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Ref: RQ11623 Contract – 6 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St.)
Posted Date: 2026-10-30
Location: Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St.)
Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector
Contract End Date: 2027-03-31 *
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 for a 6-month onsite engagement in Toronto. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of large-scale enterprise systems by developing and executing comprehensive test strategies, leading QA activities across multiple project teams, and driving continuous improvement in testing practices. This role requires deep expertise in both manual and automated testing, as well as strong collaboration with developers, business analysts, and project managers.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice on testing strategy, test plans, tool selection, and resource identification for large-scale enterprise systems.
- Plan and organize testing efforts for complex systems in both GUI and non-GUI environments, including systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Develop, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts across functional, integration, system, regression, performance, stress, and load testing phases.
- Identify, document, and track software defects using tools such as ALM, JIRA, Bugzilla, and Azure DevOps; work closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Micro Focus UFT, OpenText UFT, Selenium, TestComplete, or Postman, and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Conduct performance, stress, and load testing using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner to ensure systems can handle expected traffic and data volumes.
- Validate data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across system components and databases, including data migration and transformation testing.
- Develop and manage robust test data strategies, ensuring realistic test data generation, data privacy compliance, and effective test environment management.
- Ensure testing processes comply with AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) requirements and relevant industry and regulatory standards.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, collaborating with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and maintain quality.
- Maintain detailed documentation of test results, test coverage, and quality metrics; provide input for user manuals and release notes.
- Support and participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) activities in coordination with business stakeholders and IT leads.
Must-Have Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software testing within enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems.
- Hands-on experience with both manual testing and automated testing tools and frameworks.
- Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
- Extensive experience with AODA testing and accessibility compliance standards.
- Proven experience creating and maintaining test strategies, test cases, test scripts, and test reports.
- Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium or Postman for API testing.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar.
- Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or similar.
- Proven expertise in end-to-end testing of complex systems covering all functional and non-functional requirements.
- Strong understanding of relational databases such as SQL and Oracle, including ability to write queries for data validation and backend testing.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Azure or AWS.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools such as Jenkins, Git, or GitLab.
- Knowledge of QA compliance standards and security testing best practices.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Bash).
- Experience coding automated test scripts to produce full sets of automated test cases.
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) applications.
- Knowledge and experience with testing methods in an object-oriented environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
- Experience with information retrieval packages and data query tools.
- Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems across multiple concurrent projects.
Work Environment
This is a fully onsite role located at 222 Jarvis St., Toronto, Ontario, 5 days per week. No security clearance is required. The consultant will work within a collaborative team environment, participating in Agile ceremonies and engaging with developers, business analysts, and project managers across multiple project streams within the Government Services Integration Cluster.
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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.
