Role overview

Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 5 months

Extension: 1 Time

Must Haves

2+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments.
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.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities

Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.
Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.
Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
Provide input for user manuals and release notes.

General Skills

Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
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.
Experience conducting basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists for deeper penetration testing.

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.
Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience - 40 %

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%