Apptad - Systems TestingQA Specialist - Senior

Responsibilities:

Provides advice on the testing strategy test plans the selection of testing tools and the identification of resources required for testing

Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and nonGraphical User Interface (GUI) environments including the execution of systems integration tests specialized tests and user acceptance testing (e.g. stress tests)

The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis design development implementation and ongoing support of the required systems

General Skills:

• Experience in planning organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
• Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development design implementation and maintenance of applications
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
• Experience executing functional tests nonfunctional tests and systems level integration tests
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
• Experience with quality assurance principles practices tools and structured methodologies
• Experience creating testing strategy documentation test plans test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing including technical and business functional validation
• Experience in quality assurance and testing including unit testing integration testing load testing performance testing etc.
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; organizational creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
• Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
• Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an objectoriented environment
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
• Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
• Experience testing Commercial Offthe Shelf Applications (COTS)

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Must Have:

• Functional tester for large scale enterprise systems undergoing transformation
• or being built from scratch.

• Knowledge and experience in REST API
• testing and in use of REST API to create test data and verify expected results.
• Experience using Rest API clients such as Postman Curl SOAP UI

• Experience with designing developing and maintaining test
• cases based on industry best practices and standards

• Experience with manual test execution and defect reporting testing
• of various types of integration technologies

• Understanding of relational Database technology and working experience
• with SQL in the context either test data preparation or expected result
• verification with one of the database management systems such as SQL Server
• Oracle MS Access

MUST HAVES:

• At least 5 years of experience as a Functional tester for large scale enterprise systems undergoing transformation or being built from scratch.
• Knowledge and experience in REST API testing and in use of REST API to create test data and verify expected results.
• Experience using Rest API clients such as Postman Curl SOAP UI
• Experience with designing developing and maintaining test cases based on industry best practices and standards
• Experience with manual test execution and defect reporting testing of various types of integration technologies
• Understanding of relational Database technology and working experience with SQL in the context either test data preparation or expected result verification with one of the database management systems such as SQL Server
• Oracle MS Access