Position: QA Specialist

Location: Toronto, Ontario- Hybrid

Duration: 6- 12 Months

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience - 40 %

• 10+ years of experience in software testing in enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems
• Hands-on working experience in manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Hands on experience developing and planning automated testing
• Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
• Extensive experience with AODA testing and compliance
• Experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases and scripts, as well as test reports.
• Experience in test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
• Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Proven expertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems, ensuring coverage of all functional and non-functional requirements.
• Knowledge of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.

Technical Skills and Experience - 35%

• Strong understanding of databases such as SQL, Oracle.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.

Soft Skills- 20%

• 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