Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government, Canada | Posted on 07/24/2026 - Country Canada Position: QASpecialist Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite) Job ID#: RQ11297 Duration: 8 Months Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Systems Testing / QASpecialist to support quality assurance activities across complex technologysolutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning,documenting, executing, and reporting on a wide range of testing activities toensure solutions meet business, functional, performance, security, andoperational requirements.

Key Responsibilities - Participateand collaborate with Business Analysts during business requirements anduse case walkthroughs.

- Developand document comprehensive test plans covering all required qualityassurance testing activities.
- Developand document detailed test cases aligned with approved businessrequirements and use cases.
- Developand execute testing checklists and ensure completion throughout varioustesting stages.
- Supportproduction readiness activities by incorporating testing checklists intoproduction readiness reviews.
- Troubleshoottechnical issues identified during testing activities.
- Performend-to-end system functional testing based on documented test cases.
- Performregression testing to ensure existing and recent functionality work asexpected.
- Performperformance testing to validate system integrity and responsiveness.
- Collaboratewith IT teams to perform vulnerability testing as required.
- Documentidentified defects and perform re-testing following defect resolution.
- Collaboratewith project management teams on project planning, change management, andrelease/implementation activities.
- ContributeQA artifacts required for architecture checkpoint activities.
- SupportUser Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT)



withbusiness stakeholders.
- Conductmanual testing where required to supplement and validate automated testingresults.
- Compile,summarize, and report findings from both automated and manual testingactivities.

Qualifications Testing & Quality Assurance Experience - 10+years of experience developing test strategies, test plans, testscenarios, test cases, and troubleshooting technical issues.

- Demonstratedexperience delivering testing and QA requirements within both Waterfalland Agile methodologies.
- Experienceperforming a wide variety of testing types including:
- UnitTesting - FunctionalTesting - IntegrationTesting - UserAcceptance Testing (UAT) - ProductionAcceptance Testing (PAT) - PerformanceTesting - RegressionTesting - LoadTesting - SecurityTesting - WebServices Testing - Experiencewith automated testing frameworks and methodologies.
- Experienceusing version control systems and defect management tools such asConfluence, Jira, or TestRail.

Technical

Skills & Experience - Experienceconfiguring system and testing environments.

- Experiencetesting both custom-developed solutions and Commercial Off-The-Shelf(COTS) applications.
- Experiencewith multi-tier, multi-platform, integrated, and interconnected solutionenvironments.
- Experiencetesting web, desktop, and mobile applications.
- Experiencesupporting high-availability, mission-critical, and 24x7 environments.
- Experiencewith system debugging, refactoring,



and optimization activities. Communication & Interpersonal Skills - Abilityto identify, coordinate, resolve, re-test, and close system defects.
- Strongwritten and verbal communication skills.
- Experiencepreparing reports and technical documentation.
- Abilityto present testing findings and solution functionality to stakeholders.
- Abilityto manage multiple assignments concurrently.
- Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellentinterpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Strongconsulting and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
- Provenability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet deadlines.

Public Sector

Experience - Understandingof IT standards and guidelines related to test strategies, test scenarios,and test case development.

- Understandingof security and privacy considerations when validating technologysolutions against business requirements.

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