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QA Specialist

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Toronto, ON, CAN
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Toronto, ON, CAN
Senior level
Senior QA Specialist responsible for developing test plans, scripts, test data, and cases; performing functional and unit testing; documenting defects and tracking resolutions; supporting UAT; and assisting with system integration testing. The role requires collaboration with technical teams and clients, knowledge of the systems development lifecycle, issue-tracking tools, automated testing, version control, and knowledge transfer. This is a 12-month onsite assignment in Toronto.
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Position: QA Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11690

Duration: 12 months

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist with 5+ years of experience to support the development of a modern digital information system and its integration with internal and external applications.

This is an onsite position, working 7.25 hours per calendar day, sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday inclusive, excluding breaks, unless otherwise identified.

Scope

  • Support the development and testing of a modern digital information system and its integration with internal and external applications.
  • Apply Senior Systems Testing/QA expertise throughout the assignment.

Assignment Deliverables

  • Prepare appropriate-level test cases for functional/unit testing.
  • Perform functional/unit testing and document results.
  • Assist other parties/groups with their related testing activities, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Participate in knowledge transfer.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Mandatory Requirements

Quality Assurance Skills

  • 7+ years of demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change requests and communicate their status to all project participants.
  • Demonstrated experience developing test plans, test scripts, and test data, documenting software defects, and tracking resolutions.
  • Experience with User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions.
  • Good analytical and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Technical Skills

  • Hands-on experience with technologies such as SharePoint, .NET Web, Web Services, HTML, and JavaScript.
  • Knowledge and experience using automated testing tools and version control systems on one or more platforms.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience across all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle.
  • Demonstrated experience documenting and tracking testing activities using issue-tracking systems such as JIRA, Azure DevOps Boards, and Asana.

Resume Evaluation Criteria

QA Skills - 40 Points

  • Demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change requests and communicate status to all project participants.

Technical Skills - 30 Points

  • Demonstrated experience documenting and tracking testing using issue-tracking systems such as JIRA, Azure DevOps Boards, and Asana.

Business Skills - 25 Points

  • Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and completion of change request management activities.

Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

  • Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.

Knowledge Transfer

What Needs to Be Transferred

  • Code and documentation of all types assigned to this role.

To Whom

  • Project Manager and team members.

When / How

  • 1:1 meetings.
  • Team meetings.
  • Documentation on SharePoint.
  • Throughout the duration of the project lifecycle.

Assignment Details

  • Onsite position.
  • 7.25 working hours per calendar day.
  • Working hours will fall sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, excluding breaks.
  • Monday to Friday inclusive, unless otherwise identified.

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

  1. Digital Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
  2. Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned company.

Learn more online at https://www.symbioticgroup.com/home-sd/.

Please submit your most recent resume to: [email protected]

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