Lead It Quality Assurance

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Lead IT Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst, you will join CIBC’s ET QA technology team to contribute in leading and implementation of all quality assurance practices and methodologies working with business technical resources. Lead QA Analyst will be responsible to manage multiple medium to high complexity projects and coordinating projects. You will be managing onsite and offshore project teams and responsible to create all project related documents and will be doing some finance related to projects such as estimates, project budgeting, resource allocation etc.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed

• Monitor and Reporting: Report and manage software concerns and test activities throughout the software development lifecycle. Provide status of testing, document and communicate issues, implement QA standards and policies.
• Collaboration: Work with business and technical teams to establish test plans, standards, and procedures that add value to software project and satisfy the constraints of the project by reviewing project documentation.
• Relationship Building: Respond to client's inquires and requests, providing professional high quality customer service for the assigned portfolio to ensure client satisfaction. You will interact with business and technical partners to review documents and daily management of your portfolio technology to support objectives or address issues
• Execute Testing Activities: Analyze, define, and translate business and functional requirements, use cases, designs and specifications into testing requirements. Manage and coordinate end to end testing activities for small and large projects across many teams with both onsite and offshore resources

Who You Are

• You have strong knowledge and working experience with databases e.g. Oracle/SQL Server, and knowledge of SQL, API. It’s also an asset if you have prior experience delivering projects using Agile/Scrum/Waterfall methodologies
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.
• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems, and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way.
• You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships, and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You build trust through respect and authenticity.
• You are detail oriented. You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
• You can demonstrate strong skills in software development testing through 3 years of experience, preferably within a financial institution. You are able to successfully translate business processes, systems functionality and requirements into well written test plans. It is an advantage if you have experience within an Agile environment.
• You're digitally savvy, passionate about technology, consistently seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of a team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.
• You are detail oriented. You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a health benefits program, defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

What You Need To Know

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 17th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

MS SQL Queries, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), SQL Database Queries, Team Development, Test Planning, Toad for SQL Server