Title System Testing/QA Specialist
Office location - Toronto, ON
Rate - $65-70/HR

Responsibilities:

• Provide advice on testing strategy, test plans, selection of testing tools, and resource identification.
• Plan and organize testing efforts for large systems in both GUI and non-GUI environments.
• Execute system integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
• Develop test plans, test scripts, and test cases and execute them against various components.
• Collaborate with testing leads, IT leads, and project team members in analysis, design, development, implementation, and ongoing system support.

General Skills:

• Experience in planning, organizing, and implementing testing efforts.
• Knowledge of structured methodologies for application development, design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Experience using Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools for test case development.
• Proficiency in automated test tools and version control systems across multiple platforms.
• Experience executing functional, non-functional, and system-level integration tests.
• Experience supporting and participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Familiarity with quality assurance principles, practices, tools, and structured methodologies.
• Experience in creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases, and test data for different testing phases.
• Experience in unit testing, integration testing, load testing, and performance testing.
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent organizational, creativity, perseverance, verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with one or more automated testing tools.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and experience with at least one programming language.
• Experience with information retrieval packages.
• Understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
• Knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) regulations and standards.
• Experience in planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems.
• Proficiency in coding automated test scripts for automated test case generation.
• Experience in testing Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications.
  

Must Have:

• 10+ years of experience with different manual testing types: Systems testing, Mobile, AODA and UAT testing (must have)
• 10+ years of hands-on experience with BRD: analyzing business requirements and creating test data requirements (must have)
• Previous experience with Driver, Vehicle and Digital Dealership Registration services in ServiceOntario web portal (must have)
• Experience with Canada Post Address module, Web Content Management and Government Payment Gateways (must have)
• Experience with statistics tools, e.g. Google Analytics and Crystal reports (must have)