Senior QA Tester Contract

On behalf of our Public Sector client, Wirehead has a new contract opportunity for a Senior QA Tester.

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Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Senior Systems Testing QA Specialist
Term: 321 days + extension
Pay Rate: Open
Start date: Negotiable
Location: Hybrid
Req ID: 6162
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Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications

Technical skills:

·       10 years of experience in planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems in GUI and non GUI environments
·       Demonstrated experience with business clients, supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities.
·       Demonstrated experience in executing functional tests, non-functional tests, and systems level integration tests
·       Demonstrated experience in coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
·       Demonstrated experience in procedures and techniques of testing web based, online, batch, client server systems and web services.
·       Demonstrated experience Knowledge and experience in the use of DevOps tools (Jira, Azure DevOps)

Other skills:

·       Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering and test plan walkthroughs and in carrying out static testing.
·       Demonstrated experience in setting up user access and user profiles, backup and recovery, and day-today computer systems operations.

Client Support:

·       Demonstrated experience of working with client customer support representatives to assist in data set up for training and implementation.

Government Business Process Experience:

·       Working experience on applications that automate internal government business processes such as
·       Websphere, e-Forms, JDBC, and Business Objects Enterprise etc., would be an asset.

Must Have’s:

·       10+ years
·       Planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems in GUI and non GUI environments
·       Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified levels of proficiency
·       Knowledge and experience in the use of DevOps tools (Jira, Azure DevOps)
·       Experience in coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases

Nice to have:

·       Agile process experience – Scrum, User Stories, CI, TDD, Automated Tests, etc.
·       The ability to prepare summary and detail reports describing testing activities
·       Experience with business clients, supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
·       Experience working with/within Service Oriented Architecture and testing web services.
·       Experience working with client customer support representatives to assist in data set up for training

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to careers@wirehead.com

We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.

Wirehead is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please let our recruiter know.

***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!