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Location

North York, ON | Canada

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Job description

This is a contract position for a Sr. Systems Testing / QA Specialist for our public sector client.
Work location: Downtown Toronto
Duration: Twelve Months
7.25 hours/day
This is a Hybrid role that requires the candidate to be onsite 3 days of the week (This is a mandatory requirement of the role and is non-negotiable outside of exceptional circumstances.)

Advantages
Good compensation working on projects that will make a difference to the people of Ontario.

Responsibilities
- Develop test strategies, test plans for both manual end to end QA testing, and automation testing
- Design, write and modify automated test plans/ test scripts that automatically test functionality & business workflow
- Utilizes test automation frameworks/tools that supports PHP and JavaScript, Python
- Executes and manages test automation; provides assessment of test program results
- Collaborate with DevOps engineer to integrate automation testing scripts to DevOps CD/CI pipeline

- Perform quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as but not limited to system testing, Web-based UI testing, integration testing for both systems and applications, functional and non functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, post-release / post-implementation testing, load testing, smoke, performance testing and accessibility & AODA testing
- Create testing artifacts(e.g. test plan, test cases, test data, test results, defects with detail info and screenshots, test reports/matrix) and managing testing life cycles in Azure DevOps
- Create/prepare test data to cover all scenarios for a given test case with wide range of existing data based on business scenarios
- Perform data analysis and data validation for end-to-end ETL processing testing; including but not limited to data completeness, data accuracy, data integrity for all possible sample records, data redundancy, data format, functional scenarios, and integration workflows
- Perform a complete data comparison between source and target by writing program/sql or using tools
- Communicate test results regularly through automated reports that summarize test completion and defects found
- Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups, team meetings as required
- Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
- Actively 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
- Investigates problems/defects, works with developers and BA to find root causes and resolution solutions
- Other tasks as required by client to contribute the success delivery of the project
- Provide daily report confirming status of assigned tasks
- Complete work and achieve milestones within the assigned deadlines
- Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, standards, operational policy, security procedures and practices, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Guidelines

General Skills:
- Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the senior level
- Knowledge of structured and Agile 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 on hands on functional tests, non-functional tests and systems/applications level integration tests
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
- Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured, Agile 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

Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language, preferably JavaScript
- 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
- Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools/framework ( Javascript or Python based framework (e.g., Cypress, Selenium….) to coding and extracting automation testing and integrate it with DevOps CD/CI pipeline
- Experience testing application that developed by Open software, preferably Drupal
- Experience in DevOPs methodology is an asset
- Experience on data analysis and data verification for testing ETL, BI products, web-based applications
- Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes
- Experience installing applications and databases relevant to automation
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders to understand how automation can improve workflow and creating documentation
- Experience gathering and documenting requirements from end-users to develop the best automation solutions

Qualifications
- 8+ years web-based system testing and QA experience for following type of testing but not limited to:
- Integration testing for both system and applications
- Unit testing
- Regression testing
- Functional testing
- Accessibility testing
- Non-functional testing
- Web-based applications
- Smoke testing
- Performance and stress testing
- 3+ years experience using test automation tools/frameworks (Javascript or Python based framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress,.) to coding and extracting automation testing and integrate it with DevOps CD/CI pipeline

Summary
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more

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