Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist

Ref: RQ11743 Contract – 11 Months (Extension Possible) Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)

Posted Date:

Location: Onsite – Toronto (222 Jarvis St. 5th Floor)

Public Sector Experience: Required – OPS / Public Sector

Contract End Date: *

Rate: $77/hour

Overview

The Government Services Integration Cluster (Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) is seeking a Senior Systems Testing/QA Specialist to lead quality assurance and testing activities for a complex enterprise platform. Working closely with product teams, developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and ministry partners, the successful candidate will drive end-to-end testing across a broad spectrum of test types to ensure reliable, high-quality platform releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, schedules, scenarios, scripts, data sets, and completion reports.
• Execute manual and automated testing across enterprise platform capabilities and integrations.
• Develop and maintain UI, API, service, and database test automation frameworks and scripts.
• Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, security, and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate test environments, accounts, tools, test data, and supporting resources to ensure test readiness.
• Establish and maintain requirements traceability matrices and test-coverage reporting dashboards.
• Lead defect triage sessions and monitor defects through identification, prioritization, resolution, retesting, and closure.
• Validate accessibility, security, performance, reliability, and integration requirements against approved quality criteria.
• Report quality indicators, testing progress, outstanding defects, and residual release risks to stakeholders.
• Provide evidence-based release-readiness assessments and recommendations on production readiness.
• Help establish repeatable testing practices and automation that improve coverage, reliability, and delivery confidence.

Must-Have Requirements

• Demonstrated experience planning and executing end-to-end testing for complex digital solutions.
• Proven experience conducting functional, integration, system, regression, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing.
• Hands-on experience automating UI, API, service, or database tests using industry-standard automation tools and frameworks.
• Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices architectures, and system integrations across multiple platforms.
• Ability to coordinate business and technical teams effectively during testing cycles and defect resolution activities.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Prior experience working within the Ontario Public Service (OPS) or broader public sector environment.

Work Environment

This is a fully onsite role based at 222 Jarvis St., 5th Floor, Toronto, with 5 days per week in the office required. No security clearance is required for this engagement. The role operates within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment involving product owners, analysts, architects, developers, and DevOps engineers.

• Final role details, responsibilities, and terms will be confirmed with shortlisted candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience. Errors and omissions excepted.