Senior QA Systems Testing Specialist
- Contract Duration 5+ months
- Pay range: C$350 - C$370/Day
- Hybrid
Scope
- Develop test plans/cases from business and user stories, requirement specifications; define methodologies, pass/fail criteria, risk assessment and assumptions.
- Execute test plans, test cases within the agreed upon timelines ensuring the application is performing as expected.
- Troubleshoot and review logs/queues as required to analyze and prioritize potential defects. Document and record bugs and errors discovered during system, integration end-to-end testing.
- Execute manual and automated test cases that validate the functionalities, code quality and reports test results, following all formal test architectures and project processes.
Assignment Deliverables
- Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
- Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
- Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management.
- Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data and data validation.
- Developing test scripts and test data.
- Executing manual test cases and report test results.
- Documenting software defects and track resolution.
- Development of test plans, test cases and test scripts to validate the functionality of various modules.
- Ability to test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
- Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information.
Experience and Skillset Requirements
Mandatory Requirements
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; creativity and perseverance skills, verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Product cycle (functional & non-functional) testing experience
- Test case design and review experience (from business requirements)
- Test case development experience
- Experience in defect tracking
- Test scenarios (use-cases) design and review
- Test execution, analysis and reporting experience
- Experience in writing manual test scripts
Skills and Experience
- Experience in Quality Assurance processes and methods.
- Working knowledge of SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript.
Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:
Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points
- Hands on experiences with technologies such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Criteria 2: Quality Assurance Skills - 35 Points
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.
- Demonstrated experience in developing test scenarios, test scripts and test data; documenting software defects and tracking resolutions.
- Experience with User Acceptance Testing.
Criteria 3: Business Skills - 25 Points
- Demonstrated experience working with technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; creativity and perseverance skills; strong verbal and written communication skills
Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points
- 5+ years experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.
Knowledge Transfer
- All documentation relating to: Test scripts and test plan
- Status of deferred defects and change requests
- Test case documentation
- To whom - Project Manager/Team Members
- When - 1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation on SharePoint site, throughout the duration of the project life cycle etc
A Note on the VOR Master Service Agreement:
- The VOR Master Service Agreement which expires on April 5, 2025, leaves some Contracts with funding unassigned for fiscal 2025-26. If the current statement of work expires on March 31, 2025, the remaining funds can be used to exercise an option to extend the SOW beyond March 31, 2025, based on business case approvals. Such extensions will be allowable, only if the Master Service Agreement is extended beyond April 5, 2025, and be upon the same terms, conditions, and covenants contained in the SOW.
- The start date is subject to change based on security clearances and contract signing timelines.
A Note on Assignment Type:
- This position is currently listed as "Onsite"; however, the Assignment under this request will provisionally be "Hybrid", working 7.25 hours per calendar day, sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM (excluding breaks) Monday to Friday inclusive, unless otherwise identified.
- These conditions are subject to change as the OPS reflects on its current situation. During the duration of the assignment, you will be under the discretion of the Hiring Manager's requirements for the Project you are assigned to.
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