We have an exciting contract opportunity for a Quality Assurance Analyst in Toronto! 

Key Details

• Hybrid: 2-days onsite
• Location: Downtown Toronto
• Duration: Runs until April to start and will be extended

Must Haves:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in planning and performing quality control and testing activities to verify that application and infrastructure components conform to defined requirements, system designs, and quality standards.
• Experience in writing Test Plan and Strategy.
• Strong experience with writing and executing test scripts in a waterfall and agile environment.
• Strong experience in Functional, Smoke, Regression, UAT, E2E and other testing.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Engages 3rd party vendors/cross teams in test planning and coordination of end-to-end testing activities.
• Works closely with Software Developers and other technical staff to develop test specifications and build test cases to test product functionality and investigate all potential product test failures. Identifies, logs, retest, and priorities the bugs.
• Reviews new or modified programs, including documentation, diagrams, and flow charts, to determine if the program will perform according to the user request and conform to guidelines.
• Evaluates and tests new and modified software programs to verify the program’s function according to user requirements and conformance to established guidelines.
• Plans, analyses, and defines testing strategies and plans for software and system testing. Keeps the regression suite up to date.
• Acts as a quality assurance resource on project teams, and interacts with stakeholders, Project Managers, Developers, business, and other technical staff.
• Recommends program improvements or corrections to programmers
• Conducts compatibility tests with vendor-provided programs. Monitors program performance after implementation to prevent the recurrence of program operating problems and ensure the efficiency of operation.
• Writes, revises, and verifies quality standards and test procedures for program design and product evaluation to economically and efficiently ensure software quality.
• Communicates test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management.
• Generates summary and detailed test progress report
• Able to travel and work from different work locations within GTA depending on the project.

Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to handle cross team integration testing.
• Knowledge of Transportation Operations terms and concepts.
• Experience in data analytics projects with data analysis and data verification.
• Experience in testing Frontend UI, API, and backend DB (using SQL).
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
• Proven knowledge in SaaS, COTS application verification
• Experience with tools such as Postman, LoadRunner, SoapUI, Selenium or similar.
• Expertise in using JIRA, Zephyr, and confluence or similar.
• Ability to generate summary and detailed test progress reports and share testing status.
• Ability to quickly ramp up an understanding of underlying technologies and infrastructure.
• Strong focus on satisfying the needs of the customers and business.
• Strong understanding of Agile and DevSecOps delivery models
• Experience in non-functional testing including performance testing, AODA testing, Security Testing, Usability Testing, and PCI compliance testing.