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Ref: RQ11743 Contract – 11 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)
Posted Date: 2026-10-22
Location: Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)
Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector
Contract End Date: 2027-09-28 *
Rate: $77/hour
Overview
The Government Services Integration Cluster (Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to lead quality assurance and testing activities for a complex enterprise platform. Working closely with product teams, developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and ministry partners, the successful candidate will drive end-to-end testing across a broad spectrum of test types to ensure reliable, high-quality platform releases.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data sets, and completion reports.
- Execute manual and automated testing across enterprise platform capabilities and integrations.
- Develop and maintain UI, API, service, and database test automation frameworks and scripts.
- Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
- Coordinate test environments, accounts, tools, test data, and supporting resources to ensure test readiness.
- Establish and maintain requirements traceability matrices and test-coverage reporting dashboards.
- Lead defect triage sessions and monitor defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
- Validate accessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integration requirements against approved quality criteria.
- Report quality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and residual release risks to stakeholders.
- Provide evidence-based release-readiness assessments and recommendations on production readiness.
- Help establish repeatable testing practices and automation that improve coverage, reliability, and delivery confidence.
Must-Have Requirements
- Demonstrated experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
- Proven experience conducting functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing.
- Hands-on experience automating UI, API, service, or database tests using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks.
- Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices architectures, and system integrations across multiple platforms.
- Ability to coordinate business and technical teams effectively during testing cycles and defect resolution activities.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Prior experience working within the Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environment.
Work Environment
This is a fully onsite role based at 222 Jarvis St., 5th Floor, Toronto, with 5 days per week in the office required. No security clearance is required for this engagement. The role operates within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment involving product owners, analysts, architects, developers, and DevOps engineers.
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- Final role details, responsibilities, and terms will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience. Errors and omissions excepted.
