Job Title: Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Client: Health Services Cluster – Government of Ontario

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Contract: September 15, 2026 – March 31, 2027

Extension: Up to one additional term, subject to available contract days/funding

Location: Toronto / Kingston, Ontario

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite

Hours: 7.25 hours per day, Monday to Friday, between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, excluding lunch

Security Clearance: No clearance required

Allocation: 100%

Position Overview

Our client, the Health Services Cluster within the Government of Ontario, is seeking Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialists to support complex application testing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test data.

- Plan, organize and implement testing activities for large and complex systems.

- Perform functional, integration, system, regression, non-functional, performance, load and stress testing.

- Develop and maintain automated test scripts and automated test cases.

- Create complex test plans and coordinate defects throughout the complete testing lifecycle.

- Provide input into project-level test strategy and testing scope.

- Assist in defining testing scope during project iterations.

- Establish appropriate entry and exit criteria for system testing activities.

- Plan and lead peer reviews of test plans, test cases and other testing artefacts.

- Create and manage a variety of test data using tools such as SOAP UI, Swagger and Postman.

- Execute API and integration testing and validate application behaviour under different conditions.

- Perform database verification using SQL in an Oracle environment.

- Validate data integrity, consistency and accuracy across applications and databases.

- Perform data migration and transformation testing where required.

- Create, document, prioritize and manage software defects based on priority and severity.

- Enter, track and coordinate defects using industry-standard defect management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, ALM, Bugzilla, TestRail or Zephyr.

- Participate in and/or lead regular defect review processes.

- Report test results, testing progress, test coverage, quality metrics and outstanding defects.





- Review test results produced by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test data preparation and test execution.

- Work closely with developers to reproduce, investigate and resolve application issues.

- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Managers, developers, Testing Leads and other stakeholders to clarify requirements and testing expectations.

- Support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospectives.

- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.

- Conduct performance testing using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner, including analysis of performance bottlenecks and scalability.

- Support accessibility testing and demonstrate knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements and related standards.

- Maintain detailed testing documentation and provide input to user manuals and release notes.

- Ensure testing activities follow applicable quality assurance standards, methodologies and regulatory requirements.

- Support troubleshooting, issue analysis, scope management and overall quality objectives throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

Mandatory Technical & QA Requirements

1. System Testing & Test Automation — MUST HAVE

- Demonstrated system testing expertise through:
- Development of automated test scripts

- Creation and execution of complex test plans

- Coordination and management of defects throughout the testing lifecycle

- Experience following a clearly defined test strategy.

- Experience creating and executing test plans and maintaining test cases.

- Experience with functional, integration and regression testing of web application components and reports.

- Experience creating test entry and exit criteria.

- Experience coding automated test scripts and developing automated test cases.





- Knowledge and experience with automated testing tools and version control systems.

2. Test Data & API Testing — MUST HAVE

- Expertise in creating a variety of test data using automated/API testing tools, including one or more of:
- SOAP UI
- Swagger
- Postman

- Experience using automated test tools to support functional and regression testing during project iterations.

- Experience preparing test data for UAT and other testing activities.

- Experience developing and managing robust test data strategies.

3. Defect Management — MUST HAVE

- Experience creating and managing project defects based on priority and severity.

- Experience entering, tracking and coordinating defects through the complete testing lifecycle.

- Experience participating in or leading defect review meetings/processes.

- Experience reporting testing results and defect status to project stakeholders.

- Familiarity with tools such as:
- Azure DevOps
- JIRA
- ALM
- Bugzilla
- TestRail
- Zephyr

4. Database / SQL Testing — MUST HAVE

- Experience performing database verification using SQL in an Oracle environment.

- Demonstrated ability to write SQL queries for backend/data validation.

- Experience validating data integrity, consistency and accuracy.

- Experience with data migration and transformation testing is an asset.

5. Healthcare Data Standards — MUST HAVE / HIGH PRIORITY

- Knowledge of healthcare data exchange standards, particularly Rapid Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).

6. Testing Methodologies

- Functional testing

- System testing

- Integration testing

- Regression testing

- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

- Non-functional testing

- Load testing

- Performance testing

- Stress testing

- API testing

- Data validation/testing

- Automated testing

Preferred Automation & Performance Tools

- Selenium
- Cypress
- Postman
- SOAP UI
- Swagger
- OpenText UFT / Micro Focus UFT
- TestComplete
- JMeter
- LoadRunner
- Azure DevOps
- JIRA
- ALM
- TestRail
- Zephyr

Experience with scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript or Bash for automation, test data preparation or test environment activities is an asset.

Methodologies & SDLC

- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

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