Specialist Ii-Ic Quality Assurance

Ensures the quality of the products that technology delivers, working closely with all applications, common services/middleware, and infrastructure teams throughout the development/engineering lifecycle. Designs, develops, executes, and maintains test plans of infrastructure, common services/middleware, data, and applications in various environments. Records and documents testing results (including anomalies and issues) and compares them to expected results. Detects solution failures so that defects may be discovered and corrected. Generates historical analysis of test results and maintains a list/repository of defects. Reviews and interprets all documentation related to testing, including business requirements and functional and design specifications, to provide input to the project team on the planning of testing activities. Provides immediate response to production program problems.

• Problem solving skills including the ability to troubleshoot and identify problem areas throughout testing.
• Technical proficiency gained through education and/or business experience.
• Ensures development teams’ unit testing practices are in place and confirms core criteria met prior to integrated testing delivery.
• Analytical and problem solving skills - In-depth.
• Collaboration & team skills - In-depth.
• Participates as an active stakeholder in every initiative, driving quality based on fact-based metrics.
• Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations.
• Automation Knowledge.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Qualifications:
• Able to analyze data and use testing metrics to highlight improvement opportunities.
• Drives the testing automation capabilities.
• Oversees several test projects simultaneously and provides scheduling support to operations.
• Influence skills - In-depth.
• Ensures the accuracy and consistency of test results through documentation processes. Follows BMO’s SDLC process.
• Wealth Management experience.
• Proactively provides improvement opportunities to the team to enhance the customer experience.
• Knowledge of the SDLC, testing concepts, methodologies, metrics, automated testing frameworks and BMO documentation standards.
• Executes and verifies test cases as part of the overall functional testing of Information Technology products as well as reporting defects and test results to the stakeholders.
• Ensures that systems and software are functionally appropriate, technically sound and well integrated.
• Understanding of BMO applications and infrastructure components.
• Leads and implements core initiatives with complete test strategies.
• AODA experience.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
• Participates in programs/projects across the enterprise.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the quality assurance capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.
• Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth.
• Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues.
• Collaborate well with others. Ability to translate technical concepts into easy to understand terms.
• Designs, develops, executes, and maintains testing strategies and plans to ensure stability and efficiency, enabling a seamless customer experience.
• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes and systems in the organization to improve overall efficiency and improve the bank.
• Communicates the overall quality of a deliverable and ensures metrics are used to drive delivery and identify any areas of concern.
• Reviews, evaluates, and derives requirements for testability.
• Typically, 2-4 years of work experience in IT or business environment and/or B.S./B.A. in computer science, engineering, information systems, math or business.
• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
• Able to develop test automation suites, design frameworks, and define standards.
• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.
• Monitors and tracks performance, and addresses any issues.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.

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