User testing Jobs in Waterloo, ON

HM Note : This hybrid role is three (3) days in office

Responsibilities : and nbsp;

Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing and nbsp;

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) and nbsp;

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. and nbsp;

The tester will work 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 and nbsp;

General Skills : and nbsp;

Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level and nbsp;

Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications and nbsp;

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 and nbsp;

Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms and nbsp;

Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests and nbsp;

Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities and nbsp;

Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies and nbsp;

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 and nbsp;

Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc. and nbsp;

Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle and nbsp;

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills and nbsp;

A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and nbsp;

Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools and nbsp;

Desirable Skills : and nbsp;

Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language and nbsp;

Experience in the use of information retrieval packages and nbsp;

Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment and nbsp;

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices. and nbsp;

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards and nbsp;

Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems and nbsp;

Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases and nbsp;

Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

The Consultant is expected to provide advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.

They will also plan and organize 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 .

They will work 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.

Responsibilities / Assignment Deliverables

Hands On experience with AODA, including working with screen readers, colour-contrast checkers, syntax checkers, browser tools and experience with manual in-depth dives into applications to ensure these meet trhe WCAG 2.0 AA requirements;

knowledge of Accessibility compliance principles as presented in WCAG 2.0 is a must

Consultant must be able to make remediation recommendations in the areas of application design, code development, application architecture, user experience and user interface.

Expert skills using Azure Devops testing suite or related

Extensive practical experience in Quality Assurance preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and executing and monitoring unit, integration and UAT testing while working directly with clients

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Excellent communication skills in both oral and written

Experience in preparing technical presentations

Experience in Azure DB, J2EE, HTML, XML

Consultant may be asked to work on additional projects / assignments

Experience and amp; Skill Set

Solid experience with triaging defects, participating and leading triage meetings, and producing defect summary reports

Hands on experience with various defect tracking tools such as Azure devops

Experience creating test cases and test scenarios in azure devops

5-10 years of hands-on experience with system testing, system integration testing

Manual system testing and integration testing experience including creating test cases and test plans

Screen Readers - JAWS, VoiceOver, Hi Sheriff, NVDA

Extensive knowledge of the WCAG 2.0 standard Level AA

Experience with Accessibility and User Experience for Mobile Applications

Extensive experience with Screen Readers, Syntax Checking tools, Colour-Contract tools, browser tools / toolbars.

Extensive experience with manual scanning of pages using combined knowledge to identify hidden / complex accessibility failures

Technical assessment of Mobile applications for AODA

Experience with HTML 5, WAI-ARIA tags, UX and front-end development

Ability to provide coding, system and architecture recommendations to ensure application is Accessible

Experience with development tools (Java, Angular JS) and ability to provide coding recommendation for Accessibility remediation

Experience with User Experience Interface design and architecture.

QA experience : 35%

5-10 years of experience with DevOps / Agile / Scrum Methodology working with Web and Mobile technologies, as well as different OS / Platforms

5-10 years of experience with different automation and manual testing types : black box testing, penetration testing, security testing, system testing, unit testing, AODA and UAT testing

Solid experience creating Test Strategy / Test Plan document

5-10 years of hands-on experience with BRD : analyzing business requirements and creating test data requirements

Extensive experience with preparing detailed test cases to test functionality

Proven experience with identifying bugs in software; excellent ability to document and explain bugs / issues to Dev and business teams

Solid experience with triaging defects, participating and leading triage meetings, and producing defect summary reports

Hands on experience with various defect tracking tools such as Azure devops

Experience creating test cases and test scenarios in and nbsp;Azure devops

Experienced in Test Automation, preparing scripts / updating existing scripts, run the scrips and capture results

5-10 years of hands-on experience with system testing, system integration testing

Extensive experience in Quality Assurance preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and executing and monitoring unit, integration and UAT testing while working directly with clients

Manual system testing and integration testing experience including creating test cases and test plans

Accessibility / Technical experience : 35%

Screen Readers - JAWS, VoiceOver, Hi Sheriff, NVDA

Extensive knowledge of the WCAG 2.0 standard Level AA

Experience with Accessibility and User Experience for Mobile Applications

Extensive experience with Screen Readers, Syntax Checking tools, Colour-Contract tools, browser tools / toolbars.

Extensive experience with manual scanning of pages using combined knowledge to identify hidden / complex accessibility failures

Technical assessment of Mobile applications for AODA

Experience with HTML 5, WAI-ARIA tags, UX and front-end development

Ability to provide coding advice for remediating Accessibility issues

Price : 30%

Must Haves :

• Expert skills using Azure Devops testing suite or related
• 5-10 years of experience with DevOps / Agile / Scrum Methodology working with Web and Mobile technologies, as well as different OS / Platforms
• 5-10 years of experience with different automation and manual testing types : black box testing, penetration testing, security testing, system testing, unit testing, AODA and UAT testing