RQ10985 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Maarut•Toronto, ON

About The Position

This role involves participating in business requirements walkthroughs before promotion into production. The Systems Testing/QA Specialist will perform various testing tasks including system, iteration, acceptance, regression, volume, performance, post-implementation, and user acceptance testing. The specialist will analyze business requirements documentation, contribute to the testing strategy, and create systems test plans and test suites. They will also analyze test data requirements, create test data, verify results, examine test databases using SQL, and document/monitor system variances. Recommendations on system component acceptance will be provided to the Project Manager. The role includes weekly reporting on status, progress, and issues, transferring knowledge to OPS staff, and potentially performing similar work for other initiatives within PRS.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in system testing.
Excellent knowledge of system testing methodology and executing system and user acceptance tests.
Ability to understand and analyze business requirements, and systems response documents, to design and execute test plans to ensure the system functions and meets the business requirements.
Experience verifying actual results meet expected results, examining test databases using SQL, analyzing and logging test results, documenting and monitoring resolution of system variances using an automated problem management system (e.g. Clear Quest).
Ability to write and design test plans and test cases that are well-structured, easy to maintain, and easily understood by both developers and business analysts and clients, providing detailed testing plans.
Experience with automated system testing and testing tools for CI/CD DevOps Pipelines
Experience using automated testing scripts and tools (e.g. Rational Functional Tester, Selenium or any equivalent automated testing tool).
Proven and demonstrable troubleshooting and analytical experience.
Demonstrated excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
Experience analyzing business requirements documentation including use cases, user stories and other non-functional requirements.
Extensive experience to conduct system testing by executing online test scripts, and manual test cases
Experience analyzing test data requirements and create appropriate test data to support the test strategy.
Experience testing data-migration processes.
Experience preparing and maintaining defect summaries and reports to aid with prioritization of work and defect tracking.
5+ years of experience with Agile project management and development practices (managing the backlog, preparing and supporting the scrum master, sprint planning, creating user stories etc.)
Strong verbal and written communications skills.
Strong Interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
Demonstrated success in working productively with business clients, developers, and technical specialists such as DBAs, web administrators, etc.
Demonstrated experience reporting status, progress, and key issue/concerns to project managers and leads.
Experience working in the public sector on a mid-tier and/or legacy platform.

Responsibilities

Participate in business requirements walkthroughs before being promoted into production.
Perform assigned system, iteration, acceptance, regression, volume, performance, post implementation and/or user acceptance testing tasks.
Analyze business requirements documentation including Use Cases and non-functional requirements.
Contribute to the testing strategy and create systems test plan and test suites (including test cases).
Analyze test data requirements and create appropriate test data to support the test strategy.
Verify actual results meet expected results. Examine test databases using SQL. Analyze and log test results. Document and monitor resolution of system variances using an automated problem management system.
Provide recommendations to the Project Manager as to the acceptance or rejection of any changed system components.
Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead or Sr. Project Manager.
Transfer skills and knowledge to selected OPS staff.
Perform similar work related to the role, for other initiatives within PRS, as directed by the manager.