System Test Specialist
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Original job description
At Calian, we help organizations overcome obstacles, manage risks, and drive progress. Since 1982, we’ve grown from a small consulting firm into a trusted global company across defence, space, health, nuclear energy, public safety, and government.
We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team.
Job Type: Full-time contract (10 months)
Responsibilities
- Learn the software, system and solution involved as they relate to the assigned test activities.
- Design, develop and execute test cases, using project specific documentation as input, including requirements defined in Azure DevOps, Test Plans, vendor design documents and Statements of Work (SOWs).
- Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, test execution results, and defects within Azure DevOps.
- Validate the capability of systems to meet functional, non-functional, system and performance requirements.
- Implement the contents of Test Strategies and Test Plans through a range of software test approaches.
- Follow and align with standard business operating policies, processes and work instructions.
- Participate in project status, test planning, test status, defect triage and team meetings.
- Participate in defect review meetings and technical discussions with suppliers regarding issue investigation, corrective actions and retesting.
- Develop and provide input to Status Reports.
- Ensuring deliverables meet the required quality standards.
- Be available to attend and/or participate in scheduled testing activities and defect triage sessions.
One of the incumbents shall have at least 7 years of directly related experience and the second shall have at least 5 years of directly related experience, along with the following:
- Experience validating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions and integrated systems that support operational, mission-critical, industrial, transportation, defence, simulation, training, or other real-time user-driven environments involving multiple vendors, systems and stakeholders.
- Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), or equivalent validation and verification activities.
- Knowledge and experience with system testing, test engineering principles and validation of large-scale projects for software and hardware.
- Experience using Azure DevOps for requirements management, test management, defect tracking and reporting.
- Experience working with third party suppliers, ensuring adherence to project requirements and quality standards.
- Ability to develop and execute on test plans/protocols/cases, and report on the test analysis/metrics and provide recommendations to management/supervisors.
- Analyze and identify test coverage gaps and missing links between requirements and tests, including test procedures developed by other testers.
- Skill in professional discussions with internal customers, external vendors and management.
- Skill in writing clear, cohesive, and concise documentation that is easily understandable by colleagues, management, and clients.
- Skill in communicating clearly in conversation and in presentations to both technical and non-technical staff and management.
- Knowledge of test maturity models such as TMMI.
- The Contractors will hold a degree/diploma/certification from an accredited university or college, in Engineering, Computer Sciences/Information Technology, or have an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Up to $70/hour
Vacancy
- We have 2 (two) available positions
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At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and execute system test cases based on requirements and project documentation, maintaining traceability among requirements, tests, results, and defects in Azure DevOps. Validate functional, non-functional, system, and performance requirements; coordinate with suppliers and project teams on defect investigation, retesting, status reporting, and quality standards.
Requirements
Requires 5 or 7 years of directly related experience, depending on the position, including testing COTS solutions and integrated systems in operational or mission-critical environments and supporting UAT, OAT, or equivalent activities. Candidates need experience with system testing, Azure DevOps, test planning and reporting, supplier collaboration, and a degree, diploma, or certification in engineering or computer science/IT, or equivalent education and experience.
Skills
- System Testing
- Test Engineering
- Test Planning
- Test Case Development
- Test Execution
- Requirements Traceability
- Azure DevOps
- Defect Tracking
- User Acceptance Testing
- Operational Acceptance Testing
- Validation and Verification
- Test Coverage Analysis
- Performance Testing
- Supplier Management
- Technical Documentation
- Test Metrics and Reporting
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- System Testing
- Test Engineering
- Azure DevOps
- Requirements Management
- Test Management
- Defect Tracking
- COTS Solutions
- Integrated Systems
- User Acceptance Testing
- Operational Acceptance Testing
- Validation and Verification
- Test Strategies
- Test Plans
- Test Cases
- Requirements Traceability
- Performance Requirements
- Test Coverage
- Test Metrics
- Supplier Management
- Quality Standards
- TMMI
- Mission-Critical Systems
- Real-Time Environments
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Information Technology