Testing Automation Specialist

Location Address 100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor, Toronto

Number of Openings 1

Pay $83,275.00 - $149,941.00

Testing Automation Specialist This position is onsite.

About The Role Are you experienced in leading the planning, design, execution and reporting of software automation testing activities and deliverables? Reporting to the Manager, TCOE, you will create and socialize an automation roadmap and be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining an automation test framework. You will recommend and implement an automation testing tool solution.

Governance

Provide regular reporting on the status of automation test planning, testing metrics, defects and execution activities.

Proactively address any roadblocks or issues impacting the automation testing activities.

Ensure automation specialists are developing automation scripts against the automation framework.

Communicate testing impact of scope changes and lead the updates to the testing plans and activities accordingly (timeline, costs, risks).

Lead project gate reviews to ensure they adhere to gating criteria.

Ensure that standard testing templates and processes are being used appropriately across all testing activities and resources.

Perform audits of project documents across all projects (Deliverables, Work products) to ensure completeness, quality and adherence to the established PMO and TCoE standards by the project teams.

Oversee the use of third‑party vendor automation testing resources.

Help design and document new enhancements, facilitate requirements traceability and coordinate all automation testing activities.

Collaborate with vendors and IT partners to provide application support and governance including implementing and testing patches, supporting testing, training and managing vendor SLAs.

Prepare dashboards and reports to ensure that testing processes across the organization are being effectively applied.

Test Planning and Execution

Participate in all SDLC lifecycle phases, contributing to the planning and test estimation process, code deployment and management.

Assess testing risks and issues that could impact testing such as test environments, etc.

Lead the planning and execution of the test strategy, test cases, test data, test environments, cost estimates, defect logs, test closure reports and associated documentation.

Ensure the automation test process, methodologies and test phase entry/exit criteria are agreed to by stakeholders and applied by the test team.

Support the team in creating reusable automation test scripts.

Lead automation team and support testers across the organization in using test tools, defect tracking tools and other test support tools.

Ensure testing does not impact the production environment and is in accordance with established policies and guidelines.

Communicate and negotiate testing timelines, staffing, scope and critical milestones with project managers and the TCoE manager from a timeline and a risk perspective.

Manage the defect process ensuring defects are documented, resolved and reported.

Coordinate the review and resolution of issues amongst all project stakeholders and provide regular status reporting.

Review defects for quality, completeness and adherence and prioritize accordingly, looking for trends and opportunities to proactively prevent issues.

Participate in the selection and assessment of system test tools, the propagation & support of tool usage and the definition and control of procedures for test tools.

Configure, set up and maintain Testing COE tools. Monitor, troubleshoot, triage and resolve associated issues.

Continuous Improvement

Implement and maintain an IT Automation Testing framework.

Establish, lead and implement sustainable and efficient automation testing practices.

Drive improvement of automation testing processes, defect process, strategies, plans and frameworks across the organization.

Identify opportunities to enhance the ways in which automation and manual testing tools are used.

Incorporate best practices and look for opportunities to improve testing processes, testing templates and use of testing tools across the organization.

Provide guidance to project automation testing resources on policies, procedures and testing activities associated with the TCoE processes.

People Management

Manage automation test scripters through all automation testing activities for assigned projects and provide guidance in support of other projects.

Work with internal partners to gather requirements, assist in the design and documentation of new enhancements, facilitate requirements traceability and coordinate all testing activities.

Mentor and coach automation testing resources across the organization and ensure effective management of vendor resources, both onshore and offshore.

About You

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related experience.

5+ years experience leading an automation test team working on large projects in agile and waterfall environments.

Experience developing an automation roadmap and framework.

Experience defining automation standards and best practices.

Ability to script and increase usage of automation to reduce testing lead times.

Experience in Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Design and Agile delivery.

Direct experience with mobile and UI test automation tools: UFT/Selenium/Appium.

Experience building continuous integration and deployment solutions (Jenkins, GitHub, etc.).

Prepare test data, execute test cases and provide daily execution reports to project team.

Strong knowledge of HTTP/HTML, web services, REST API, thick client application testing, etc.

Strong experience in JAVA and JVM architecture.

Hands‑on with Linux/Unix OS.

Technical experience in using defect tracking tools (HP ALM).

Strong scripting experience using JAVA framework.

Benefits

Health/Dental Benefits

Access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program

A Defined Benefit Pension

Discounts on products and services via Workperks.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility The LCBO is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

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