QA Automation Engineer

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON

Engagement: Contract

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer / Test Automation Engineer with 7+ years of software quality assurance and test automation experience. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Selenium, test automation framework development, programming, API testing, performance testing, SQL, and Agile/DevOps methodologies.

Experience with LoadRunner, HL7/FHIR web services, REST APIs, security testing, accessibility testing, and BI solutions will be highly valuable.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to automate software development and testing processes.
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated QA tests.
• Design and develop scalable test automation frameworks.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools such as Selenium.
• Evaluate and utilize emerging test automation technologies, including AI-based testing solutions.
• Perform functional and non-functional system testing.
• Conduct regression testing for application releases, patches, enhancements, and upgrades.
• Perform testing of COTS applications, in-house web applications, integration components, and extensions.
• Perform API and web-service testing involving REST, JSON, XML, and HL7/FHIR.
• Use tools such as Postman and SOAP UI or programming languages for API testing.
• Perform enterprise-level performance testing using LoadRunner.
• Develop performance scripts, scenarios, execute tests, and analyze performance results.
• Perform security component testing involving SAML and JWT.
• Execute database and data validation testing using SQL and ad-hoc queries.
• Identify, document, and track defects and quality issues.
• Develop test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and other QA documentation.
• Perform accessibility testing against WCAG 2.0 standards.
• Test BI solutions, reports, dashboards, and analytical data for accuracy.
• Work effectively within Agile, traditional, DevOps, and cross-functional teams.
• Prepare test results and communicate findings during defect reviews.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of software QA/testing experience.
• Strong experience in test automation.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium.
• Experience designing and developing automation frameworks.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Python, C#, or similar.
• Experience with LoadRunner and enterprise performance testing.
• Strong experience with API testing.
• Experience with REST, JSON, and XML.
• Experience with SQL and database validation.
• Knowledge of functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
• Experience working in Agile and/or DevOps environments.