RQ11672 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Posted On 02/11/2026

Job Information

Term 135 days

Assigned Recruiter(s) Sweta Singh

Job Opening ID 11861

Technology

Number of Positions 1

Work Experience 7-10 Years

City Toronto

State/Province Ontario

M4C

Job Description

Responsibilities:

- Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.

- Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).

- The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems.

- Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.

- Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.

- Identifies, document, and track software defects using tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.

- Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.

- Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools like Micro Focus, OpenText™ UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

- Conduct performance, stress,



and load testing to ensure the system can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.

- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

- Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.

- Provide input for user manuals and release notes.

- Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

General Skills:

- Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level

- Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications

- Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases

- Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms

- Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests





- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities

- Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies

- Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation

- Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.

- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

- Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

- Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing.

- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.

- Demonstrated ability to write transparent, comprehensive test cases and execute them effectively.

- Experience with tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, Zephyr, etc.

- Familiarity with tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Postman for API testing.

- Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and perform backend testing.

- Clear grasp of the software development and testing life cycles.

- Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.

- Experience developing and managing

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