QA 8331-1811

HM Note : This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.

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 nonGraphical 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 nonfunctional 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 problemsolving and decisionmaking 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 objectoriented 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 Offthe Shelf Applications (COTS)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

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

They and nbsp;will and nbsp;also and nbsp;plan and nbsp;and and nbsp;organize and nbsp;testing and nbsp;efforts and nbsp;for and nbsp;large and nbsp;systems and nbsp;in and nbsp;Graphical and nbsp;User and nbsp;Interface and nbsp;(GUI) and nbsp;and and nbsp;nonGraphical and nbsp;User and nbsp;Interface and nbsp;(GUI) and nbsp;environments and nbsp;including and nbsp;the and nbsp;execution and nbsp;of and nbsp;systems and nbsp;integration and nbsp;tests and nbsp;specialized and nbsp;tests and nbsp;and and nbsp;user and nbsp;acceptance and nbsp;testing.

The consultant will develop and execute automation testing on multiple solutions. and nbsp;

Excellent knowledge and hands on experience of SQL queries for validating / creating / extracting test data

They and nbsp;will and nbsp;work and nbsp;with and nbsp;the and nbsp;testing and nbsp;lead and nbsp;and and nbsp;IT and nbsp;lead and nbsp;of and nbsp;each and nbsp;project and nbsp;as and nbsp;well and nbsp;as and nbsp;the and nbsp;project and nbsp;team and nbsp;members and nbsp;in and nbsp;the and nbsp;analysis and nbsp;design and nbsp;development and nbsp;implementation and nbsp;and and nbsp;ongoing and nbsp;support and nbsp;of and nbsp;the and nbsp;required and nbsp;systems.

Responsibilities / Assignment Deliverables

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

Expert and nbsp;skills and nbsp;using and nbsp;HP / ALM

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

Excellent and nbsp;analytical and nbsp;and and nbsp;problem and nbsp;solving and nbsp;skills

Excellent and nbsp;communication and nbsp;skills and nbsp;in and nbsp;both and nbsp;oral and nbsp;and and nbsp;written

Experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;preparing and nbsp;technical and nbsp;presentations

Experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;ORACLE and nbsp;DB and nbsp;J2EE and nbsp;HTML and nbsp;XML

Consultant and nbsp;may and nbsp;be and nbsp;asked and nbsp;to and nbsp;work and nbsp;on and nbsp;additional and nbsp;projects / assignments

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Experience and nbsp; and amp; and nbsp;Skill and nbsp;Set 30%

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

Hands and nbsp;on and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;various and nbsp;defect and nbsp;tracking and nbsp;tools and nbsp;such and nbsp;as and nbsp;Azure DevOps

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

5 years developing automation test scripts with multiple Tools

Extensive experience performing regression testing manually and automation scripts

Experience performing Load Test

510 and nbsp;years and nbsp;of and nbsp;handson and nbsp;experience and nbsp;Performing automation testing and developing test scripts

Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;Screen and nbsp;Readers and nbsp;Syntax and nbsp;Checking and nbsp;tools and nbsp;ColourContract and nbsp;tools and nbsp;browser and nbsp;tools / toolbars.

Extensive and nbsp;experience and nbsp;performing functional and regression testing through manual testing and automation.

Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;HTML and nbsp;5 and nbsp;WAIARIA and nbsp;tags and nbsp;UX and nbsp;and and nbsp;frontend and nbsp;development

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

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

Experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;User and nbsp;Experience and nbsp;Interface and nbsp;design and nbsp;and and nbsp;architecture.

QA and nbsp;experience : and nbsp;35%

510 and nbsp;years and nbsp;of and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;DevOps / Agile / Scrum and nbsp;Methodology and nbsp;working and nbsp;with and nbsp;Web and nbsp;and and nbsp;Mobile and nbsp;technologies and nbsp;as and nbsp;well and nbsp;as and nbsp;different and nbsp;OS / Platforms

510 and nbsp;years and nbsp;of and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;different and nbsp;automation and nbsp;and and nbsp;manual and nbsp;testing and nbsp;types : and nbsp;black and nbsp;box and nbsp;testing and nbsp;penetration and nbsp;testing and nbsp;security and nbsp;testing and nbsp;system and nbsp;testing and nbsp;unit and nbsp;testing and nbsp;AODA and nbsp;and and nbsp;UAT and nbsp;testing

Solid and nbsp;experience and nbsp;creating and nbsp;Test and nbsp;Strategy / Test and nbsp;Plan and nbsp;document

510 and nbsp;years and nbsp;of and nbsp;handson and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;BRD : and nbsp;analyzing and nbsp;business and nbsp;requirements and nbsp;and and nbsp;creating and nbsp;test and nbsp;data and nbsp;requirements

Extensive and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;preparing and nbsp;detailed and nbsp;test and nbsp;cases and nbsp;to and nbsp;test and nbsp;functionality

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

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

Hands and nbsp;on and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;various and nbsp;defect and nbsp;tracking and nbsp;tools and nbsp;such and nbsp;as and nbsp; Azure DevOps

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

Experienced and nbsp;in and nbsp;Test and nbsp;Automation and nbsp;preparing and nbsp;scripts / updating and nbsp;existing and nbsp;scripts and nbsp;run and nbsp;the and nbsp;scripts and and nbsp;capture and nbsp;results

510 and nbsp;years and nbsp;of and nbsp;handson and nbsp;experience and nbsp;with and nbsp;system and nbsp;testing and nbsp;system and nbsp;integration and nbsp;testing

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

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

Automation Testing / Technical and nbsp;experience : and nbsp;35%

Experience developing automation testing scripts

Performing functional and regression testing with multiple automation tools

Experience generating test data through DB queries / DB model analysis

Must Haves :

• Experienced in Test Automation preparing scripts / updating existing scripts run the scrips and capture results
• Extensive experience performing functional and regression testing through manual testing and automation.
• Solid experience creating Test Strategy / Test Plan document
• Excellent knowledge and hands on experience of SQL queries for validating / creating / extracting test data