Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate

Project Overview

MCM is advancing a phased Heritage Framework Transformation (HFT) to modernize Ontario’s archaeology program through a modern risk-based authorization framework and related operational and IT improvements, enabled by MPBSDP Centralized Digital Permitting Service (CDPS) to strengthen heritage conservation, Indigenous participation, and regulatory oversight, while advancing housing supply, infrastructure expansion, economic growth, and provincial priorities. HFT aims to deliver end-to-end system transformation by addressing longstanding operational, digital, compliance, and consultation capacity deficits and replacing outdated, uncoordinated processes and legacy technologies.

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).
• 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.
• Executes functional, integration, system, and regression tests.
• Validates that the system behaves as expected under various conditions.
• Identifies, document, and track software defects using tools like ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps.
• Works closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
• Develops and maintains automated test scripts using tools like Micro Focus, OpenText™ UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure the system can handle expected user traffic and data volumes.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to clarify requirements and ensure quality.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics.
• Provide input for user manuals and release notes.
• Ensure testing processes comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED

• Must be able to work 5 days onsite per week in Toronto
• Proven experience in leading and executing manual testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems
• Experience in developing test plans, test cases and expected test results for complex business systems
• Experience in setting up test strategies for complex business systems involving data, rules and images which undergo a very high rate of change annually
• Experience in Accessibility testing of applications with alignment to AODA (WCAG2.0 AA) and complete testing of web-based 3 tier software platforms
• Excellent working knowledge of workflow, portfolio management, testing custom implementations and COTS implementations, such as IBM J-Rules Engine, Jira, Bugzilla, HP/Microfocus Product Suite

NICE TO HAVE

• Public Sector Experience
• Large Business Systems Knowledge
• 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 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

QA Skills - 45%

• Proven experience in executing testing related activities and data reconciliation activities for large complex business critical business systems
• Experience in developing test plans, test cases and expected test results for complex business systems
• Experience in setting up test strategies for complex business systems involving data, rules and images which undergo a very high rate of change annually
• Experience in data analysis, cleansing, conversion and reconciliation on large complex systems
• Experience in executing test cases and test scenarios for large complex systems
• Excellent coordination and organization skills to assist with all QA activities in a tight timeline with conflicting priorities
• Experience in Accessibility testing of applications with alignment to AODA (WCAG2.0 AA)

Technical Skills - 35%

• Excellent working knowledge of workflow, portfolio management and rule-driven business solutions
• Experience with web-based 3-tier software platforms
• Experience with testing tools, problem tracking software (i.e., Jira, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps and Microfocus Product Suite)
• Good knowledge of Oracle database tools
• Proficiency with desktop tools (Visio, MS Office, MS Project, MS Outlook)
• Experience testing custom implementations and COTS implementations, which include IBM J-Rules Engine
• Working knowledge of web-based application development
• Experience with Accessibility testing tools like WAVES, JAWS, NVDA, Compliance Sheriff

General skills - 15%

• Experience in effectively coordinating multiple teams representing various business and technology areas, each with responsibility for a component of the solution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical problem solving and decision-making capabilities

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Experience in the Public Sector, either as a vendor representative or under contract to a government ministry or agency

Key Skills & Competencies

Selenium, Postman, JIRA, Bugzilla, Azure DevOps, Micro Focus, OpenText UFT, TestComplete, ALM, TestRail, Zephyr, Cypress, JMeter, LoadRunner, Python, JavaScript, Bash, SQL, Oracle, Visio, MS Office, MS Project, MS Outlook, IBM J-Rules Engine, WAVES, JAWS, NVDA, Compliance Sheriff, CI/CD, API testing, GUI testing, AODA, WCAG 2.0 AA, COTS, Web-based 3-tier software platforms, Workflow, Portfolio management, Rule-driven business solutions, Automated testing, Version control systems, CASE tools, Data query tools, Object-oriented testing, Information retrieval packages, Web-based application development