Responsibilities:

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  Participate
  and collaborate with the Business Analysts in the business requirements
  and use cases walkthrough
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  Develop
  and document a comprehensive testing plan covering all types of testing
  for quality assurance
• 
  Develop
  and document comprehensive testing cases covering all type of testing and
  in alignment with the approved business requirements / use cases for
  quality assurance
• 
  Develop
  and execute testing checklists and ensure that the checklists are
  completed as required through various stages of testing and that the
  checklists are incorporated into the production readiness check list, and
  troubleshoot any technical issues that arise;
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  Perform
  end-to-end system functional testing based on documented test cases
• 
  Perform
  regression testing to ensure the that existing and new functionalities
  work as expected
• 
  Perform
  performance testing to ensure system integrity and responsiveness
• 
  Collaborate
  with the IT corporate team to perform vulnerability testing, as required
• 
  Document
  all identified defects and re-test the resolved defects
• 
  Collaborate
  with the project manager on project planning, change and
  release/implementation management activities
• 
  Contribute
  required QA artefacts to the architecture checkpoints activities
• 
  Collaborate
  with the business SMEs to perform/complete user acceptance testing and
  production acceptance testing
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  Where
  necessary, conduct manual testing of the system to supplement/validate the
  automated test results
• 
  Compile,
  summarize and report findings from automated and manual tests

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

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  Demonstrated experience with delivering testing/QA
  requirements using different development methodologies, such as waterfall and
  agile
• 
  Experience with multi-tier, multi-platform/technology and
  integrated / interconnected solutions, as well as reporting systems
• 
  Able to identify and coordinate the resolution of system
  defects, re-test and closeout systems related issues.

Skill Set Requirements:

Testing / Hands-on Experience:

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  10+ years of experience in developing test strategies, test
  plans, test scenarios, test cases and troubleshooting technical issues
• 
  Demonstrated experience with delivering testing/QA
  requirements using different development methodologies, such as waterfall and
  agile
• 
  Experience with performing different types of testing,
  including unit testing, functional testing, user acceptance testing, production
  acceptance testing, integration testing, performance testing, regression
  testing, load testing, security testing, backend testing, web services testing
  etc.
• 
  Experience with automated testing
• 
  Experience with version control systems and defect
  management tools such as Confluence, JIRA or TestRail

Technical Skills and Experiences:

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  Experience with configuring system and testing environments
• 
  Experience with testing in-house developed solutions and
  COTS
• 
  Experience with multi-tier, multi-platform/technology and
  integrated / interconnected solutions, as well as reporting systems
• 
  Experience with web, desktop and mobile applications
• 
  Experience with testing high availability, 24x7, mission
  critical applications
• 
  Experience with systems debugging, refactoring and
  optimization

Soft Skills, Communication, Interpersonal and
Problem-solving:

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  Able to identify and coordinate the resolution of system
  defects, re-test and closeout systems related issues.
• 
  Effective communication skills to prepare reports,
  documentation and present solution functions to stakeholders
• 
  Ability to work on multiple assignments concurrently
• 
  Proven and demonstratable problem solving and analytical
  skills
• 
  Strong Interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• 
  Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
• 
  A demonstrated team player with a proven track record for
  meeting deadlines

Public Sector Experience:

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  Understanding of IT standard and guidelines related to
  developing test strategy, test scenarios, test cases, etc. to ensure that
  technology solutions meet business needs, including security and privacy.