RQ11621 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior
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Summary
Senior systems testing/QA specialist doing hands-on manual and automated testing of large enterprise systems, likely for an Ontario Public Service client. Day to day: authoring test strategies, cases and reports, running API and performance tests (Selenium, Postman, JMeter), and ensuring AODA compliance within Agile/Waterfall cycles.
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.
- Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance
- Experience in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
- Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
- Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
Nice to have:
Previous OPS/Public Sector exp.
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.