- Test Planning and Strategy: Developing comprehensive test plans and strategies that outline the scope, approach, resources, and schedule for testing activities.
- Requirement Analysis: Understanding and analyzing the requirements and specifications of software applications to determine the testing scope.
- Test Case Development: Designing, writing, and maintaining detailed and structured test cases based on requirements and functional specifications.
- Test Execution: Performing manual and automated testing of software applications, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing.
- Defect Tracking: Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects or issues using bug tracking tools. Collaborating with developers to resolve these issues.
- Test Automation: Developing and maintaining automated test scripts to streamline testing processes and improve coverage.
- Reporting: Preparing detailed test reports that summarize the findings of testing activities, including metrics like test coverage, defect density, and pass/fail rates.
- Collaboration: Working closely with developers, business analysts, product managers, risk assessors, and other stakeholders to ensure a thorough understanding of requirements and seamless integration of testing efforts into the overall project workflow.
- Compliance: Ensuring that testing processes adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies, including PCI, GRC, etc
- Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities to enhance testing processes and practices through feedback loops, best practices, and new tools or methodologies.

What You’ll Do

- Test Planning and Strategy:



Developing comprehensive test plans and strategies that outline the scope, approach, resources, and schedule for testing activities.
- Requirement Analysis: Understanding and analyzing the requirements and specifications of software applications to determine the testing scope.
- Test Case Development: Designing, writing, and maintaining detailed and structured test cases based on requirements and functional specifications.
- Test Execution: Performing manual and automated testing of software applications, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing.
- Defect Tracking: Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects or issues using bug tracking tools. Collaborating with developers to resolve these issues.
- Test Automation: Developing and maintaining automated test scripts to streamline testing processes and improve coverage.
- Reporting: Preparing detailed test reports that summarize the findings of testing activities, including metrics like test coverage, defect density, and pass/fail rates.
- Collaboration: Working closely with developers, business analysts, product managers, risk assessors, and other stakeholders to ensure a thorough understanding of requirements and seamless integration of testing efforts into the overall project workflow.
- Compliance: Ensuring that testing processes adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements,



and company policies, including PCI, GRC, etc
- Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities to enhance testing processes and practices through feedback loops, best practices, and new tools or methodologies.

What You Bring

- 4-6 Years of technical experience in a large enterprise environment with demonstrated ability to analyze complex security vulnerabilities and results of penetration testing
- Knowledge of PowerBI, PowerAutomate
- Experience with or exposure to application security best practices such as secure coding, security testing techniques
- Solid understanding of Active Directory Infrastructure, deployment services, Windows OS, UNIX environments, and other infrastructure services
- Knowledge of network technologies – Firewalls, routers, switches
- Experience with Vulnerability and Patch management processes and vulnerability scoring systems (CVSS/CMSS)
- Knowledge of application, network, and platform security practices
- Excellent writing and presentation skills to facilitate communication of vulnerabilities, priorities, and other escalation points to various stakeholders
- Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to recent technologies in a rapidly changing operations environment
- Detail‑Oriented, organized, methodical, and Figure it Out skills with an analytical thought process
- Certification in Security is preferred (e.g. CISSP, CEH)
- Project management experience and skills are an asset.

We’re always looking for great talent In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to s

📌 Information Security Specialist (Toronto)
🏢 Canadian Tire Corporation
📍 Toronto