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Senior Systems Testing (QA Specialist) for our client in
Toronto, ON Job Title: Senior Systems Testing (QA Specialist) Job Location: Toronto, ON Job Type: Contract Job Description: Deliverables:- Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
- Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
- Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management.
- Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test plans, test scripts, test data and data validation.
- Supervise the executing of manual test cases and report test results.
- Oversee the documentation of software defects and track resolution and communicate defect related issues to the project team.
- Development of test plans, test cases and test scripts to validate the functionality of various modules.
- Ability to create test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
- Plan, facilitate and support User Acceptance Testing and lead UAT sessions.
- Provide guidance to the business users during User Acceptance Testing.
- Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information.
- Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project manager and project team.
- Working closely with QA teams and developers holding triage sessions and ensuring appropriate prioritization of defects.
- Working closely with the client lead, prioritize, schedule and remediate defects.
- Prepare test data sets that mimic real-world scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios.
- Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data.
- Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.
- Hold and facilitate test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Skills and Knowledge:
- Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level.
- Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
- 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.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on 1+ platforms.
- Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests.
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
- Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies.
- 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.
- Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
- Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools.
Criteria 1 - Technical Skills (35 Points):
- Hands on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications.
- Knowledge and experience of automation tools and use of version control systems on one or more platforms.
- Demonstrate knowledge of regression, data and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
- Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests, data testing and systems level integration tests.
- Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL).
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
Criteria 2 - Quality Assurance Skills (35 Points):
- Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.
- Demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.
- Experience with User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions.
Criteria 3 - Business Skills (25 Points):
- Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Provide periodic status reports, present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders.
- Criteria 4 - Public Sector Experience (5 Points):
- Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.
Knowledge Transfer:
- All documentation relating to the technology designs and technology knowledge specific to the candidate s assignment All information gathered while working with vendors and internal solutions to be shared Any best practices, work around, lessons learned must be documented.
- Project Manager / Team members.
Details Of Transfer:
- meetings / team meetings / documentation on SharePoint site, throughout the duration of the project life cycle etc.