Quality Assurance Analyst (Test Automation)

National Research Council Canada • Within a National Research Cou, ON

6d • CA$86,503 - CA$108,068 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst, who specializes in test automation, to join our team and have the opportunity to work on exciting projects as we develop our consolidated, next generation Grants & Contribution application that will help Canadian enterprises to increase their innovation capacity and take ideas to market. This is a test automation focused role primarily, but we expect the candidate to step into manual testing as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science from a recognized University or a Technical College diploma in Computer Science or related field.
• An equivalent combination of education and direct experience may be considered.
• Significant experience with data driven test automation against multiple vertical environments
• Significant hands-on experience with front end test automation using Selenium or Playwright (C#/Java/Typescript)
• Significant experience in software development using C#, Java or Typescript and Object Oriented Programming practices, such as polymorphism, interfaces and dependency injection
• Experience in Executing manual test cases, raising defects, and tracking it to closure
• Strong understanding of common Quality Assurance activities such as defect management, smoke tests, regressions tests, feature tests...
• Experience with Agile and Test management software such as Azure DevOps, JIRA or similar
• Reliability Status
• English language proficiency

Nice To Haves

• Ability to create and maintain unit tests using Visual Studio and C# (or Eclipse/Java, Visual Studio Code/Typescript)
• Ability to create and maintain unit tests targeting UX test automation with Playwright
• Advanced knowledge of Object Oriented Programming practices, such as polymorphism, interfaces and dependency injection
• Solid knowledge of test automation best practices, such as Page Object Model, DOM object identification and code centralization / framework design of selectors and page or control objects
• Ability to review business requirements and develop test suites, plans and cases using Microsoft Azure DevOps (or similar)
• Communication (Level 1)
• Conceptual and analytical ability (Level 2)
• Initiative (Level 2)
• Results orientation (Level 2)
• Teamwork (Level 1)

Responsibilities

• Review stories, acceptance criteria and applications to understand the business requirements and build test plans and test cases
• Work with the SCRUM team to understand the goals of the sprint and prepare tests proactively
• Create, maintain, and execute manual test suites, plans and cases to validate the business and stability of new releases
• Develop automated tests following Quality Assurance test automation best practices and modern coding techniques
• Maintain and execute automation suites to catch regressions early
• Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to learn, adopt and establish standards

Benefits

• Robust pension plan
• Comprehensive health and dental coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• Office closure at the end of December
• Additional supports to enhance your well-being throughout your career and beyond
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level