RQ00822 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

The Quality Assurance Specialist (QA lead) is responsiblefor performing application testing tasks and Quality Assurance activitiesincluding Functional Testing, Automation Testing, and various AI testing asdescribed below.

The Quality Assurance Specialist (QA lead) will participatein planning and estimating the activities required to test the current solutionsand enhanced applications. He/She will participate in the development of MasterTest Plans, Test

Cases, Test Scripts, Test Completion Reports, etc. whileproviding advice to business users for the development of Test Cases for UserAcceptance Test.

Executing the tests as required, performing issue trackingand resolution.

The Quality Assurance Specialist (QA Lead) plays a criticalrole in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions by designing,executing, and managing testing activities throughout the software developmentlifecycle. The QA Specialist will work collaboratively with cross-functionalteams to validate system functionality, performance, and usability, and ensurealignment with business requirements and quality standards.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist will be working undera hybrid work model (3 days in office and a remote location). The officelocation will be Metro Hall 15th floor, 55 John Street in Toronto.The successful candidate will be working seven (7) hours per day, five (5) daysper week based on normal working Business Hours.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Assurance Leadership

- Lead testing efforts for assigned projects, includingplanning, coordination, execution and oversight of QA activities.





- Assess risks to quality based on verification and validationresults and provide recommendations for mitigation.

- Implement and maintain quality processes that supportdevelopment and production change management.

Test Design & Planning

- Design comprehensive manual and automated testing processes,including test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

- Develop functional, system, regression, integration, load,and performance test scenarios based on project requirements.

- Collaborate with development leads and business analysts todesign and create test data to support test execution.

Test Execution & Management

- Perform various types of testing manually and/or usingautomation tools, including:

- Functional Testing

- Regression Testing

- Integration Testing

- Usability/Accessibility Testing

- Performance Testing

- Perform the following types of AI testing activities:

- Functional AI Testing

- Response accuracy

- Hallucination testing

- AI-Security and privacy testing (prompt injection)

- AI-Safety Testing (inappropriate behaviours)

- Execute test cycles, monitor progress, and manage defectresolution and issue tracking.

- Maintain detailed records of test results and discrepanciesusing designated QA tools.

- Work closely with project managers,



implementation team,system administrators, architects, vendors (as needed) and databaseadministrators to ensure testing activities are aligned with project timelinesand technical requirements.

- Lead and assist business users in conducting User AcceptanceTesting (UAT), providing guidance and support as needed.

Reporting & Communication

- Manage the full-cycle process for documenting andcommunicating test discrepancies and defects to appropriate stakeholders.

- Provide regular updates on testing progress, issues, andoutcomes to project teams and management

- Develop and build a Test Completion Report summarizing alltesting activities and results for Gating purposes

Requirements

Assignment Duties

- Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, ElectronicEngineering, or a related discipline.

- Minimum of 10+ years of experience performing testing forlarge-scale applications, including on-premise web solutions, cloud-basedintegrations, and mobile platforms.

- Minimum of 3 years of solid experience in AI-assistedtesting with hands-on experience in developing AI-powered QA agents usingagentic AI, LLM technologies and chatbot applications to create and executetest cases.

- Experience using AI tools to increase testing coverage,negative testing, regression testing with knowledge of AI-assisted automationfor CI/CD pipelines.

- Experience leading and coordinating testing activities incollaboration with project with project teams and a strong understanding of thevarious delivery methodologies such as: SDLC - Waterfall, Agile (Scrum)

📌 11708 (Toronto)
🏢 Maarut
📍 Toronto