Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist
Information Systems
Quality Assurance
Your Role
Position: Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist
Duration: 6 Months assignment (contract)
Client Location: Toronto (Onsite: 7.25 hours/day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
Engagement Model: Professional Services Engagement – B2B (Incorporated Entities Only)
Note on Assignment Type
This position is provisionally Onsite, requiring 7.25 hours per calendar day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday (excluding breaks). Conditions may change based on organizational requirements and at the discretion of the Hiring Manager.
About the Engagement
Akkodis is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist with 10+ years of experience delivering comprehensive quality assurance and software testing services within large-scale, enterprise-level IT environments.
The successful consultant will provide expertise in test strategy, planning, execution, automation, performance testing, accessibility testing, defect management, and quality assurance. The role requires extensive experience across manual and automated testing, along with strong knowledge of Selenium, Postman, JMeter/LoadRunner, SQL/Oracle, Azure/AWS, CI/CD pipelines, AODA compliance, and Agile/Scrum/Waterfall methodologies.
Scope
Provide recommendations regarding testing strategies, test plans, testing tools, testing approaches, and resource requirements for complex enterprise systems.
Plan and coordinate testing activities for large-scale systems across GUI and non-GUI environments.
Execute functional, integration, system, regression, performance, accessibility, and user acceptance testing.
Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, test data, and test reports.
Assignment Deliverables
Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, testing scenarios, test data, and test-result documentation.
Execute end-to-end functional, integration, system, regression, UAT, accessibility, security, and non-functional testing for complex enterprise solutions.
Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium, Postman, UFT, TestComplete, or comparable automated testing frameworks.
Expertise Required
Must Have:
10+ years of software testing/QA experience within enterprise-level IT environments and large-scale systems.
Extensive hands-on experience with manual testing and automated testing tools/frameworks.
Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing methodologies.
Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium and API testing tools such as Postman.
Experience with performance/load testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or equivalent technologies.
Extensive experience with AODA accessibility testing and compliance.
Experience executing functional, integration, system, regression, performance, load, and user acceptance testing.
Strong understanding of databases, including SQL and Oracle, with the ability to write queries for backend testing and data validation
Experience using defect-management and tracking solutions such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, ALM, Bugzilla, TestRail, or Zephyr.
Nice to Have:
Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Bash for test automation or test-data preparation.
Experience performing basic security testing and collaborating with security specialists on comprehensive application-security assessments.
Security Clearance
Required.
Important
This is a business-to-business engagement. Candidates must represent an incorporated entity, hold a valid business number, maintain appropriate insurance, and invoice for services rendered.
How to Apply
Submit your resume in confidence via the Akkodis Canada website.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be contacted for further discussions.
Accessibility:
At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matter. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.
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