Quality Assurance Analyst
- Pay Rate: $47.97/hour, depending on experience
- Contract Length: 1 Year
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
Raise is currently hiring a Quality Assurance Analyst on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our client is responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the Alberta Interconnected Electric System.
Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.
Description
The Quality Assurance Analyst to play a key role in ensuring high-quality, reliable solutions across IT projects. Working closely with business analysts, developers, product owners, vendors, and stakeholders, this role supports the full testing lifecycle including defining test strategies, executing manual and automated tests, and ensuring full traceability and audit readiness. This position requires strong analytical skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to manage multiple testing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain QA deliverables including test plans, test cases, scripts, coverage and traceability matrices, execution reports, and regression suites.
- Align QA strategy and testing activities across project phases: requirements, design, development, integration, deployment, business acceptance, and release readiness.
- Perform manual and automated testing across functional, system, integration, and end-to-end workflows; support UAT and ensure timely defect identification, tracking, and resolution.
- Execute complex scenarios, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend improvements to enhance product quality and testing efficiency.
- Assess test coverage and risks; apply risk-based testing methods to proactively mitigate quality risks.
- Manage test artifacts and defect lifecycles using test management tools; generate detailed execution reports.
- Write and execute SQL queries to validate backend processes, data integrity, and system integration.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA standards, methodologies, and best practices.
- Develop and continuously update a regression test suite to preserve existing functionality, prevent unintended impacts from enhancements, and support consistent system performance.
- Ensure secure handling of sensitive data during vendor testing, validate integrations, confirm system backup reliability, and conduct complex calculation testing.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience across the full IT software delivery lifecycle within complex enterprise environments.
- 6+ years in IT Quality Assurance with strong manual testing expertise across functional, system, integration, performance, and UAT phases.
- 2+ years of automation experience using testing frameworks and tools to support functional regression and API automation.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with strong cross team collaboration.
- Hands-on experience with API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, RestAssured).
- Proficiency in Azure DevOps or similar platforms for requirements traceability, test case design, execution, defect management, and reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis.
- Experience with Oracle and SQL Server databases, including writing and executing SQL queries.
- Background in the energy and utilities sector with strong domain knowledge.
- Experience collaborating with vendors on Business Acceptance Testing for SaaS/COTS solutions
- Education and Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree, diploma, or certificate in Computer Science or a related technical field
- ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification
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