Position: QA
Specialist
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Systems Testing / QA
Specialist to support quality assurance activities across complex technology
solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning,
documenting, executing, and reporting on a wide range of testing activities to
ensure solutions meet business, functional, performance, security, and
operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate
and collaborate with Business Analysts during business requirements and
use case walkthroughs.
- Develop
and document comprehensive test plans covering all required quality
assurance testing activities.
- Develop
and document detailed test cases aligned with approved business
requirements and use cases.
- Develop
and execute testing checklists and ensure completion throughout various
testing stages.
- Support
production readiness activities by incorporating testing checklists into
production readiness reviews.
- Troubleshoot
technical issues identified during testing activities.
- Perform
end-to-end system functional testing based on documented test cases.
- Perform
regression testing to ensure existing and new functionality work as
expected.
- Perform
performance testing to validate system integrity and responsiveness.
- Collaborate
with IT teams to perform vulnerability testing as required.
- Document
identified defects and perform re-testing following defect resolution.
- Collaborate
with project management teams on project planning, change management, and
release/implementation activities.
- Contribute
QA artifacts required for architecture checkpoint activities.
- Support
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT) with
business stakeholders.
- Conduct
manual testing where required to supplement and validate automated testing
results.
- Compile,
summarize, and report findings from both automated and manual testing
activities.
Qualifications
Testing & Quality Assurance Experience
- 10+
years of experience developing test strategies, test plans, test
scenarios, test cases, and troubleshooting technical issues.
- Demonstrated
experience delivering testing and QA requirements within both Waterfall
and Agile methodologies.
- Experience
performing a wide variety of testing types including:
- Unit
Testing
- Functional
Testing
- Integration
Testing
- User
Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Production
Acceptance Testing (PAT)
- Performance
Testing
- Regression
Testing
- Load
Testing
- Security
Testing
- Backend
Testing
- Web
Services Testing
- Experience
with automated testing frameworks and methodologies.
- Experience
using version control systems and defect management tools such as
Confluence, Jira, or TestRail.
Technical Skills & Experience
- Experience
configuring system and testing environments.
- Experience
testing both custom-developed solutions and Commercial Off-The-Shelf
(COTS) applications.
- Experience
with multi-tier, multi-platform, integrated, and interconnected solution
environments.
- Experience
testing reporting systems.
- Experience
testing web, desktop, and mobile applications.
- Experience
supporting high-availability, mission-critical, and 24x7 environments.
- Experience
with system debugging, refactoring, and optimization activities.
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
- Ability
to identify, coordinate, resolve, re-test, and close system defects.
- Strong
written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience
preparing reports and technical documentation.
- Ability
to present testing findings and solution functionality to stakeholders.
- Ability
to manage multiple assignments concurrently.
- Strong
analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent
interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Strong
consulting and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
- Proven
ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet deadlines.
Public Sector Experience
- Understanding
of IT standards and guidelines related to test strategies, test scenarios,
and test case development.
- Understanding
of security and privacy considerations when validating technology
solutions against business requirements.
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:
- Digital
Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
- 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.
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