Are you a detail-oriented QA Specialist with a passion for ensuring software quality and performance across the development lifecycle? Our client seeks a Systems Testing/QA Specialist with a strong background in both manual and automated testing to support their enterprise-wide applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse set of projects in a collaborative and Agile team environment, ensuring system reliability, compliance, and excellence.
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Advantages
- Long-term contract with possibility of extension
- Hybrid work setup
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge testing tools and frameworks
- Gain valuable public sector experience
- Contribute to meaningful systems that impact millions of people
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with product managers, product owners, and the technical team to develop test strategies and test plans.
- Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support developing manual test scripts, test cases and/or test scenarios.
- Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase.
- Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and accessibility testing.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
- Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found.
- Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security).
- Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment.
- Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases.
- Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Jira), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to re-produce.
- Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile/iterative solution development lifecycle.
- Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing.
- Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.
- Create a traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements.
- Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders.
- Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups and team meetings as required.
- Provide weekly report confirming status of assigned tasks.
Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 5+ years experience executing testing activities for a number of types of testing such as:
o Integration testing
o Regression testing
o Functional testing
o Accessibility testing
o Non-functional testing
- 5+ years experience developing Test Cases/Scripts and Data Requirements, developing test scenarios, and test cases for manual testing.
- 5+ years experience developing test cases/scripts as well as test data, ensuring all of the Business requirements are met by creating a traceability matrix.
Nice to Have:
- 2+ years of experience in developing and testing software applications using automated testing.
Summary
If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy solving complex testing challenges, this Systems Testing/QA Specialist role could be the perfect next step in your career. Apply now to join our client’s team and help ensure the delivery of high-quality digital services.
Also, remember that updating your profile on Randstad.ca helps us find you faster when we have roles that match your skills! So, even if this role isn’t for you, please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search! Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you a detail-oriented QA Specialist with a passion for ensuring software quality and performance across the development lifecycle? Our client seeks a Systems Testing/QA Specialist with a strong background in both manual and automated testing to support their enterprise-wide applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse set of projects in a collaborative and Agile team environment, ensuring system reliability, compliance, and excellence.
Advantages
- Long-term contract with possibility of extension
- Hybrid work setup
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge testing tools and frameworks
- Gain valuable public sector experience
- Contribute to meaningful systems that impact millions of people
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with product managers, product owners, and the technical team to develop test strategies and test plans.
- Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support developing manual test scripts, test cases and/or test scenarios.
- Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase.
...
- Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and accessibility testing.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
- Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found.
- Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security).
- Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment.
- Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases.
- Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Jira), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to re-produce.
- Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile/iterative solution development lifecycle.
- Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing.
- Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.
- Create a traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements.
- Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders.
- Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups and team meetings as required.
- Provide weekly report confirming status of assigned tasks.
Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 5+ years experience executing testing activities for a number of types of testing such as:
o Integration testing
o Regression testing
o Functional testing
o Accessibility testing
o Non-functional testing
- 5+ years experience developing Test Cases/Scripts and Data Requirements, developing test scenarios, and test cases for manual testing.
- 5+ years experience developing test cases/scripts as well as test data, ensuring all of the Business requirements are met by creating a traceability matrix.
Nice to Have:
- 2+ years of experience in developing and testing software applications using automated testing.
Summary
If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy solving complex testing challenges, this Systems Testing/QA Specialist role could be the perfect next step in your career. Apply now to join our client’s team and help ensure the delivery of high-quality digital services.
Also, remember that updating your profile on Randstad.ca helps us find you faster when we have roles that match your skills! So, even if this role isn’t for you, please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search! Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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