Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Systems Testing/QA Specialist Toronto, ON 12 Months SCOPE: • Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project.

The resource will be responsible for the following activities: • Assist in the development of test strategy, preparation of test cases / scenarios, test scripts, regression test cases/scenarios required to verify solution and system.

• Execute all test activities including AODA, data testing, stress/load testing, test scripts to verify solution.

• Reconcile record and track system or functional defects, break/fixes identified during unit and user acceptance testing.

• Communication with project manager, test lead and developers to ensure application quality and alignment with project timelines DELIVERABLES: • Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.

• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.

• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management.

• Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test scripts, test data and data validation.

• Execution of manual test cases and report test results.

• Document software defects and track resolution.

• Ability to create test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application • Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions.

• Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information.

• Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project team • Working closely with QA team lead and developers holding triage sessions and ensuring appropriate prioritization of defects • Working closely with the client lead, prioritize, schedule and remediate defects.

• Prepare test data sets that mimic real-world scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios.

• Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data • Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.

• Hold and facilitate test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: • 5+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants NICE-TO-HAVE REQUIREMENTS: • Bilingual in both French and English SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: • 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, data 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 CRITERIA: Criteria 1 - Technical Skills • Hands on experiences with technologies such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS, Cloud applications • Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests, data testing, and systems level integration tests • Knowledge and experience of automation tools and the use of version control systems on one or more platforms • Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL) • Demonstrate knowledge of regression and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle Criteria 2 - Quality Assurance Skills • Demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.

• Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.

• Experience with User Acceptance Testing and UAT sessions Criteria 3 - Business Skills • Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; strong verbal and written communication skills • Provide periodic status reports, present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders.

Criteria 4 - Public Sector Experience • Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations