Systems Testing/QA Specialist
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ref: RQ11255 Contract – 9 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (Enterprise Financial Services Division)
Posted Date: 2026-10-26
Location: Onsite – Toronto (Enterprise Financial Services Division)
Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector
Contract End Date: 2027-03-31 *
Rate: $71/hour
Overview
The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to join the Enterprise Financial Services Division on a full-time onsite engagement. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and executing comprehensive quality assurance activities across large-scale systems, including a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) application environment. This role works closely with developers, business analysts, and project managers to ensure software quality throughout all phases of the development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
This is a fully onsite role. The resource is expected to work 7.25 hours per calendar day, Monday to Friday, between the standard hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (excluding lunch), at the identified OPS office location in Ontario. No security clearance is required. The team follows Agile practices including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
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Ref: RQ11255 Contract – 9 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (Enterprise Financial Services Division)
Posted Date: 2026-10-26
Location: Onsite – Toronto (Enterprise Financial Services Division)
Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector
Contract End Date: 2027-03-31 *
Rate: $71/hour
Overview
The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to join the Enterprise Financial Services Division on a full-time onsite engagement. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and executing comprehensive quality assurance activities across large-scale systems, including a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) application environment. This role works closely with developers, business analysts, and project managers to ensure software quality throughout all phases of the development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice on testing strategy, test plans, testing tool selection, and resource identification for large-scale systems
- Plan, organize, and execute testing efforts across GUI and non-GUI environments, including systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Develop and maintain test plans, test scripts, and test cases; execute them against various system components in collaboration with testing leads and IT leads
- Execute functional, integration, system, and regression tests; validate system behaviour under various conditions
- Identify, document, and track software defects using tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps; work closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Micro Focus OpenText UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman; integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Conduct performance, stress, and load testing using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner; analyze performance bottlenecks and system scalability
- Validate data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across system components and databases; perform data migration and transformation testing as needed
- Develop and manage robust test data strategies, including generating realistic test data, ensuring data privacy, and managing test data environments
- Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and AODA accessibility standards
- Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics; provide input for user manuals and release notes
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
- 8+ years of experience working as a Software QA Tester
- 5+ years of experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications
- Experience planning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts across all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Hands-on experience with defect tracking tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, or Azure DevOps
- Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Micro Focus OpenText UFT, TestComplete, or Postman for API testing
- Experience executing functional, non-functional, integration, regression, performance, and load tests
- Experience developing performance test scripts using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner
- Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases, and test data for various testing phases
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies
- Understanding of scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Bash for automation or test data setup
- Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and perform backend/database testing
- Knowledge and understanding of AODA and related accessibility regulations and standards
- Experience testing Oracle Siebel CRM applications (strong asset)
- Experience working on Siebel Test Automation
- Experience testing Adobe AEM
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
- Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
- Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages and CASE tools
This is a fully onsite role. The resource is expected to work 7.25 hours per calendar day, Monday to Friday, between the standard hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (excluding lunch), at the identified OPS office location in Ontario. No security clearance is required. The team follows Agile practices including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
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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 and execute quality assurance across large-scale systems and COTS applications, including test planning, functional and non-functional testing, automation, performance testing, and data validation. Track defects, maintain test documentation and quality metrics, support accessibility and regulatory compliance, and collaborate with delivery teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
Requirements
Requires at least 8 years of software QA testing experience and 5 years testing COTS applications, with hands-on experience across SDLC testing phases, defect tracking, automation, performance testing, and database validation. Candidates should also understand Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methods, scripting, test strategy and documentation, and AODA accessibility requirements; public-sector experience is required.
Skills
- Software Quality Assurance
- COTS Application Testing
- Test Strategy And Planning
- Test Case Development
- Automated Testing
- Defect Tracking
- Functional And Integration Testing
- Regression Testing
- Performance And Load Testing
- Database Testing
- Test Data Management
- Selenium
- Micro Focus OpenText UFT
- JMeter
- Agile And Scrum
- AODA Accessibility
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Software Quality Assurance
- Systems Testing
- COTS
- SDLC
- Test Strategy
- Test Plans
- Test Cases
- Test Data
- ALM
- JIRA
- Bugzilla
- Azure DevOps
- Selenium
- Cypress
- Micro Focus OpenText UFT
- TestComplete
- Postman
- JMeter
- LoadRunner
- Python
- JavaScript
- Bash
- SQL Queries
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall
- AODA
- Oracle Siebel CRM
- Adobe AEM
- CI/CD