integration, API, interoperability, automation, performance, security, accessibility, and user acceptance testing activities across the PHSD platform.

The role requires extensive experience testing healthcare applications utilizing FHIR R4/R4B, SMART on FHIR, HL7 v2, Smile CDR, AWS Health

Lake, REST APIs, Open

Search, OAuth2/OIDC, cloud-native AWS services, and enterprise healthcare integrations.

The resource will work closely with development, architecture, interoperability, operations, and business teams to ensure that all platform enhancements meet functional, technical, interoperability, privacy, security, and operational requirements prior to production implementation.

Must Haves: Senior Test Lead experience leading quality assurance activities for large-scale healthcare or digital transformation projects.

Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, test execution reports, defect reports, and release readiness assessments.

Hands-on functional testing experience for Java/Spring Boot applications, React applications, REST APIs, and database-driven applications.

Experience developing automated UI tests using Playwright.

Experience performing API testing using Postman and vREST.

Experience testing healthcare interoperability using FHIR R4/R4B, HL7 v2, SMART on FHIR, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, and REST APIs.

Experience testing Smile CDR implementations, FHIR repositories, search operations, validation, and terminology services.

Experience testing AWS Health

Lake integrations and healthcare data synchronization.

Experience validating provider directory search, FHIR search parameters, Open

Search functionality, and search relevance.

Experience testing integrations with Provider Registry, Master Data Management systems, hospital information systems, and other healthcare integration platforms.





Experience coordinating system integration testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, UAT, accessibility, performance, and production readiness activities.

Responsibilities: Develop and maintain the overall PHSD test strategy, test plan, test schedule, and quality assurance approach.

Lead functional, system integration, API, interoperability, regression, performance, accessibility, security, and user acceptance testing activities.

Design, develop, maintain, and execute Playwright automated regression suites for PHSD user interfaces.

Develop and maintain Postman and vREST collections for REST APIs, FHIR APIs, SMART on FHIR workflows, and healthcare integration services.

Validate Smile CDR functionality including FHIR repositories, resource validation, search operations, terminology services, transactions, and interoperability workflows.

Validate AWS Health

Lake integrations including data ingestion, synchronization, retrieval, and FHIR resource processing.

Test provider, practitioner, organization, healthcare service, and location data management workflows.

Validate real-time synchronization between PHSD, Master Data Management platforms, Provider Registry, and consuming applications.

Validate Open

Search provider directory search functionality including filtering, ranking, relevance, and FHIR search parameter support.

Validate SMART on FHIR authentication, OAuth2/OIDC authorization, JWT processing, and role-based access control.

Test integrations with hospital information systems including Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), MEDITECH, and other provincial digital health systems.

Coordinate defect triage activities and provide testing progress, quality metrics, automation coverage, and release readiness reporting.

Support production implementation, warranty validation, post-production verification, and operational readiness activities.

Prepare testing documentation, knowledge transfer materials, and operational testing procedures.

Desired Skills: Experience testing Smile CDR production implementations.

Experience testing AWS Health

Lake implementations.

Experience validating FHIR Implementation Guides, terminology services, and interoperability conformance.

Experience testing Open

Search implementations supporting provider and healthcare service discovery.

Experience testing event-driven architectures using Event

Bridge, SNS, SQS, and FHIR event notifications.

Required Skills: Test leadership, quality assurance planning, test coordination, defect management, release readiness assessment, and quality reporting.

Functional testing of enterprise web applications, healthcare workflows, REST APIs, and cloud-native applications.

Automated UI testing using Playwright, including regression testing, smoke testing, and CI/CD integration. API testing using Postman and vREST, including REST APIs, FHIR APIs, assertions, automated regression testing, and test environment management.

Healthcare interoperability testing using FHIR R4/R4B, HL7 v2, SMART on FHIR, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, and RESTful healthcare APIs.

Validation of Smile CDR functionality including FHIR repositories,



search operations, terminology services, resource validation, and interoperability workflows.

Testing AWS Health

Lake integrations, healthcare data synchronization, and FHIR resource management.

Testing provider directory search functionality using Open

Search and FHIR search capabilities.

Validation of integrations with Provider Registry, Master Data Management platforms, hospital information systems, and provincial digital health assets.

Experience coordinating functional, integration, regression, performance, accessibility, security, user acceptance, and production validation testing.

Robust communication, documentation, stakeholder coordination, and knowledge transfer skills.

Evaluation Criteria: 100 Points Senior test leadership experience including test strategy, planning, coordination, execution, defect management, reporting, and release readiness 25 points Functional, automated, API, and cloud application testing experience using Playwright, Postman, vREST, Java/Spring Boot, React, and AWS services 25 points Healthcare interoperability testing experience including Smile CDR, AWS Health

Lake, FHIR R4/R4B, SMART on FHIR, HL7 v2, Provider Registry, Master Data Management, and REST APIs 25 points Healthcare integration, stakeholder collaboration, documentation, and knowledge transfer experience 25 points Deliverables: Comprehensive PHSD test strategy, test plan, and quality assurance approach.

Functional test cases, integration test cases, automated regression suites, and requirements traceability matrices.

Playwright automated UI test suites and regression execution reports.

Postman and vREST API collections supporting REST APIs, FHIR APIs, SMART on FHIR workflows, and interoperability testing.

Validation of Smile CDR functionality, AWS Health

Lake integration, FHIR resource management, and provider directory workflows.

Validation of Provider Registry, Master Data Management, Open

Search, and hospital information system integrations.

Functional, integration, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing evidence.

Defect reports, testing metrics, quality dashboards, release readiness assessments, and production validation reports.

Additional Terms The term of this Engagement Assignment is for 164 Business Days.

The Engagement Assignment may be extended for unused Business Days at the Agency''s discretion.

The resource will comply with the Agency''s policies and procedures.

The resource will be issued an Agency laptop and is expected to provide at least one additional monitor, an external keyboard and a mouse at their own expense.

In addition, when the resource is working from their home location they must have a private office space and are not permitted to work in an open communal space.

Internet connection must be hard-wired and suitable bandwidth to support the IT requirements of this role.

If these conditions cannot be met within their home office space, the resource will transition to full time in office, and the hybrid option will no longer be available.

The Agency systems cannot be accessed from outside the province of Ontario, and Agency assets including laptops and related equipment cannot be removed from the province of Ontario, without prior written approval from the Agency.

Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as ''Hybrid''.

The resource under this request will be required to work onsite as per Hiring Manager sole discretion.

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