Job Summary: The Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist is responsible for leading and executing comprehensive testing strategies for large-scale enterprise IT systems.

This role involves planning, developing, and managing test plans, scripts, and cases across manual and automated testing environments to ensure software quality, compliance with standards such as AODA, and alignment with business requirements.

The specialist collaborates with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle, utilizing Agile methodologies and advanced testing tools to deliver robust, high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities: Advise on testing strategies, test plans, and tool selection for diverse testing environments including GUI and non-GUI systems.

Plan and organize testing efforts including functional, integration, system, regression, performance, stress, and user acceptance testing.

Develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test scripts and cases, ensuring comprehensive coverage of business and technical requirements.

Identify, document, and track defects using tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure Dev

Ops, collaborating with developers to resolve issues.

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and conduct performance testing to validate system scalability and reliability.

Ensure compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and other regulatory standards.

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

Maintain detailed documentation of test results, coverage, and quality metrics, and contribute to user manuals and release notes.





Ensure testing processes align with industry standards, quality assurance principles, and security best practices.

Required Skills: Minimum 5 years of experience in software testing within enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems.

Proficiency in manual and automated testing tools such as Selenium, Postman, JMeter, and Load

Runner.

Strong expertise in developing test cases, scripts, and data requirements, including traceability matrix creation.

Experience managing test plans and cases using Azure Dev

Ops, including Kanban board management.

Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.

Knowledge of defect tracking tools like JIRA and Azure Dev

Ops.

Experience with performance, integration, regression, functional, accessibility, and non-functional testing.

Familiarity with databases (SQL, Oracle) and cloud technologies (Azure, AWS).

Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

Desired Skills: Experience coding automated test scripts and working with scripting languages such as Python, Java

Script, or Bash.

Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, or Git

Lab for test integration.

Understanding of security testing and collaboration with security specialists.





Experience with Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) application testing.

Knowledge of Information Management principles and object-oriented testing methods.

Experience with information retrieval packages and data migration testing.

Rated Criteria: Core Testing Expertise (Manual & Automated) - 40 Points Technical Skills (Databases, Cloud, CI/CD) - 35 Points Communication and Team Collaboration - 15 Points Performance and Accessibility Testing (AODA Compliance) - 5 Points Public Sector Quality Assurance Standards - 5 Points Total: 100 Points Deliverables: Comprehensive test strategies and plans tailored to project requirements.

Detailed test cases, scripts, and data sets ensuring full business requirements coverage.

Execution reports including defect logs, test coverage, and quality metrics.

Automated test scripts integrated within CI/CD pipelines.

Documentation supporting compliance with AODA and other regulatory standards.

Contributions to user manuals, release notes, and testing process improvements.

Must Haves: 5+ years of experience developing and executing test cases/scripts and managing test data.

Proven experience with automation, integration, unit, regression, functional, accessibility, and non-functional testing. 3+ years managing test plans and cases in Azure Dev

Ops with hands-on Kanban board experience.

Robust knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.

Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA and Azure Dev

Ops.

Ability to work onsite for 5 days as required.

Public Sector Experience: Preferred

📌 Senior Systems Test Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 vTech Solution
📍 Ontario