Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 6 months

Extension: 1 Time

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.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

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 GUI and non-GUI environments, including execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and UAT.
- Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
- Provide input for user manuals and release notes.

General Skills

- 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.
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
- 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.




- Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.
- Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across various system components and databases, performing data migration and transformation testing as needed.

Desirable Skills

- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language.
- Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented workplace.
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS).

Deliverables

- Maintains detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
- Ensures testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Develops and manages robust test data strategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuring data privacy, and managing test data environments.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience - 40 %

- 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 - 35%

- 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- 20%

- 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- 5%

- OPS quality assurance standard and practices.

📌 Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate (Toronto)
🏢 InnosysTech
📍 Toronto