Responsibilities:

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  Collaborates with product managers, product owners, and
  technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
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  Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support
  developing manual test scripts, test cases and/or test scenarios
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  Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to
  each test phase
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  Executes quality assurance and testing activities for
  various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing,
  regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and
  accessibility testing
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  Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and
  back-end application components/environments
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  Communicate test results regularly through reports that
  summarize test completion and defects found
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  Help with the implementation of the project technical
  testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points
  and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component
  response times, data integrity, security)
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  Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to
  determine successful completion of the sprint increment
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  Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases
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  Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting
  tool (Microsoft Azure DevOps), including detailed descriptions, screenshots,
  and steps to re-produce
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  Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop
  sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
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  Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality
  throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
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  Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing

General Skills:

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  Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing
  efforts at the specified experience level
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  Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design,
  implementation and maintenance of applications
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  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
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  Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and
  version control systems on one or more platforms
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  Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and
  systems level integration tests
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  Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in
  UAT activities
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  Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and
  structured methodologies
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  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
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  Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit
  testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
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  Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development
  Life Cycle
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  Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills;
  organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written
  communication skills; and interpersonal skills
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  A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
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  Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

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  Knowledge and experience in at least one programming
  language
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  Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
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  Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an
  object-oriented environment
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  Knowledge and understanding of Information Management
  principles, concepts, policies and practices.
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  Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians
  with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
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  Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both
  large and small systems
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  Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of
  automated test cases
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  Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications
  (COTS)

Skill Set Requirements:

QA/Testing Skills:

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  Working
  on large complex application development projects (Web-based applications
  preferred)
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  Working
  in an Agile distributed development environment with project team working
  over virtual collaboration tools (e.g. TEAMS or equivalent)
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  Working
  in an enterprise CLOUD platform (e.g. Azure or equivalent)
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  Proven
  experience in the use of a SQL/PLSQL tool to review and extract data from
  database
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  Proven
  experience in developing end-to-end data migration ETL test plan,
  functional scenarios, integration workflows, Web-based UI testing,
  functional, regression, smoke, performance, load and stress testing plans
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  Proven
  experience in developing AODA test plan
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  Proven
  experience in the using test automation tools within the DevOps field,
  developing strategies and managing the testing life cycle
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  Experience
  with Azure DevOps tool (or equivalent) for developing complete testing
  scripts and approval processes

Business Analysis Experience:

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  Demonstrated
  experience in business and systems analysis in a cloud environment
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  Demonstrated
  experience in requirements gathering and development of user stories
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  Experience
  creating requirements artefacts in an Agile project environment using
  DevOps
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  Strong
  understanding of data modeling, data analysis, report writing
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  Demonstrated
  experience in creating required business analysis artifacts pertaining to
  business modernization initiatives, new workflows, particularly business
  analysis requirements & deliverables to perform gap analysis that will
  enable the modernizing a new solution to achieve business efficiencies
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  Demonstrated
  experience in Agile methodology

Technical Experience:

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  Proven
  record in developing complex test cases, hands-on test execution, defect
  management
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  Strong
  experience with SQL/PLSQL tool and data extraction and analysis
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  Hands
  on skills with AODA testing tools (e.g. JAWS, NVDA)
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  Familiar
  with Vulnerability Testing tools and Performance Load Testing tools
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  Hands
  on skills with Azure DevOps tool (or equivalent) for creating and
  executing testing scripts
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  Hands
  on experience with coding / modification and execution of automated test
  scripts using Katalon Studio or equivalent
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  Hands-on
  skills with Java-based UI testing and Backend testing

Defect Management Skills:

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  Demonstrated
  experience in defect management process, using defect management tools,
  and reporting defect status (e.g. DevOps)
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  Demonstrated
  experience in identifying, tracing, isolating and replicating problems and
  successfully conducting root cause analysis
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  Experienced
  with using defect management tools such as DevOps or equivalent
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  Document,
  track and escalate issues as appropriate, using DevOps or equivalent
  tools/means
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  Experience
  with Agile Scrum methodology
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  Demonstrated
  Experience with Agile Sprint Management and defect tracking and testing
  life cycle management using Azure DevOps or equivalent
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  Experience
  troubleshooting and investigating: Identify problems, Prioritize problems,
  isolate them and problem root cause analysis, and trouble shooting

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

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  Demonstrated
  good personal, analytical and communication skills
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  Excellent
  English language verbal and written communication skills
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  Articulate,
  detail oriented, hard-working, team player being able to work under
  pressure
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  Strong
  collaboration and negotiation skills.
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  Good
  research skills and quick learner