QA Specialist

Symbiotic Digital•Toronto, ON

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking two Senior Systems Testing / QA Specialists to support a large-scale healthcare data modernization initiative focused on cloud-native platforms, interoperability, and enterprise integration solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for quality assurance activities including automated UI testing, API testing, functional testing, defect management, and validation of healthcare interoperability standards. This role requires strong expertise in enterprise-scale testing, automation frameworks, API validation, and healthcare data integration.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience testing large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems.
Proven experience validating end-to-end business workflows across interconnected systems and enterprise programs.
Extensive experience with APIs, web services, integrations, and database validation.
Experience creating and executing test cases and test scripts for Functional and Systems Integration Testing.
Experience working within Agile Scrum delivery environments.
Advanced experience designing and implementing scalable, data-driven UI automation frameworks using: Selenium, Playwright.
Ability to build automation frameworks from scratch.
Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing automation suites.
Strong programming skills using: Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript.
Advanced experience with RESTful API and web service testing.
Hands-on experience using: Postman, REST Assured, ReadyAPI, Equivalent testing tools.
Experience with: API contract validation, Backend integration testing, Data reconciliation testing, Enterprise integration testing.
Experience testing: OAuth, JWT, SAML, Certificates.
Knowledge of authentication and authorization practices.
Experience validating: SQL databases, Oracle, MySQL.
Data integrity verification across integrated systems.
Strong functional testing capabilities.
Extensive defect management experience using Jira.
Experience troubleshooting test environments and test data issues.
Strong understanding of: RESTful and SOAP web services, HTTP methods, Status codes, Headers, XML, JSON, Messaging principles.
Expertise validating: Payloads, Headers, Authentication, Status codes, Backend integrations.
Experience with: Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CI/CD practices.
Extensive hands-on experience testing web applications across: Browsers, Devices, Screen sizes.
Strong proficiency in: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Nice To Haves

Strongly preferred: Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR.
Experience with HL7 v2 and/or HL7 v3.
Healthcare interoperability experience.
Experience testing HL7 FHIR messages, profiles, resources, and data structures.
Knowledge of Microsoft technologies such as: Power BI, Dynamics 365, SharePoint.

Responsibilities

Analyze and understand business and technical requirements, business workflows, design documents, implementation guides, and data mapping specifications.
Develop test strategies, test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts.
Execute automated testing across multiple non-production environments and integrated systems.
Perform testing and validation of HL7 FHIR R4 resources, including: Patient, Practitioner, PractitionerRole, Organization, Location, Encounter, Other related resources.
Validate FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) profiles, including: Profile conformance, Cardinality constraints, Terminology bindings, Data quality requirements.
Validate HL7 v2 to FHIR R4 mappings, transformations, and end-to-end data flows.
Analyze, design, build, implement, execute, and maintain automation frameworks and automated test scripts for UI and API testing.
Utilize automation tools to generate, manage, and validate complex test data.
Log, track, and manage defects using Jira.
Collaborate with Project Managers, IT Leads, Business Analysts, and technical stakeholders.
Contribute to test effort estimation, test strategies, test plans, and execution reports.
Support business acceptance and release readiness activities.
Identify quality risks and provide recommendations supporting deployment decisions.
Collaborate with Development, Architecture, and Infrastructure teams.
Perform testing within Agile Scrum environments while following DevOps and CI/CD practices.
Mentor and support QA team members on testing automation frameworks, tools, and best practices.