Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Senior
- Pay Rate: Flexible- Hybrid
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
- Contract Length: 5 Months
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Responsibilities:
A senior QA Specialist who will be responsible for ongoing testing of the Ontario Agricultural Soil Information System (OASIS). The OASIS solution comprises the OASIS core web application (built using Azure Cloud Java technology) and OASIS field data application (built using ESRI GIS technology).
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation % Weightage
- Mandatory Technical Skills and Experience – 50%
- Desirable Technical Skills and Experience – 30%
- Soft Skills and Experience – 15%
- Public Sector Experience – 5%
TOTAL – 100%
Mandatory Technical Skills and Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience performing quality assurance and testing activities within Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall SDLC environments.
- Experience testing cloud-based applications developed using Java technologies, JSON, RESTful Web Services, and HTML5
- Proven experience developing and executing test strategies, test plans, test cases and test scripts, test execution and reporting artifacts.
- Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and managing software defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to validate business and technical requirements, support debugging activities, and contribute to overall software quality and usability.
- Experience conducting accessibility testing in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), including the use of accessibility testing tools.
- Working knowledge of quality assurance and testing tools, including Azure DevOps and Postman
- Demonstrated understanding of privacy, security, and confidentiality requirements and compliance with Ontario Public Service (OPS) and Information & Information Technology Strategy (I&ITS) policies, standards, directives, and governance requirements.
Desirable Technical Skills and Experience:
- Experience using approved AI-assisted quality assurance and testing tools to improve testing effectiveness, productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes.
- Experience testing applications or information systems supporting agricultural operations, environmental programs, or soil management solutions.
- Experience testing Esri ArcGIS and Survey123 applications and related geospatial technologies.
- Experience validating integrations involving RESTful APIs, geospatial services, and mapping applications.
- Demonstrated experience delivering quality assurance services within Agile environments, including adapting testing approaches to align with organizational processes, governance requirements, and delivery objectives.
Soft Skills and Experience:
- Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to assess complex issues and recommend effective solutions.
- Communication and Facilitation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong facilitation and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Teamwork and Stakeholder Engagement
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience liaising with business stakeholders, developers, architects, analysts, and project teams to support successful solution delivery.
- Business and Technical Acumen
- Ability to understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong attention to detail to ensure requirements are fully captured, validated, and implemented.
- Organizational and Time Management
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver work within established timelines and project milestones.
Must Have:
- 5+ years of QA testing using Agile, hybrid and Waterfall SDLC methodologies.
- Provide comprehensive and detailed hands-on testing covering cloud-based Java technologies, including JSON, RESTful Web Services, HTML5.
- Develop plans, execute testing and produce testing artifacts, assuring software quality.
- Documenting errors and defect tracking management
- Creation and implementation of test strategy, plans for testing software, debugging code, and enhancing the usability of programs.
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