The QA Specialist is responsible for planning, designing, and executing testing strategies for large-scale, complex business systems. This role ensures system quality through manual and automated testing, data validation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in Agile and traditional environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and advise on testing strategies, methodologies, tools, and resource requirements.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data
- Plan and coordinate testing efforts across GUI and non-GUI environments
- Support System Integration Testing (SIT), UAT, regression, and specialized testing
- Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and UAT testing
- Identify, log, track, and manage defects using:
- ALM / HP QC
- JIRA
- Work closely with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues

Automation & Performance Testing

- Develop and maintain automation scripts using:
- TestComplete / Postman
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Perform performance, load, and stress testing using tools like:
- JMeter
- Validate data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems
- Perform data migration, transformation, and reconciliation testing
- Write queries for backend validation (Oracle or similar DBs)
- Manage test data strategies ensuring privacy and realistic datasets

Accessibility & Compliance

- Conduct accessibility testing aligned with:
- AODA
- WCAG 2.0 / 2.1 AA standards
- Use tools such as:
- WAVE
- JAWS
- NVDA
- Compliance Sheriff
- Collaborate with Developers, BAs, PMs, and QA Leads
- Sprint Planning
- Stand-ups
- Provide inputs for release notes and user documentation

Documentation & Reporting

- Maintain detailed records of:
- Test coverage
- Quality metrics
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and SDLC processes

Overview

The QA Specialist is responsible for planning, designing, and executing testing strategies for large-scale, complex business systems. This role ensures system quality through manual and automated testing, data validation,



and collaboration with cross-functional teams in Agile and traditional environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and advise on testing strategies, methodologies, tools, and resource requirements.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data
- Plan and coordinate testing efforts across GUI and non-GUI environments
- Support System Integration Testing (SIT), UAT, regression, and specialized testing

Test Execution & Defect Management

- Execute functional, integration, system, regression, and UAT testing
- Validate system behavior under various conditions
- Identify, log, track, and manage defects using:
- ALM / HP QC
- JIRA
- Bugzilla
- Azure DevOps
- Work closely with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues

Automation & Performance Testing

- Develop and maintain automation scripts using:
- Selenium / Cypress
- Micro Focus / OpenText UFT
- TestComplete / Postman
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Perform performance, load, and stress testing using tools like:
- JMeter
- LoadRunner

Data & Backend Testing

- Validate data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems
- Perform data migration, transformation, and reconciliation testing
- Write queries for backend validation (Oracle or similar DBs)
- Manage test data strategies ensuring privacy and realistic datasets

Accessibility & Compliance

- Conduct accessibility testing aligned with:
- AODA
- WCAG 2.0 / 2.1 AA standards

- Use tools such as:

- WAVE
- JAWS
- NVDA
- Compliance Sheriff

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

- Collaborate with Developers, BAs, PMs, and QA Leads
- Participate in Agile ceremonies:
- Sprint Planning
- Stand-ups
- Retrospectives





- Provide inputs for release notes and user documentation

Documentation & Reporting

- Maintain detailed records of:
- Test execution results
- Test coverage
- Quality metrics

- Ensure compliance with industry standards and SDLC processes

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements (Must Have)

- Strong experience in manual testing for large, complex, business-critical systems
- Expertise in:
- Test planning, test case creation, and execution
- Test strategy development for energetic, rule-based systems

- Hands-on experience with:

- Data reconciliation & validation testing
- 3-tier web-based applications

- Proven experience in Accessibility testing (AODA / WCAG 2.0 AA)
- Experience with tools:

- JIRA, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps
- HP/Microfocus suite

- Experience testing:

- Custom-built and COTS applications (e.g., IBM J-Rules Engine)

Core Skill Requirements

QA Skills

- Testing large-scale, complex enterprise systems
- Creating test strategies, plans, cases, and expected results
- Data analysis, cleansing, conversion, and reconciliation
- Accessibility testing (WCAG / AODA)
- Managing QA activities under tight timelines

Technical Skills

- Web-based 3-tier architecture testing
- Strong knowledge of:
- Testing tools & defect tracking systems
- Oracle database tools
- Workflow and rule-based systems

- Tools:

- JIRA, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps, Microfocus
- Visio, MS Office Suite

- Accessibility tools: WAVE, JAWS, NVDA

General Skills

- Strong communication & stakeholder coordination
- Analytical problem-solving & decision-making
- Ability to manage multiple teams and priorities

Public Sector Experience

- Experience working with government ministries / agencies (preferred)

Additional / Desirable Skills

- Knowledge of programming languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
- Experience in test automation scripting
- Experience with COTS applications testing
- Knowledge of object-oriented testing environments
- Understanding of Information Management principles

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📌 System Testing/QA Specialist Intermediate (Toronto)
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