The Systems Testing/QA Specialist role is focused on performance testing within large, complex organizations. The specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and reporting on performance tests that assess the stability, speed, scalability, and responsiveness of applications under load. This includes gathering non-functional requirements, scripting load tests, running virtual user tests, analyzing results, and providing system tuning recommendations. The position supports readiness assessments for production deployment, comparing system configurations and identifying performance bottlenecks.
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Advantages
•Work in a technically advanced environment focused on performance and quality.
•Engage in high-impact testing that directly influences application readiness and scalability.
•Collaborate with multiple client and QA teams across various projects.
•Gain hands-on experience with large-scale, multitiered, and cloud-based infrastructures.
•Opportunity to shape performance strategies for applications used by a broad user base.
Responsibilities
•Design and implement performance test plans, scripts, and test cases.
•Execute application load tests and analyze performance under different workloads.
•Gather technical and non-functional requirements from client application teams.
•Provide detailed test reports and tuning recommendations.
•Assess applications for production readiness against pre-defined performance benchmarks.
•Troubleshoot performance issues and compare various configurations.
•Conduct peer reviews of test scripts and support in-house QA teams with knowledge transfer.
•Schedule and execute performance testing, including after regular hours when required.
Qualifications
•5–9 years of experience in designing and reporting performance testing processes in large, complex environments.
•Proven expertise in application flow analysis, especially in cloud and n-tier architecture.
•Strong background in gathering performance requirements and acting as a liaison between clients and QA teams.
•In-depth scripting skills, particularly with VuGen, including parameterization, correlation, and data extraction.
•Extensive experience executing virtual user load tests and interpreting performance data.
•Understanding of enterprise data center environments and performance tuning strategies.
Summary
This role is a key part of ensuring application performance and scalability across critical systems. As a Systems Testing/QA Specialist, you'll be instrumental in evaluating readiness, improving user experience, and enabling stable releases. This opportunity offers a dynamic, technically challenging environment where your performance testing expertise will directly influence application success.
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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The Systems Testing/QA Specialist role is focused on performance testing within large, complex organizations. The specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and reporting on performance tests that assess the stability, speed, scalability, and responsiveness of applications under load. This includes gathering non-functional requirements, scripting load tests, running virtual user tests, analyzing results, and providing system tuning recommendations. The position supports readiness assessments for production deployment, comparing system configurations and identifying performance bottlenecks.
Advantages
•Work in a technically advanced environment focused on performance and quality.
•Engage in high-impact testing that directly influences application readiness and scalability.
•Collaborate with multiple client and QA teams across various projects.
•Gain hands-on experience with large-scale, multitiered, and cloud-based infrastructures.
•Opportunity to shape performance strategies for applications used by a broad user base.
Responsibilities
•Design and implement performance test plans, scripts, and test cases.
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•Execute application load tests and analyze performance under different workloads.
•Gather technical and non-functional requirements from client application teams.
•Provide detailed test reports and tuning recommendations.
•Assess applications for production readiness against pre-defined performance benchmarks.
•Troubleshoot performance issues and compare various configurations.
•Conduct peer reviews of test scripts and support in-house QA teams with knowledge transfer.
•Schedule and execute performance testing, including after regular hours when required.
Qualifications
•5–9 years of experience in designing and reporting performance testing processes in large, complex environments.
•Proven expertise in application flow analysis, especially in cloud and n-tier architecture.
•Strong background in gathering performance requirements and acting as a liaison between clients and QA teams.
•In-depth scripting skills, particularly with VuGen, including parameterization, correlation, and data extraction.
•Extensive experience executing virtual user load tests and interpreting performance data.
•Understanding of enterprise data center environments and performance tuning strategies.
Summary
This role is a key part of ensuring application performance and scalability across critical systems. As a Systems Testing/QA Specialist, you'll be instrumental in evaluating readiness, improving user experience, and enabling stable releases. This opportunity offers a dynamic, technically challenging environment where your performance testing expertise will directly influence application success.
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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