To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.
Background: The purpose of the Ontario Agricultural Soil Information System (OASIS) project is to design and develop a robust, comprehensive system for the collection, storage and maintenance of the OMAFRA’s legacy and new Agricultural soil and agronomic data in alignment to actions under the Soil Strategy and other emerging OMAFRA and government initiatives. The OASIS core application will have a centralized repository with state-of-the-art mapping data and detailed soil survey analysis data. The mobile native data collection application will integrate with the OASIS core application via the ArcGIS Enterprise. Phase-1 of the application is going live in September and the developer will work on the application post Go-Live.
We are looking for a QA Specialist (Senior level) to test all aspects of the OASIS web application and the ESRO mobile application.
To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.
Responsibilities Lead the design of test strategy, plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures for testing General Skills Experience co-ordinating the test strategy and plan with project managers and others Experience writing and reviewing a test strategy for the project, and test policy for the organization. Experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc. Experience planning the tests - considering the context and understanding the test objectives and risk - including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort and cost of testing, acquiring resources, defining test levels, cycles and planning incident management Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria Experience adapting planning based on test results and progress(tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems Experience introducing suitable metrics for measuring test progress and evaluating the quality of the testing and product. Experience providing input to test automation strategy, test automation framework roadmap Experience selecting tools to support testing and organize any training in tool use for testers Experience coordinating usage and assignment of test environment with all stakeholders. Experience writing test summary reports based on the information gathered during testing. Experience executing full lifecycle software development Experience programming well-designed, testable, efficient code Experience creating / producing specifications and determine operational feasibility Experience leading / providing guidance to team members A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Criteria | Evaluation % Weightage |
Mandatory Technical Skills and Experience | 70% |
Desirable Technical Skills and Experience | 10% |
Soft Skills and Experience | 15% |
Public Sector Experience | 5% |
TOTAL | 100% |
Mandatory Technical Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of QA testing using agile, hybrid and waterfall SDLC methodologies.
- Provide comprehensive and detailed hands-on testing covering cloud-based Java technologies including JSON, RESTful Web Services, HTML5.
- Develop plans, execute testing and produce testing artefacts providing assurance of software quality.
- Documenting errors and defect tracking management
- Creation and implementation test strategy, plans for testing software, debugging code, and enhancing the usability of programs.
- Proficient in the use of SQL in supporting testing activities
- Experience with AODA testing and use of related tools
- Experience in project management and QA approaches
- Working knowledge of testing tools such Azure DevOps, Postman
- Knowledge to design and ability to write automation test scripts
- Working knowledge of test management software tools
Soft Skills and Experience
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Professional team player with ability to liaison with non-technical and technical team members as it relates to QA testing.
- Ability to understand technical and business/customer requirements in ensuring full scope of testing is captured and executed.
- Strong organizational skills
- Critical time and work management
Desirable Technical Skills and Experience
- Testing experience with information systems related to soil management
- Working knowledge of GIS spatial datasets
- Working knowledge of programming scripting languages such as python.
- Engineering or Computer Science background degree
Applications for this position will be accepted until Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 1:00 p.m..
If you meet the requirements for this role, please apply now.
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