Senior QA Automation Engineer Contract

Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Senior QA Automation Engineer
Term: 1 Year + extension option
Pay Rate: $60 – $70.00
Start date: 2-3 weeks
Location: Downtown Toronto / Hybrid
ATS ID #: RQ09164

Requirements: What you’ll need
Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Technical Skills:
·       Strong hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as:
·       Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO (for UI testing)
·       Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI (for API testing)
·       JMeter or Gatling (for performance testing)
·       Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
·       Experience with version control and CI/CD tools like Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
·       Solid understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, JUnit, Mocha) and BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow).

Quality Assurance & Testing:
·       Deep knowledge of the software testing lifecycle (STLC) and QA methodologies (e.g., functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and exploratory testing).
·       Experience developing data-driven, keyword-driven, or hybrid automation frameworks.
·       Ability to analyze manual test cases and identify areas suitable for automation.

Soft Skills:
·       Strong communication skills; both written and verbal
·       Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams
·       Demonstrated ability to work with functional and technical teams Demonstrated ability to participate in a large team and work closely with other individual team members
·       Proven analytical skills and systematic problem solving
·       Strong ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be adaptive to change

Public sector Experience:
·       OPS quality assurance standard and practices.

Must Have:
·       Looking for a senior QA with automation experience.
·       Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO (for UI testing)
·       Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI (for API testing)
·       JMeter or Gatling (for performance testing)

PREFERRED SKILLS

Automation + Selenium + Cypress + Playwright + WebDriverIO + Postman + SoapUI + REST + Git + Azure DevOps + JMeter + CI/CD

HOW TO APPLY

Patrick Marsan is hiring for this position.

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