Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 6 months

Extension: 1 Time

Must Haves

- 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems
- Hands-on working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
- Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

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

Responsibilities (continued)

- 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.

Deliverables

- Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
- Provide input for user manuals and release notes.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience - 40 %

- Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance
- Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as well as test reports.
- Experience in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
- Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Proven expertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, ensuring coverage of all functional and non-functional requirements.
- Knowledge of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.

Technical Skills and Experience - 35%

- Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.

Soft Skills- 20%

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

Public sector Experience- 5%

- OPS quality assurance standard and practices.

📌 Systems Testing/QA Specialist (Toronto)
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