Systems Testing/qa Specialist - Toronto, Canada - Dawn InfoTek Inc.

Dawn InfoTek Inc.

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

SCOPE:

Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project.

The resource will be responsible for the following activities:

Assist in the development of test strategy, preparation of test cases / scenarios, test scripts, regression test cases/scenarios required to verify solution and system.
Execute all test activities including AODA, data testing, stress/load testing, test scripts to verify solution.
Reconcile record and track system or functional defects, break/fixes identified during unit and user acceptance testing.

DELIVERABLES:

Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management.
Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test scripts, test data and data validation.
Execution of manual test cases and report test results.
Document software defects and track resolution.
Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions.
Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project team
Working closely with QA team lead and developers holding triage sessions and ensuring appropriate prioritization of defects
Working closely with the client lead, prioritize, schedule and remediate defects.
Prepare test data sets that mimic realworld scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios.
Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data
Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.
Hold and facilitate test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:

58+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
Experience executing functional tests, nonfunctional tests and systems level integration tests
Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
Excellent analytical, problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

CRITERIA:

Criteria - Technical Skills (35 Points)

Experience executing functional tests, nonfunctional tests, data testing, and systems level integration tests
Knowledge and experience of automation tools and the use of version control systems on one or more platforms
Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL)
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Criteria - Quality Assurance Skills (35 Points)

Demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.
Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.
Experience with User Acceptance Testing and UAT sessions

Criteria - Business Skills (25 Points)

Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete.
Excellent analytical, problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; organizat