Test Lead - Toronto, Canada - Randstad Canada

Description

Our public sector client is looking for a Test Lead to help with Active Directory modernization and Identity management related projects


This person will be :

• Responsible for the overall testing related project activities and deliverables.
• Handle project escalations and provide resolutions.
• Track overall progress of execution of the engagement.

Advantages
- working on a high profile transformation initiatives

• This is a HYBRID role with a minimum of 3 days a week required to be onsite

Responsibilities

• Perform activities based on best practices and procedures
• Interact with stakeholders for task allocation and prioritization.
• Define and manage the overall test strategy & detailed test plan.
• Take ownership for management of testing activities and ensure that risks are identified and appropriately mitigated. Escalate as required.
• Track overall progress of execution of the engagement.
• Perform all testing execution
• Coordinate the development, planning and execution of new functionality, integration, end to end and regression tests.
• Facilitate the defect management and coordinate with all impacted parties to ensure that defects are appropriately raised, prioritized and resolved.
• Assist with the setup and management of the test environments and test data.
• Report on all test deliverables and obtain sign-off.
• Responsible for the overall testing related project activities and deliverables.
• Handle project escalations and provide resolutions.
• Track overall progress of execution of the engagement.
• Define and manage overall testing and defect management process and activities, including performance and automation.
• Communicate test results and status to the project manager and/or key project leadership and stakeholders. as well as the development or architecture leads responsible for corrective actions
• Work closely with development, architecture and support organizations providing direction on testing activities, reporting on test progress and system readiness across a portfolio of initiatives.
• Participate in product readiness and release decisions and provides test sign-off documentation.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 5 years experience testing Azure systems , Active Directory and Identity management (Most important)
• 5 to 8 years of experience in leading business application and/or software testing using JIRA/Zephyr.
• Strong experience analyzing and understanding functional, technical and non-functional requirements in a variety of application environments and creating functional and technical test cases and scripts.
• 5 to 8 years of experience leading testing in a hybrid environment (as applicable)
• Experience in creating Project Test Strategies/Plans covering functional, SIT, E2E, Regression and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases
• Experience managing multiple testing streams and cross-functional teams
• Strong communication, collaboration and analytical skills

Summary

• Minimum 5 years experience leading application testing
• Minimum 5 years experience testing Azure systems , Active Directory and Identity management (Most important)
• Experience in application testing using JIRA/Zephyr.
• Experience in creating Project Test Strategies/Plans covering functional, SIT, E2E, Regression and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases

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