RQ10017 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

About the Role:

The Ministry of Education is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented DevOps Test Planner to join the Alternative Education Resources for Ontario (AERO) system modernization team. This role is central to ensuring the quality, reliability, and accessibility of digital services supporting students, educators, and administrators across Ontario.

As part of a cross-functional team—including a Senior Developer and Systems Analyst—you will lead test planning and execution within a DevOps environment, support developer unit testing, and create structured use cases that guide both functional and non-functional testing. You’ll help modernize a complex legacy system while ensuring compliance with OPS standards and accessibility requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Planning & Strategy:

• Develop and maintain test strategies aligned with DevOps workflows and Agile sprint cycles.
  
• Define and manage test coverage across unit, integration, system, regression, and acceptance testing.
  
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, and QA engineers to embed testing throughout the development lifecycle.
  

Developer Support – Unit Testing:

• Work closely with the Senior Developer to design and implement robust unit tests.
  
• Promote test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices.
  
• Integrate unit tests into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
  

Use Case Development:

• Collaborate with the Systems Analyst and business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.
  
• Write structured use cases that describe user interactions, system behavior, and edge conditions.
  
• Ensure use cases support performance, accessibility (AODA), and security testing.
  
• Maintain traceability between use cases, test cases, and business requirements.
  

Automation & Tooling:

• Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and pipelines.
  
• Use tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Postman, JMeter, and LoadRunner.
  
• Monitor test execution and optimize test environments and data sets.
  

Quality Assurance & Compliance:

• Ensure all testing activities comply with OPS QA standards and AODA accessibility requirements.
  
• Conduct performance, load, and security testing.
  
• Document and report defects; participate in defect triage and resolution.
  

Collaboration & Leadership:

• Lead UAT planning and coordination with business users.
  
• Mentor junior QA engineers and testers.
  
• Support cross-branch working groups and digital transformation initiatives.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Ability to establish and manage a QA framework, including processes, standards, and tools.
  
• Experience with system analysis or system documentation is an asset.
  
• Ability to support integration testing and troubleshoot integration issues is ideal.
  
• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
  
• Unit testing frameworks: MSTest, NUnit, JUnit
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in QA, DevOps testing, or software development roles.
  
• Experience supporting developer unit testing and writing use cases.
  
• Familiarity with legacy systems and modernization projects.
  
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  

Technical Skills:

• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  
• Unit testing frameworks: MSTest, NUnit, JUnit, PyTest
  
• Automation tools: Selenium, Cypress, Postman
  
• Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell
  
• Use case modeling: UML, BPMN, or structured templates
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is an asset
  

Relevant Experience:

• Relevant work history aligns with job requirements and industry context.
  

Technical/Job-Specific Skills:

• Required tools , systems, certifications, and technical capabilities are demonstrated.
  

Education and Training:

• Meets/Exceeds required education; relevant coursework; ongoing development
  

Resume Quality and Professionalism:

• Clear layout; minimal errors; professional tone; logical structure
  

Achievement and Impact:

• Quantified accomplishments and outcomes (metrics, improvements, efficiencies)
  

Soft Skills Indicators:

• Communication, teamwork, initiative, problem solving evidenced in descriptions
  

Cost:

• % of lowest bid