Role overview

Job Title: Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 11 months

Extension: 1 Time

Project Description

The Business Experience Platform (BXP) has successfully launched its minimum viable product (MVP), establishing the core digital foundation for a simpler and more consistent way for businesses to access government services. The next phase will expand BXP and onboard additional government services, building on the successful MVP launch, therefore a Senior Systems Testing / QA Specialist plans and performs functional, integration, regression, accessibility, and other quality assurance activities needed to support release readiness.

Must Haves

Experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
Experience with functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and acceptance testing.
Experience automating UI, API, service, or database tests.
Experience testing cloud applications, microservices, and system integrations.
Ability to coordinate business and technical teams during testing and defect resolution.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Description

Develop and maintain test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data, and reports.

General Skills / Duties

Define and maintain test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data, and reports.
Coordinate test environments, accounts, tools, data, and supporting resources.
Maintain requirements traceability and test-coverage reporting.
Lead defect triage and monitor defects through resolution and closure.
Validate accessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integration requirements.
Report quality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and release risks.

Deliverables

Provide evidence-based recommendations on production readiness.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Defect Management and Quality Reporting - 25%

Experience managing defects, traceability, coverage, metrics, and release-readiness assessments.

Communication and Collaboration - 15%

Excellent analytical, reporting, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.