Please send your resume at [email protected] if you are interested in this 09 month contract with Ontario Public Service(Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) with a possibility of extension, If you are not interested, please feel free to pass it in your network for anyone looking for work.

Job Title: RQ09258 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist – Senior- 2 Positions

Working Status: Hybrid – 2 to 3 days a week in the office

Location: 5700 Yonge Street

Start Date: 2025-07-02

End Date: 2025-12-31

Hours per day: 7.25

Must Have:

• Work with team, BAs, stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly understand defined user stories.
• Creating and executing test cases, focusing on both functional and non-functional requirements
• Knowledge of testing case management type solution , 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 Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines
• Test planning – Involves activities of defining the objectives of testing and the approach for meeting test objectives.
• Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Applications (COTS) i.e Case Management, Curam, Sibel, Oracle eBS
• Experience with Azure DevOps tools in testing activities.
• Public Sector expereince

Responsibilities:

· Provides advice on the testing strategy, 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 (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

General Skills:

· 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

Desirable Skills:

· 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 Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.

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

· 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 testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Applications (COTS) i.e Case Management, Curam

· Experience testing Child Welfare applications

· 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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Please note this role is part of a Hybrid Work Arrangement and resource(s) will be required to work at a minimum of 2 - 3 days per week or as agreed with the manager at 5700 Yonge St.