Overview
On Site
$CAD $80 / hr
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 month(s)
Skills
Systems Testing/QA Specialist
Job Details
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Provides advice on the testing stXXgy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (non-GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
- Responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts, and test cases and executing these against the various components. 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.
- 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 one or more 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, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- 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 of meeting deadlines.
- Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools.
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
- Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Candidateagement principles, concepts, policies, and practices
- Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
- Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
- Experience with Azure DevOps tools in testing activities.
- Good experience as a QA team lead, to coach and work with junior team members to support transition with automating test cases.
- Work with team, BAs, stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly understood, defined user stories
- Creating and executing test cases, focusing on both functional and non-functional requirements
- Knowledge of testing case management type solutions, front-end, web-based technologies, and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing, and maintenance (Nice to have).
- Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Candidateagement, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages
- Test planning involves activities of defining the objectives of testing and the approach for meeting test objectives..
- Experience testing Child Welfare applications.
- Test strategy create a test strategy based on project requirements and schedules
- Early testing to eliminate defects at an early stage reduces the bug fixing cost and time.
- Executing tests with appropriate techniques (manually or by using test execution tools) and documenting testing failures.
- Analyze the defects and identify the root cause.
- Troubleshoot defects such that it does not affect the product quality.
- Report defects to software developers by recording software defects in Azure tools
- Inform the test progress against a schedule of the quality management.
- Conduct different test procedures, report issues, and follow up on the status of the issues.
- Monitor and analyze the performance using tools for efficient and problem-free operations.
- Uncover vulnerabilities in the system and determine that its data and resources are protected from intruders.
- Provides a test summary report that reflects the software under the test's top-notch quality.
- Lead and support UAT to get sign-offs.
- Knowledge of project management and knowledge of task estimation, scheduling, and control.
- Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members.
- Development of specific activities as part of a review (handover to ministry staff) and building block approach, which builds on knowledge transfer and skills development from the previous stage to the next.
- Able to interact well with BA, stakeholders, project manager, development team, and clients as per need.
- Experience in working with Agile teams and project.
- Experience working in Azure DevOps tools.
- Experience prioritizing testing work.
- Able to collaboXX with the product owner and stakeholders to clarify user stories and acceptance criteria.
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