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).
- The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the
development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these
against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and
IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis,
design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required
systems.
- Executes functional, integration, system, and regression
tests.
- Validates that the system behaves as expected under various
conditions.
- Identifies, document, and track software defects using tools
like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
- Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve
issues.
- Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools
like Micro Focus, OpenText™ UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
- 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.
- 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.
General Skills
- Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing
efforts at the specified experience level
- Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development,
design, implementation and maintenance of applications
- Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided
Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the
development of test cases
- Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools
and version control systems on one or more platforms
- Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests
and systems level integration tests
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and
participating in UAT activities
- Experience with quality assurance principles, practices,
tools and structured methodologies
- Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test
plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing,
including technical and business functional validation
- Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit
testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems
Development Life Cycle
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making
skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written
communication skills; and interpersonal skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
- Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools
- Knowledge of system, integration, regression, and acceptance
testing.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to write clear, comprehensive test
cases and execute them effectively.
- Experience with tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail,
Zephyr, etc.
- Familiarity with tools like Selenium, Cypress, or Postman
for API testing.
- Understanding of scripting languages (e.g., Python,
JavaScript, Bash) for automation or test data setup.
- Demonstrated ability to write queries to validate data and
perform backend testing.
- Clear grasp of the software development and testing life
cycles.
- Experience conducting basic security testing and
collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.
- Experience developing and managing robust test data
strategies, including generating realistic and sufficient test data, ensuring
data privacy, and managing test data environments.
- Validates data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across
various system components and databases, performing data migration and
transformation testing as needed.
- Experience developing and executing performance test scripts
using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner, and analyzing performance bottlenecks
and system scalability.
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming
language
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
- Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an
object-oriented environment
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management
principles, concepts, policies and practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians
with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
- Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both
large and small systems
- Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of
automated test cases
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications
(COTS)
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Core Skills and Experience - 40 %
- 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.
- 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
- Strong ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be adaptive to change
Public sector Experience- 5%
- OPS quality assurance standard and practices.
Must Have:
- 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.
- 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.
- Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
Nice to have:
- Prior OPS or public sector exp.
