Experience and Skill Set Requirements

• Experience in quality assurance at the specified experience level 

• Experience in testing Commercial off the Shelf Software (COTS/SaaS solutions), preferably Oracle Siebel Public Sector

• Working knowledge of SharePoint, .NET Web, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript, Java, Perl and related scripting technologies for automation 

• Knowledge and experience in the use of test tools and methodologies (Waterfall/Agile/Iterative)  

• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle 

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills, verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills. 

• Product cycle (functional & non-functional) testing experience 

• Test case & Test Scenario design and review experience (from business requirements) 

• Test case development experience 

• Experience in defect tracking 

• Test scenarios (use-cases) design and review 

• Experience in writing manual/automated test scripts 

Manual Testing Skills/Experience -

•  5+ years experience developing Test Cases/Scripts and Data Requirements, develop test scenarios, test cases for manual testing

•  5+ years experience develop test cases/scripts as well as test data, ensuring all of the Business requirements are met by creating a traceability matrix.

•  5+ years experience developing technical testing strategies / plans

•  5+ years experience testing non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security)

•  5+ years experience executing testing activities for a number of types of testing such as:

o Integration testing

o Unit testing

o Regression testing

o Functional testing

o Accessibility testing

o Non-functional testing

 

•  Demonstrated experience in developing test plans, test scripts and test data; documenting software defects and tracking resolutions.

•  Experience with User Acceptance Testing and providing sprint reviews

 

Soft Skills - 

•  Experience with agile methodology

•  Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills

•  Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

•  Excellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements

•  Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations

•  Strong stakeholder management skills

•  Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete 

•  Experience with User Acceptance Testing and providing sprint reviews

Public Sector Experience 

•  Experience in testing enterprise level systems and exposure to ministry QA processes and standards within OPS

•  Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations.

•  Demonstrated knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems while testing

•  Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of the Ontario Public Service

•  Working knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)