Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Senior
Pay Rate: (flexible)
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Contract Length: 3 Months, Onsite
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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).
- Responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts, and test cases and executing these against the various components.
- Works 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.
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.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language.
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages.
- Knowledge and understanding of GIS Infrastructure and solution 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).
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Technical Experience – 60
- Experience with GIS (Esri) based projects and applications e.g, ArcMap, ArcPro SDK, File Geodatabases, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS Online
- Experience with IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projects
- Experience with VBA, .Net, C++, C#, SDKs
Communication Experience – 35
- Experience communicating technical concepts to lay audiences
- Experience negotiating / resolving project direction to achieve consensus
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders, Business Analysts and project management
IT Public Sector Experience – 5
- Experience with Public Sector multi-disciplinary teams, GO-ITS standards, and gating processes
Must have:
- Experience with GIS (Esri) based projects and applications e.g, ArcMap, ArcPro SDK, File Geodatabases, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS Online
- Experience with IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projects
- Experience with VBA, .Net, C++, C#, SDKs
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