VertiGIS Application Upgrade - Senior GIS Systems Tester/QA
Job Details
ELIGIBILITY: Only candidates currently residing in Ontario will be considered. Applications from outside Ontario will not be reviewed or responded to. This is a strict onsite/hybrid role.
Closing Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: 300 Water, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Department: Land & Resources Cluster
Start Date: 2026-09-14
End Date: 2026-12-21
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Job Type: Contract
Job ID: 11321
Project Overview
The Land and Resources I&IT Cluster is upgrading up to 18 business-critical geospatial applications from Geocortex to the VertiGIS platform. This multi-year initiative addresses deprecated middleware, ensures vendor support, mitigates security risks, and improves integration with modern GIS capabilities. The upgrades preserve current functionality while achieving AODA compliance and enhanced user experience.
Key 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 non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
- Responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts, and test cases and executing these against the various components.
- Works 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.
Qualifications & Requirements
REQUIRED
- Must be able to work 5 days onsite per week
- Experience with GIS (Esri) based projects and applications e.g, ArcMap, ArcPro SDK, File Geodatabases, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS Online
- Experience with IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projects
- Experience with VBA, .Net, C++, C#, SDKs
- 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, 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 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, problem-solving, and decision-making 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.
NICE TO HAVE
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language.
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages.
- Knowledge and understanding of GIS Infrastructure and solution 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.
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Applications (COTS).
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Technical Experience - 60 points
- Experience with GIS (Esri) based projects and applications e.g, ArcMap, ArcPro SDK, File Geodatabases, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS Online
- Experience with IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projects
- Experience with VBA, .Net, C++, C#, SDKs
Communication Experience - 35 points
- Experience communicating technical concepts to lay audiences
- Experience negotiating / resolving project direction to achieve consensus
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders, Business Analysts and project management
IT Public Sector Experience - 5 points
- Experience with Public Sector multi-disciplinary teams, GO-ITS standards, and gating processes
Key Skills & Competencies
GIS, Esri, ArcMap, ArcPro SDK, File Geodatabases, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Online, VBA, .NET, C++, C#, SDKs, CASE tools, data query tools, automated test tools, version control systems, information retrieval packages, Geocortex, VertiGIS
Applications for this position will be accepted until Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 1:00 p.m..
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