Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist with over a decade of enterprise software testing experience to lead test strategy, execution, and automation across large-scale IT environments. In this role, you will be responsible for defining end-to-end testing frameworks across GUI and non-GUI applications, building automated API and UI scripts, conducting performance and load testing, and ensuring strict AODA accessibility compliance.

Working in an Agile environment, you will collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project leads to drive continuous integration, backend data validation, and complete defect lifecycle management. Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required) Duration: 6-month contract. Advantages Comprehensive QA Scope: Lead manual, automated, performance, API, database, and AODA accessibility testing.

Modern Tooling & Automation: Build high-value test automation frameworks using Selenium, Postman, JMeter, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Cloud & Enterprise Architecture: Work with enterprise-grade architectures leveraging cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and multi-DBMS environments. Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Partner directly alongside senior developers, business leads, and project managers in a focused 5-day onsite workspace.

Responsibilities Test Strategy & Execution: Design, document, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts across functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) phases. Test Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium or Postman, and integrate automated test suites into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Performance & Load Validation: Design, script, and execute performance, stress, and load testing using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner to evaluate throughput, memory usage, and bottleneck points under high traffic volumes. AODA & Accessibility Compliance: Conduct rigorous accessibility testing on web applications and digital assets to ensure strict compliance with AODA regulations and WCAG standards.

Database & API Testing: Write complex SQL queries against relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server) to validate data integrity, test data transformations, and verify backend business logic. Defect Lifecycle Management: Identify, isolate, log, track, and re-test software defects using enterprise defect tracking platforms (JIRA, Azure DevOps, ALM), collaborating directly with developers to drive root-cause resolution.

Agile Ceremonies & Documentation: Actively participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, while maintaining clear documentation of test coverage, execution metrics, and release readiness reports. Qualifications Seniority & Enterprise QA Experience: 10+ years of dedicated software testing experience across large-scale enterprise IT systems and complex software architectures (Strictly Required).

Manual & Automated Testing Mastery: Hands-on experience developing test strategies and automated scripts using frameworks such as Selenium or Postman for API testing (Strictly Required). AODA & Accessibility Expertise: Extensive, practical experience conducting AODA accessibility testing and ensuring WCAG compliance (Strictly Required). Performance Testing Tooling: Proven experience planning and running performance, load, and stress tests using JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar tools (Strictly Required).

Database & SQL Proficiency: Strong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle) with hands-on ability to write SQL queries for backend data validation (Strictly Required). Methodologies & Cloud Knowledge: Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies, along with foundational knowledge of cloud environments (Azure, AWS). Nice-to-Have Assets: Prior software testing experience within public sector or broader public-sector IT environments.

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