Systems Testing/qa Specialist - Toronto, Canada - Cleo Consulting

Cleo Consulting

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Assignment:
RQ Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Start Date:

End Date:

Office Location: 5700 Yonge St.

Organization:
Children, Youth & Social Services Cluster

Ministry:
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

# Business Days: 120.00

Title:
Systems Testing/QA Specialist

3 days in a week**
Musthaves:
5+ years of experience:

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Knowledge of Oracle EBS Financial Suite (GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Asset) and Curam:

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Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines:

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Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages
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Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases

Description

Responsibilities:

Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing
Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and nonGraphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests)
The Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for the development of test plans, test scripts and test cases and executing these against the various components. The tester will work with the testing lead and IT lead of each project as well as the project team members in the analysis, design, development, implementation and ongoing support of the required systems

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Business Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills - 35%

Work with stakeholders (internal and external) across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories.
Gather information on client problems, services and business goals/objectives
Help the program understand their needs and translate to design models and concepts
Evaluate requirements and review options for a solution, assess cost/benefit of options, evaluate alternative conceptual systems designs and potential impact of proposed system changes on existing service delivery
Recommend approaches and discuss with team and stakeholders
Translate from technical terminology to business terms

Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 35%:

Experience in conceptual design of enterprise data warehouses and extensive experience in data management supporting development teams working on requirements gathering and design documentation
Knowledge of Oracle EBS Financial Suite (GL, AP, AR, Cash Management, Fixed Asset) and Curam
Advanced technical knowledge of enterprise data warehousing (in Azure platform), large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, online processing systems, webbased technologies and database management systems
Knowledge of frontend, webbased technologies and datamining/reportingbased COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies, requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design, implementation, testing and maintenance (Nice to have)
Provide consultation on sourcetotarget mapping to ensure business and technical alignment
Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, and use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies cloud computing, enterprise data warehousing, etc.
Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and relevant guidelines

Organizational and Project Management Skills - 15%

Plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems
Knowledge of project management and indepth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling and control
Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members
Development of specific activities as part of a review (hand over to ministry staff) and building block approach which, builds on knowledge transfer and skills development from the previous stage to the next

Communication and Interpersonal Skills - 15%

Gather information, clarify needs and desired system changes, explain system development recommendations, explain and provide instruction on new/modified systems and technology
Prepare business cases, systems documentation, user manuals and guidelines
Clarify and discuss systems development options with clients