Software Quality Assurance (Qa) Tester

Terms: Full-time Permanent ( includes pension and benefits)
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: Ottawa, Hybrid Work Model
Do you believe that everyone should have access to safe, high-quality care and that health is more than healthcare? If your answer is yes, we would like to invite you to join us toward a future that will lead to “Safer Care and A Healthier World.” Let’s follow a mission together, where we “empower and enable people around the world to continuously improve quality of care”. During this journey HSO lives by its values of trust, inclusion, collaboration, innovation and learning, every single day!
Health Standards Organization (HSO) is looking for a Software Quality Assurance (QA) Testing specialist who shares our passion for achieving quality health services for all. In Canada and around the world, we are building a bold and bright future for our enterprise and our clients. If you are looking for an exciting challenge and seeking to be part of something larger than yourself, this position could be for you.
As a QA Specialist in the Software Applications team, the use of Agile methodology and Scrum is something you embrace! Your passion for testing means you exhibit exceptional testing skills, attentional to detail, a passion for customer advocacy and a high degree of adaptability and creativity. You have a track record of designing and executing manual tests. You’re not afraid to take initiative and ownership and you make sure to stay on top of the latest and greatest in technology.
If you’re right for this opportunity, you are ready to jump in! You thrive on beating deadlines and surpassing expectations. You have a winning attitude and love to learn from and collaborate with others. Having a full plate doesn’t intimidate but motivates you and you have a knack for triaging multiple priorities and juggling tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
Let’s Break It Down. Your Responsibilities Include

• With a passion for testing, you advocate for, and contribute to, achieving the highest possible level of testing in support of delivering quality software.
• Develop and execute manual test cases.
• Work collaboratively with other teams.
• Working in a fast-paced environment that requires agile, clear thinking for quick turnaround of accurate, high-quality deliverables while managing multiple priorities.
• Analyze test results and submit quality defect reports, when required provide support to development engineers to aid in defect resolution.
• Using your excellent communication skills: the ability to clearly explain complex technical issues to colleagues and stakeholders, with varying levels of technical knowledge.
• Staying abreast of current technologies and industry trends. A techie at heart, you leverage all technology to its fullest.
• Lead manual test efforts using best practices.
• Finding innovative solutions to any problems that may arise, including working with
• Take ownership of maintaining the suite of tests.
• Being a flexible team player. Contributing positively to the culture of our workplace by staying positive, engaged in the work you do and energized by the difference you’re making.
• Taking initiative, you know when to check-in, but won’t let it slow you down. You are willing to go the extra mile when it’s crunch time.
• Work closely with the QA team, developers, and product owners to understand user scenarios, to transform high-level requirements into optimized manual tests.

You have a unique history. Does it include the education and experience listed below?

• Experience in using a test case repository and defect management tool.
• Experience building a testing environment, knowledge of virtualization, cloud, and container technologies.
• Experience in writing high quality maintainable tests.
• Experience in building manual tests for web apps.
• Proven ability to take user requirements and build a robust suite of manual tests.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience working on Software and/or IT project(s) in a team environment.
• Solid background in software quality assurance, with 5+ years experience as a QA Tester.
• Experience working within the Azure DevOps environment.

You will stand out if you have following personal attributes:

• Strong pro-active investigative and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit and can work well either independently or in a cross disciplinary team, remote or co-located.
• A willingness and ability to be coachable, to learn and implement best practices.
• A passion for software quality, solid problem-solving skills, strong work ethic and attention to detail is imperative.
• Knowledge and experience with Agile methodologies.
• Have experience working with clients/organizations in the health-care sector.
• Ability to communicate with external and internal business and technical audiences.
• Experience adapting to change quickly, multi-tasking and working under tight deadlines.

Have what we’re looking for? We want to hear from you! Submit your application today.
We are equal opportunity employer and are committed to the principles of Employment Equity. We encourage qualified applications from all genders, including visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, and persons with
disabilities. We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.To request accommodation, please email HR at [email protected] . For any queries related to recruitment please email at [email protected] .
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