Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist in Toronto

About the job

Description

• Work with project team members at the requirements and design phase to develop test strategies, test plans and test cases.
• Provide expert advice and develop test strategies and plans for all recommended types of testing, ensuring coverage using a requirements traceability matrix.
• Develop and execute test scenarios, automated and manual test scripts and participate in test data preparation.
• Leverage DevOps tools to provide testing status reporting and issue summary reports.
• Write Quality Assurance and Quality Control Standard Operating Procedures.
• Work closely with the Product Owner, Project Manager, Business Analysts, and Systems Analysts to ensure QA deliverables match the project scope and timelines.
• Participate in defect review meetings and provide analysis as requested.
• Functional and non-functional testing.
• AODA testing (WCAG 2.0 Compliance).
• Security testing.
• Data migration testing and other testing as required.
• Back up other members of the QA team as required to cover for absences.
• Brief Project Managers and IAM management team on test strategies, test plans and test results.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements

• Test Case Automation: Demonstrated experience in automating test cases for complex, large-scale web applications, mobile application and RESTful API implementation, ensuring high test coverages.
• CI/CD Integration: Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Performance & Load Testing: Experience in implementing automated performance and load testing using tools like JMeter, Python Locust, or similar, ensuring scalability and performance benchmarks are met.
• Test Data Management: Proficient in managing test data for automated tests, including data setup, data selection and data validation for diverse test scenarios.
• Quality Assurance Practices: Experience in defining and executing test strategies, including the creation of comprehensive test plans and test cases based on system requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Functional and Non-Functional Testing: In-depth understanding of functional testing, including smoke, sanity, regression, and integration testing, as well as non-functional testing like security, usability, and load testing.
• Bug Tracking and Reporting: Proficient in using bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira or Similar) to report, track, and manage defects through their lifecycle, ensuring clear communication with developers and product teams.
• Test Coverage Analysis: Expertise in analyzing and ensuring adequate test coverage, identifying gaps, and enhancing test cases to improve overall test effectiveness.
• Manual Testing Expertise: While automation is key, must also have strong experience with manual testing, especially for exploratory testing, edge cases, and high-risk areas not covered by automation.

Technical Expertise & Tooling

• Version Control Systems: Strong understanding and experience using version control tools like Git, SVN, or similar for source code management, including branching, merging, and resolving conflicts.
• API Testing & Automation: Experience in API testing and automation using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or similar for testing RESTful and SOAP APIs.
• Database & SQL Skills: Experience in writing and executing SQL queries to verify backend data and ensure that the automated tests are validating data integrity and correctness in databases.
• Cloud & Virtualization: Familiarity with cloud-based platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS Cloud) and virtualization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for setting up and managing test environments.
• Security Testing: Understanding of security testing practices, including basic knowledge of OWASP Top 10, secure coding practices, and automated security testing tools.
• Verifiable Credentials and Digital Wallet: Understanding of world wide web consortium (W3C) verifiable credentials (VC) model, decentralized identifiers (DIDs), JSON-LD, zero-knowledge proofs, Open ID Connect (OIDC), Oauth2, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signatures (JWS), etc., and Digital Identity standards and frameworks such as the PCTF, NIST and eIDAS etc.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, including developers, DevOps, business analysts, product managers, and other stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and collaboration throughout the testing process.
• Documentation & Reporting: Strong communication skills for documenting test plans, test cases, test results, and defects, as well as reporting on test progress, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders.
• Agile Methodologies: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, with a focus on delivering high-quality software in iterative cycles and adjusting testing strategies based on changing requirements.

Must Have:

• Demonstrated experience in automating test cases for complex, large-scale web applications, mobile application and RESTful API implementation, ensuring high test coverages.