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:

Must Have:

• Experience in testing large volume online data collection applications used by 5000+ internal and external end users on multiple areas
  
• Test Automation tools scripting experience – eg Quick Test pro v10.0/UFT, HP Quality Center(HPQC), Azure DevOps
  
• Data warehouse, data marts, ETL processes and BI solutions testing experience (e.g., Cognos, Microsoft Power BI, Informatica)
  
• Experience using SQL scripting for testing environments built on 3/N-tier web applications using Oracle and/ or SQL Server DBs;
  
• Demonstrated AODA testing experience with full WCAG AA compliance in-web applications, screen readers experience (eg Jaws, NVDA) 
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Core Skills:

• Experience supporting a framework that enables the quick development and deployment of customized online data collection applications used by 5000+ end users within the broader public sector to report on policy, program, achievement, and financial data.
  
• Experience in testing accessible web applications compliance level WCAG level AA, preferable and reporting defects, preferable experience using screen reader (Jaws) for testing and Compliance Sherriff tool.
  
• Experience in testing environments built on 3/N-tier web applications using Oracle and/ or SQL Server DBs.
  
• Experience developing all test material - test cases, test scripts, test data, defects, status reports, etc.
  
• Demonstrated experience with Test Automation tool in particular Unified Functional Testing (UFT), HP quality Center.
  
• Demonstrated experience with both manual and automated testing.
  
• Experience with regression testing.
  
• Experience with System Integration and User Acceptance Testing cycles.
  
• Experience with the use of various testing tools, for example Azure DevOps, HP Quality Center (HPQC) and Bugzilla.
  
• Experience planning test cycles and strategies and related documentation.
  
• Experience using SQL for testing; Demonstrated experience executing testing as part of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including experience testing through all of the Software Testing Life Cycle phases.
  
• Demonstrated experience working in an agile and waterfall environment.
  
• Demonstrated experience working as part of a team.
  
• Demonstrated experience problem solving and decision making.
  

Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Testing Experience:

• Demonstrated an in-depth understanding of data warehousing concepts, architecture, and best practices.
  
• Experience in testing BI solutions like Cognos and Power BI
  
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with developing and optimizing ETL processes.
  
• Experience with tools such as Informatica or SSIS.
  

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with desktop tools (Visio, MS Office, MS Project, MS Outlook).
  
• Strong technical skills in SQL, Databases, XML.
  
• Demonstrated experience profiling and testing data stored within Databases, XML, CSV, JSON, and Excel files.
  
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and testing data warehouses, data marts, and data extracts.
  
• Demonstrated experience developing and testing presentation layer and business intelligence reports.
  
• Knowledge and experience with .NET framework (4.0+), ASP.NET testing, MVC, Entity framework, business entities, WCF, WFF, MS Dynamics, and LINQ, preferable experience in implementing projects tracking solutions with Workflow engine + accessibility.
  
• ASP.NET testing with C#, Web forms, jscript for multi-browser support CSS with full WCAB AA compliance in web applications, preferable experience using screen reader (JAWS) for testing and High Compliance Sherriff tool.
  

 Communication Skills:

• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  
• Experience in dealing with multiple teams representing various areas in delivering the project
  
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with client organizations.
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting strict deadlines.
  

 Public Sector Experience:

•  Experience working within the Public Sector, particularly within the education ministries, would be an asset.