Are you a seasoned QA Leadwith a strong background in both manual and automated testing for enterprise systems? Our client seeks a Systems Testing/QA Specialist to drive the quality assurance strategy, oversee testing processes, and collaborate across cross-functional teams in a dynamic Agile environment.
Advantages
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- Opportunity to lead large-scale testing efforts across modern tech stacks
- Work with automation tools like Selenium, Appium, Katalon, and API testing tools like Postman and SoapUI
- Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams in a fast-paced environment
- Make a direct impact on enterprise application quality and user experience
Responsibilities
Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing and managing the quality assurance (QA) processes for both manual and automated testing efforts. This role involves leading a team of QA engineers, developing and implementing testing strategies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automated testing, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
As a Test Lead, you will:
- Collaborate with product managers, product owners, and technical teams to develop test strategies and test plans.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
- Develop test plans, test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Katalon or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
- Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.
- Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase.
- 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.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments.
- Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found.
- 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).
- Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine the successful completion of the sprint increment.
- Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases.
- Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Jira), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to reproduce.
- Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile/iterative solution development lifecycle.
- Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing.
- Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.
- Creates traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements.
- Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders.
- Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups, and team meetings as required.
- Provide weekly reports confirming the status of assigned tasks.
Knowledge Transfer Requirements
- Knowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRC staff.
- All design, development, artefacts, and source code, including all relevant and complete documents must be transferred to the ministry in the designated repositories provided.
- Dedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow up questions.
Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 10+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts.
- Experience with creating, reviewing, and executing test strategies, test plans and test cases.
- 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.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and operations, to ensure a unified approach to quality.
- Act as a key point of contact for QA-related issues and escalations.
Summary
If you’re a QA professional with a passion for automation, a commitment to quality, and the leadership experience to drive testing in Agile environments, this role is for you. Join our client’s delivery team to ensure mission-critical systems are secure, scalable, and user-ready.
Also, remember that updating your profile on Randstad.ca helps us find you faster when we have roles that match your skills! So even if this role isn’t for you, please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search! Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you a seasoned QA Leadwith a strong background in both manual and automated testing for enterprise systems? Our client seeks a Systems Testing/QA Specialist to drive the quality assurance strategy, oversee testing processes, and collaborate across cross-functional teams in a dynamic Agile environment.
Advantages
- Opportunity to lead large-scale testing efforts across modern tech stacks
- Work with automation tools like Selenium, Appium, Katalon, and API testing tools like Postman and SoapUI
- Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams in a fast-paced environment
- Make a direct impact on enterprise application quality and user experience
Responsibilities
Quality Lead is responsible for overseeing and managing the quality assurance (QA) processes for both manual and automated testing efforts. This role involves leading a team of QA engineers, developing and implementing testing strategies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automated testing, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
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As a Test Lead, you will:
- Collaborate with product managers, product owners, and technical teams to develop test strategies and test plans.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts for large systems in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and non-Graphical User Interface (GUI) environments, including the execution of systems integration tests, specialized tests, and user acceptance testing (e.g., stress tests).
- Develop test plans, test scripts and test cases and execute these against the various components.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Use automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Katalon or similar to create robust and reusable test scripts.
- Provides advice on the testing strategy, test plans, the selection of testing tools, and the identification of resources required for testing.
- Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase.
- 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.
- Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments.
- Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found.
- 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).
- Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine the successful completion of the sprint increment.
- Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases.
- Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Jira), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to reproduce.
- Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile/iterative solution development lifecycle.
- Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing.
- Supports clients with user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.
- Creates traceability matrix to ensure testing outcomes align with business requirements.
- Coordinate and facilitate regular defect review meetings with Business Analysts and Business stakeholders.
- Provide testing and defect status updates in daily scrum stand-ups, and team meetings as required.
- Provide weekly reports confirming the status of assigned tasks.
Knowledge Transfer Requirements
- Knowledge transfer is expected to occur throughout the duration of the assignment through regular meetings, touchpoints, and working sessions with LRC staff.
- All design, development, artefacts, and source code, including all relevant and complete documents must be transferred to the ministry in the designated repositories provided.
- Dedicated knowledge transfer sessions will be scheduled to ensure completeness of knowledge transfer and all documentation is shared, and allow LRC staff to ask clarification and/or follow up questions.
Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 10+ years of experience in process, planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts.
- Experience with creating, reviewing, and executing test strategies, test plans and test cases.
- 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.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and operations, to ensure a unified approach to quality.
- Act as a key point of contact for QA-related issues and escalations.
Summary
If you’re a QA professional with a passion for automation, a commitment to quality, and the leadership experience to drive testing in Agile environments, this role is for you. Join our client’s delivery team to ensure mission-critical systems are secure, scalable, and user-ready.
Also, remember that updating your profile on Randstad.ca helps us find you faster when we have roles that match your skills! So even if this role isn’t for you, please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search! Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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