RQ-2026-009467-Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist - for Immunization Repository (EHR-IR)

Project Description

Job Description

Background:

The Sr. Testing/QA Specialist role will be part of the functional QA team responsible for testing the Immunization Repository (EHR-IR), a multi-year initiative The Immunization Record is the ‘one immunization record’ for all Ontarians. It will maintain the complete historical record of immunizations across the continuum of care across Ontario. The resource will also work on other solutions/systems when there is a gap between current release and the next or if project priorities change.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 6 to 8 years’ QA experience testing and automating applications within electronic health-related projects and hands on experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Knowledge of Ontario Lab Information System (OLIS), Provincial Client Registry (PCR), Provincial Provider Registry (PPR), MOH Immunization Registry (Panorama/DHIR), and One Access Gateway (OAG)
• Hands-on experience with User Interface (UI) and Web Services automation using tools such as SOAPUI, Postman, Selenium, Selenium WebDriver, or Dexter and experience with Data Driven automation approach as well as working with Gitlab
• Experience working with ORACLE, ETL, SQL databases and creating complex data queries
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) messages and data structures
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with HL7 messages and data structures
• Experience with testing RESTful APIs
• Experience with testing system accesses based on OAuth authentication/authorization and SAMLs/JWT tokens

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in Java programming language
• Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented 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
• Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation, and maintenance of applications
• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional 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 distinct types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills and a track record for meeting deadlines
• Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Deliverables / Responsibilities

Deliverables:

• Review of solution design, architecture documentation, and business requirements to provide input on test effort estimation
• Traceability matrix covering all requirements in project scope
• High level test scenarios and detailed test cases creation and execution
• Test data as per test scenarios/test cases
• Automated test script creation and execution
• Issue escalation, follow up & troubleshooting, and defect management
• Test reports

Responsibilities:

• Contribute towards development of test strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources and skill sets required for testing
• Provide test estimates to test lead for assigned testing tasks
• Develop and execute manual test cases and prepare test data.
• Execute functional & system integration testing for User Interface (UI) and backend systems, connectivity/error handling testing, and other test types as defined in the test strategy/plan.
• Develop and execute robust and dynamic automated test scripts, parameterize test data, and integrate the scripts into an automated test suite.
• Maintain and update the automated test suite due to changes in functionality
• Develop test plans, test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components as well as end to end flows in all test environments in scope.
• Work with the QA lead as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation, and ongoing support of the required systems