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Position Overview: We are looking for a meticulous Quality Assurance Tester to join our team and lead the testing efforts for solutions developed for FINTRAC and the Government of Canada. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in creating and executing comprehensive test strategies, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Mandatory Criteria
Job Title: Quality Assurance Tester
Contract Duration: 3 years
Contract Duration: 3 years
Location: Ottawa, Canada (Hybrid)
Security Clearance Level: Secret (Mandatory)
Security Clearance Level: Secret (Mandatory)
Position Overview: We are looking for a meticulous Quality Assurance Tester to join our team and lead the testing efforts for solutions developed for FINTRAC and the Government of Canada. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in creating and executing comprehensive test strategies, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
Key Responsibilities
a) Lead the creation and execution of comprehensive test strategies to validate the functionality, performance, and security of solutions under development, ensuring alignment with business requirements and technical specifications.
b) Collaborate with development teams to understand the solution architecture and design, to develop effective test cases and plans.
c) Lead test planning activities and provide feedback on requirements and specifications.
d) Develop and maintain a detailed backlog in Azure DevOps for test scenarios, cases, and scripts, driving quality assurance activities throughout the iterative development, testing, and deployment lifecycle.
e) Analyze and prioritize test activities in Azure DevOps, ensuring efficient allocation of testing resources and alignment with release schedules and project milestones.
f) Participate in code reviews to identify potential issues.
g) Execute manual and automated testing, validating against approved design documents and user stories.
h) Simulate API interactions within test environments to verify external data source integrations and data flow.
i) Write SQL queries to verify data integrity and functionality.
j) Understand and perform testing on relational databases underlying the software solutions.
k) Assist in accessibility testing against standards, including WCAG 2.1x.
l) Identify and document defects, and author detailed bug reports with clear steps to reproduce issues.
m) Author test execution reports with results and defect summaries.
n) Assist in the prioritization of defects based on severity and impact.
o) Create and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts in Azure DevOps, enhancing testing efficiency and coverage.
p) Develop automated test scripts using Cypress JavaScript and Node.js with Azure DevOps pipelines to improve test coverage and efficiency.
q) Advocate for and implement DevOps best practices in the testing domain.
r) Document test artifacts, including test plans, test cases, defect reports, and test execution logs, ensuring thorough traceability and support for maintenance and future enhancements.
s) Support project resources as they review and resolve defects.
t) Plan and execute regression testing.
u) Facilitate knowledge transfer and training sessions on quality assurance processes and tools for FINTRAC staff, promoting a culture of quality across the organization.
v) Prepare detailed reports and updates for FINTRAC senior management, in terms of the quality / testing dimension.
b) Collaborate with development teams to understand the solution architecture and design, to develop effective test cases and plans.
c) Lead test planning activities and provide feedback on requirements and specifications.
d) Develop and maintain a detailed backlog in Azure DevOps for test scenarios, cases, and scripts, driving quality assurance activities throughout the iterative development, testing, and deployment lifecycle.
e) Analyze and prioritize test activities in Azure DevOps, ensuring efficient allocation of testing resources and alignment with release schedules and project milestones.
f) Participate in code reviews to identify potential issues.
g) Execute manual and automated testing, validating against approved design documents and user stories.
h) Simulate API interactions within test environments to verify external data source integrations and data flow.
i) Write SQL queries to verify data integrity and functionality.
j) Understand and perform testing on relational databases underlying the software solutions.
k) Assist in accessibility testing against standards, including WCAG 2.1x.
l) Identify and document defects, and author detailed bug reports with clear steps to reproduce issues.
m) Author test execution reports with results and defect summaries.
n) Assist in the prioritization of defects based on severity and impact.
o) Create and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts in Azure DevOps, enhancing testing efficiency and coverage.
p) Develop automated test scripts using Cypress JavaScript and Node.js with Azure DevOps pipelines to improve test coverage and efficiency.
q) Advocate for and implement DevOps best practices in the testing domain.
r) Document test artifacts, including test plans, test cases, defect reports, and test execution logs, ensuring thorough traceability and support for maintenance and future enhancements.
s) Support project resources as they review and resolve defects.
t) Plan and execute regression testing.
u) Facilitate knowledge transfer and training sessions on quality assurance processes and tools for FINTRAC staff, promoting a culture of quality across the organization.
v) Prepare detailed reports and updates for FINTRAC senior management, in terms of the quality / testing dimension.
Mandatory Criteria
- must have at least ten (10) years of experience working as a Quality Assurance Tester for IT solution implementations.
- must have at least three (3) years of experience using Azure DevOps for test management and execution.
- must have at least five (5) years of experience testing solutions that include relational databases and SQL logic.
- have significant experience in software testing and quality assurance of Single Page Application solutions, including experience in all of the following tasks:
- Testing solutions developed in JavaScript/TypeScript/Node.js
- Utilizing browser automation frameworks (Cypress, Selenium).
- Writing SQL queries against a relational database for testing purposes.
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