RQ11529 - Automation Developer - Senior

Organization: Government Services Integration Cluster

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement location: Toronto ON -Onsite

Pay Rate:70-75/hr incorp

Title: Automation Developer

Description

Responsibilities:

- Identifies opportunities for automation within software processes
- Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
- Designs and writes test automation scripts
- Utilizes test automation frameworks
- Investigates problems in software as a result of testing
- Works with QA analysts and software developers to find solutions

General Skills:

- Experience identifying opportunities for automation within software processes.
- Experience designing and executing QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality
- Experience running tests for databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware and software
- Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes.
- Experience installing applications and databases relevant to automation
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders to understand how automation can improve workflow and creating documentation
- Experience gathering and documenting requirements from end-users to develop the best automation solutions
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills - 40%

- Strong hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as:
- Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO (for UI testing)
- Postman, REST Assured,



or SoapUI (for API testing)
- JMeter or Gatling (for performance testing)
- Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
- Experience with version control and CI/CD tools like Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
- Solid understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, JUnit, Mocha) and BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow).

Quality Assurance & Testing - 35%

- Deep knowledge of the software testing lifecycle (STLC) and QA methodologies (e.g., functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and exploratory testing).
- Experience developing data-driven, keyword-driven, or hybrid automation frameworks.
- Ability to analyze manual test cases and identify areas suitable for automation.

Soft Skills- 20%

- Solid 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
- Solid ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be adaptive to change

Must Have:

- Strong hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as:
- Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO (for UI testing)
- Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI (for API testing)
- JMeter or Gatling (for performance testing)
- Solid understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, JUnit, Mocha) and BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow).
- Ability to analyze manual test cases and identify areas suitable for automation.
- Prior OPS or public sector exp.

📌 Automation Developer - Senior (Toronto)
🏢 Analyst Technical Solutions
📍 Toronto