System Testing/Qa Specialist - Senior

Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior
Candidate needs to be in office- 3 days in a week
Must haves:
8+ years experience developing testing strategies / plans, comprehensive test cases, scenarios/scripts for manual testing
8+ years web-based system testing and QA experience for following type of testing but not limited to:
o Integration testing for both system and applications
o Unit testing
o Regression testing
o Functional testing
o Accessibility testing
o Non-functional testing
o Web-based applications
o Smoke testing
o Performance and stress testing

3+ years experience using test automation tools/frameworks (Javascript based framework (e.g. Cypress , Katalon….) to coding and extracting automation testing and integrate it with DevOps CD/CI pipeline
Responsibilities:
• Develop test strategies, test plans for both manual end to end QA testing, and automation testing
• Design, write and modify automated test plans/ test scripts that automatically test functionality & business workflow
• Utilizes test automation frameworks/tools that supports PHP and JavaScript
• Executes and manages test automation; provides assessment of test program results
• Collaborate with DevOps engineer to integrate automation testing scripts to DevOps CD/CI pipeline
• Perform quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as but not limited to system testing, Web-based UI testing, integration testing for both systems and applications, functional and non functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, post-release / post-implementation testing, load testing, smoke, performance testing and accessibility & AODA testing
• Create testing artifacts(e.g. test plan, test cases, test data, test results, defects with detail info and screenshots, test reports/matrix) and managing testing life cycles in Azure DevOps
• Create/prepare test data to cover all scenarios for a given test case with wide range of existing data based on business scenarios
• Perform data analysis and data validation for end-to-end ETL processing testing; including but not limited to data completeness, data accuracy, data integrity for all possible sample records, data redundancy, data format, functional scenarios, and integration workflows
• Perform a complete data comparison between source and target by writing program/sql or using tools
• Communicate test results regularly through automated reports that summarize test completion and defects found
• Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups, team meetings as required
• Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
• Actively Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
• Investigates problems/defects, works with developers and BA to find root causes and resolution solutions
• Other tasks as required by client to contribute the success delivery of the project
• Provide daily report confirming status of assigned tasks
• Complete work and achieve milestones within the assigned deadlines
• Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, standards, operational policy, security procedures and practices, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures
• Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Guidelines;
General Skills:
Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the senior level
Knowledge of structured and Agile methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
Experience on hands on functional tests, non-functional tests and systems/applications level integration tests
Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured, Agile methodologies
Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
Desirable Skills:
Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language, preferably JavaScript
Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented environment
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools/framework ( Javascript based framework (e.g., Cypress, Katalon….) to coding and extracting automation testing and integrate it with DevOps CD/CI pipeline
Experience testing application that developed by Open software, preferably Drupal
Experience in DevOPs methodology is an asset
Experience on data analysis and data verification for testing ETL, BI products, web-based applications
Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes.
Experience installing applications and databases relevant to automation
Experience collaborating with stakeholders to understand how automation can improve workflow and creating documentation
Experience gathering and documenting requirements from end-users to develop the best automation solutions