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Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist

  • Toronto, ON, Canada

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Ref: RQ11743 Contract – 11 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)

Posted Date: 2026-10-22

Location: Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)

Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector

Contract End Date: 2027-09-28 *

Rate: $77/hour

Overview

The Government Services Integration Cluster (Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to lead quality assurance and testing activities for a complex enterprise platform. Working closely with product teams, developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and ministry partners, the successful candidate will drive end-to-end testing across a broad spectrum of test types to ensure reliable, high-quality platform releases.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data sets, and completion reports.
  • Execute manual and automated testing across enterprise platform capabilities and integrations.
  • Develop and maintain UI, API, service, and database test automation frameworks and scripts.
  • Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
  • Coordinate test environments, accounts, tools, test data, and supporting resources to ensure test readiness.
  • Establish and maintain requirements traceability matrices and test-coverage reporting dashboards.
  • Lead defect triage sessions and monitor defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
  • Validate accessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integration requirements against approved quality criteria.
  • Report quality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and residual release risks to stakeholders.
  • Provide evidence-based release-readiness assessments and recommendations on production readiness.
  • Help establish repeatable testing practices and automation that improve coverage, reliability, and delivery confidence.

Must-Have Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
  • Proven experience conducting functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing.
  • Hands-on experience automating UI, API, service, or database tests using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks.
  • Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices architectures, and system integrations across multiple platforms.
  • Ability to coordinate business and technical teams effectively during testing cycles and defect resolution activities.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Prior experience working within the Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environment.

Work Environment

This is a fully onsite role based at 222 Jarvis St., 5th Floor, Toronto, with 5 days per week in the office required. No security clearance is required for this engagement. The role operates within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment involving product owners, analysts, architects, developers, and DevOps engineers.

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  • Final role details, responsibilities, and terms will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience. Errors and omissions excepted.
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Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end quality assurance and testing for a complex enterprise platform, including planning and executing manual and automated tests across platform capabilities and integrations. Coordinate test readiness and defect resolution, report quality and release risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations on production readiness.

Requirements

Requires demonstrated experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions, including functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing. Candidates must have hands-on test automation experience, experience with cloud applications, microservices, and cross-platform integrations, and the ability to coordinate business and technical teams.

Skills

  • Test Strategy And Planning
  • End-To-End Testing
  • Manual Testing
  • Test Automation
  • UI Testing
  • API Testing
  • Service Testing
  • Database Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Accessibility Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Defect Management

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Categories

  • Technology
  • Software
  • Government & Public Sector

Keywords

  • Quality Assurance
  • Systems Testing
  • Enterprise Platform
  • Test Strategy
  • Test Plans
  • Test Scenarios
  • Test Scripts
  • Test Data
  • Test Automation Frameworks
  • UI Testing
  • API Testing
  • Service Testing
  • Database Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • System Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Accessibility Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Cloud-Based Applications
  • Microservices
  • Requirements Traceability
  • Test Coverage Reporting
  • Defect Triage
  • Release Readiness
  • DevOps
  • Ontario Public Service
  • Public Sector

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