Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Assignment: RQ09532 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Requisition (SS): RQ09532

Start Date: 2025-09-02

Client: Land & Resources Cluster

End Date: 2026-03-31

Office Location: 40 St Clair Ave W, Toronto

Organization: Land & Resources Cluster

Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

# Business Days: 150.00

Hybrid - Candidate MUST work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote. Starting October 20, resources are expected to come into the office 4 days per week. Starting January 5, resources are expected to come into the office 5 days per week. This is subject to change based on manager discretion.

Must haves

• 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)

Description

• To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.
• This resource will be shared between two projects:
• EPI Enhancements FY25-27 at 57% allocation.
• MECP-Legacy Apps Planned Operational Maint FY25-26 at 43% allocation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with product managers, product owners, and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
• Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support developing manual test scripts, test cases and/or test scenarios
• Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase
• Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and accessibility testing
• Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments
• Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
• Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security)
• Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment
• Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases
• Record all defects/issues in the Cluster's defect reporting tool (Microsoft Azure DevOps), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to re-produce
• Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
• Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing

Experience and Skill Set 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

QA/Testing Skills (25)

• Working on large complex application development projects (Web-based applications preferred)
• Working in an Agile distributed development environment with project team working over virtual collaboration tools (e.g. TEAMS or equivalent)
• Working in an enterprise CLOUD platform (e.g. Azure or equivalent)
• Proven experience in the use of a SQL/PLSQL tool to review and extract data from database
• Proven experience in developing end-to-end data migration ETL test plan, functional scenarios, integration workflows, Web-based UI testing, functional, regression, smoke, performance, load and stress testing plans
• Proven experience in developing AODA test plan
• Proven experience in the using test automation tools within the DevOps field, developing strategies and managing the testing life cycle
• Experience with Azure DevOps tool (or equivalent) for developing complete testing scripts and approval processes

Business Analysis Experience (20)

• Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis in a cloud environment
• Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering and development of user stories
• Experience creating requirements artefacts in an Agile project environment using DevOps
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data analysis, report writing
• Demonstrated experience in creating required business analysis artifacts pertaining to business modernization initiatives, new workflows, particularly business analysis requirements & deliverables to perform gap analysis that will enable the modernizing a new solution to achieve business efficiencies
• Demonstrated experience in Agile methodology

Technical Experience (15)

• Proven record in developing complex test cases, hands-on test execution, defect management
• Strong experience with SQL/PLSQL tool and data extraction and analysis
• Hands on skills with AODA testing tools (e.g. JAWS, NVDA)
• Familiar with Vulnerability Testing tools and Performance Load Testing tools
• Hands on skills with Azure DevOps tool (or equivalent) for creating and executing testing scripts
• Hands on experience with coding / modification and execution of automated test scripts using Katalon Studio or equivalent
• Hands-on skills with Java-based UI testing and Backend testing

Defect Management Skills (20)

• Demonstrated experience in defect management process, using defect management tools, and reporting defect status (e.g. DevOps)
• Demonstrated experience in identifying, tracing, isolating and replicating problems and successfully conducting root cause analysis
• Experienced with using defect management tools such as DevOps or equivalent
• Document, track and escalate issues as appropriate, using DevOps or equivalent tools/means
• Experience with Agile Scrum methodology
• Demonstrated Experience with Agile Sprint Management and defect tracking and testing life cycle management using Azure DevOps or equivalent
• Experience troubleshooting and investigating: Identify problems, Prioritize problems, isolate them and problem root cause analysis, and trouble shooting

Communication and Interpersonal Skills (20)

• Demonstrated good personal, analytical and communication skills
• Excellent English language verbal and written communication skills
• Articulate, detail oriented, hard-working, team player being able to work under pressure
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Good research skills and quick learner